Business Analyst 3

ZipStaff Inc.; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 96,000 - 165,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) + matching

Paid time off

Referral Program

Job summary

ZipStaff is hiring a Business Analyst 3 for our client, a large state health and human services agency. This hybrid contract in Austin, TX requires a minimum of two days on-site each week during standard business hours and seeks an experienced senior business analyst to support a health data modernization initiative.

The role acts as a liaison between business and IT teams, guiding discovery, feasibility analysis, testing, and delivery while ensuring schedule adherence and budget compliance.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of business analysis experience with requirements elicitation, documentation, validation, and traceability.
• 8+ years of business process analysis including current-state/future-state workflows and gap analysis.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary liaison between the business community and IT teams (Architecture, Project Delivery, Application Sustain).
• Evaluate complex business systems and formulate technical solutions aligned with agency goals.
• Perform business process reengineering, raw data analysis, and requirements engineering.
• Guide the initiative from discovery and feasibility analysis through testing and delivery, maintaining schedule and budget.
• Elicit, document, validate, and maintain requirements with full traceability.
• Analyze current-state and future-state workflows, conduct gap analysis, and drive process improvement.

Skills

Business analysis experience

Requirements elicitation

Job description

Title: Business Analyst 3

Location: Austin, TX (Hybrid)

Type: Contract, through Apr 2027

ZipStaff is hiring a Business Analyst 3 for our client, a large state health and human services agency. This hybrid contract is based in Austin, TX, requires a minimum of 2 days on-site each week during Monday-Friday business hours (8:00 AM to 5:00 PM), and is for an experienced senior business analyst (8+ years) who will support a high-impact health data modernization initiative. You will act as the primary liaison between the business community and IT teams, including Architecture, Project Delivery, and Application Sustain, and will evaluate complex business systems to formulate technical solutions aligned with strategic agency goals. Combining expertise in business process reengineering, raw data analysis, and requirements engineering, you will guide the initiative from initial discovery and financial feasibility analysis through testing and delivery, keeping the project on schedule and within budget.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary liaison between the business community and IT teams, including Architecture, Project Delivery, and Application Sustain.
• Evaluate complex business systems and formulate technical solutions aligned with strategic agency goals.
• Perform business process reengineering, raw data analysis, and requirements engineering.
• Guide the initiative from initial discovery and financial feasibility analysis through testing and delivery, keeping the project on schedule and within budget.
• Elicit, document, validate, and maintain requirements with full requirements traceability.
• Analyze current-state and future-state workflows, perform gap analysis, and drive process improvement.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of business analysis, including requirements elicitation, documentation, validation, and requirements traceability.
• 8+ years of business process analysis, including current-state and future-state workflows, gap analysis, and process improvement.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years supporting and performing system testing, user acceptance testing, defect resolution, and requirements validation.
• 5+ years of business analysis for data integration, data warehousing, analytics, or reporting projects.
• 3+ years of experience as a project manager.

Benefits

• Health Insurance.
• Dental Insurance.
• Vision Insurance.
• 401(k) + matching.
• Paid time off.
• Referral Program.