Strategic BA & Testing Team Lead

FALL CREEK FARM & NURSERY; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 106,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Pension plan

Generous time off

Career advancement opportunities

Job summary

Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is seeking a Business Analysis and Testing Team Lead in Austin, TX. The role reports to the LTC Applications Team Manager and focuses on leading advanced business analysis, defect repair, testing, and ad hoc reporting for complex applications.

The BAT Team Lead coordinates requirements across program areas and guides the service-request lifecycle, ensuring system integration and user acceptance testing before implementation.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in computer science, computer information systems, management information systems, or a related field.
• Five (5) or more years’ experience as a Business Analyst.

Responsibilities

• Assist Manager to ensure adequate staffing for team based upon staffing levels approved by HHSC management.
• Plan, organize, prioritize, and schedule business analysis and testing for all HHSC Long Term Care applications resulting from IT Projects, Help Desk Calls, IT Customer Requests, or other assignment approved by the Manager or MES Director in accordance with IT goals, objectives, and standards.
• Help Manager supervise and control business analysis and testing team so that applications are available at least 96% to 98% of the time, service level agreements with customers are met, and team members work on approved assignments.
• Perform systems analysis and testing activities to evaluate application solutions supporting customer requirements, changes in systems requirements, software releases, equipment configurations, and relationships/dependencies between systems.
• Ensure compliance with all Federal, State, and agency laws, rules, policies, and procedures including SOPs that govern HHSC IT.
• Provide leadership that contributes to teamwork and unit harmony.
• Promote an image of IT excellence and communicate effectively.

Skills

Facilitation techniques

Project management

SDLC knowledge

Requirements elicitation

Team leadership

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is seeking a Business Analysis and Testing Team Lead in Austin, TX. The role reports to the LTC Applications Team Manager and focuses on leading advanced business analysis, defect repair, testing, and ad hoc reporting for complex applications.

The BAT Team Lead coordinates requirements across program areas and guides the service-request lifecycle, ensuring system integration and user acceptance testing before implementation.