Senior Business Analyst

ASSYST; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

ASSYST is seeking a Senior Business Analyst for a public health data modernization initiative in Austin, Texas. This hybrid role requires 3 days onsite and 2 days remote, with a strict local-candidates requirement.

The role involves eliciting and documenting complex requirements, ensuring traceability, performing gap analyses, and coordinating with both business and IT teams. You will map data flows, support UAT, and contribute to ROI assessments.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in business analysis with elicitation, documentation, validation, and traceability.
• 8+ years in business process analysis, mapping, current/future-state workflows, gap analyses, and process improvements.
• 5+ years experience liaising between business and IT teams (Architecture, Project Delivery, Application Sustain).
• Strong experience as a Data Analyst analyzing raw data alongside BA duties.

Responsibilities

• Elicit, document, validate, and manage traceability for requirements across business, functional, reporting, data, security, and user-access areas.
• Evaluate business systems and user needs, aligning solutions with business strategies.
• Document current and future workflows, perform gap analyses, and recommend technology applications.
• Facilitate stakeholder workshops and coordinate reviews between program and technical teams.
• Write detailed descriptions of user needs and program functions for development.
• Develop user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Support data mapping, testing, UAT, and defect resolution.
• Prepare solution options, assess risks, and conduct ROI and cost/benefit analyses.
• Assist Project Manager to keep the project on schedule and within budget.

Skills

Stakeholder facilitation

Requirements elicitation

Data analysis

Traceability

Job description

ASSYST is seeking a Senior Business Analyst with public health data modernization project experience in Austin, Texas (Hybrid Role - 3days onsite, 2 days remote). Please Note: Program will only accept LOCAL ONLY candidates for this position.

Key Responsibilities

• Elicit, document, validate, and manage traceability for business, functional, reporting, data, security, and user-access requirements.
• Evaluate business systems and user needs, formulating systems to parallel overall business strategies.
• Document current-state and future-state workflows, perform gap analyses, and recommend new applications of technology to improve business effectiveness.
• Facilitate stakeholder workshops and coordinate reviews between program and technical teams.
• Write detailed descriptions of user needs, program functions, and the steps required to develop or modify computer programs.
• Develop user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Support data mapping, system testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and defect resolution.
• Prepare solution options, identify risks, and conduct financial analyses such as cost/benefit, ROI, and buy/build assessments.
• Support the Project Manager and assist in keeping the project on schedule and within budget.

Minimum Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in business analysis, including requirements elicitation, documentation, validation, and requirements traceability.
• 8+ years of experience in business process analysis, process, mapping, process re-engineering, current-state and future-state workflows, conducting gap analyses, and driving process improvements.
• 5+ years of experience serving as a liaison between the business community and customer IT teams (e.g., Architecture, Project Delivery, Application Sustain).
• Strong experience functioning as a Data Analyst analyzing raw data alongside core Business Analyst duties.
• Proven ability to rely on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals, working independently on complicated tasks with a wide degree of creativity and latitude.

Preferred Skills

• 5+ years of experience supporting and performing system testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), defect resolution, and requirements validation.
• 5+ years of business analysis experience specifically focused on data integration, data warehousing, analytics, or reporting projects.
• 3+ years of experience as a Project Manager or Project Management expereince.

ASSYST is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, military status, national origin or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or applicable local law.