Strategic IT Business Analyst Lead

Dallas County; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 75,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Dallas County is seeking a seasoned Business Analyst to provide strategic analysis to business partners. You will work with business units to understand strategy, processes, services, roadmap and the context in which the business operates, reviews processes end-to-end to identify risks and opportunities.

The role requires a Bachelor's in Business or Information Systems and five years of BA experience, with knowledge of SDLC, waterfall and agile methods.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems or a related field.
• Five years of job-related experience in business analysis.
• Experience in business transformation, process management and PM practices preferred.
• ITIL and/or Project Management certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Interfaces with IT staff to design new programs, processes, projects and software.
• Researches and prepares statistical reports for management decision-making.
• Ensures alignment between user requirements, funding and system capabilities.
• Leads project teams in defining systems requirements for multi-discipline projects.
• Leads requirements analysis to ensure completeness, consistency and verifiability.
• Produces project analysis documentation (BRD, use cases, UAT plans).
• Conducts change impact analysis and documents business rules and requirements.
• Identifies and facilitates process design changes for quality and data management.
• Elicits requirements using interviews, surveys, and workshops.
• Demonstrates up-to-date expertise in Information Systems and best practices.
• Facilitates requirements prioritization based on business value.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

SDLC knowledge

Agile & Waterfall

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Process improvement

Requirements elicitation

Data analysis

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's in Business/IS

Master’s degree preferred

ITIL/PM certifications preferred

Tools

MS Office

Visio

MS Project

SharePoint

Data visualization tools

Job description

Dallas County is seeking a seasoned Business Analyst to provide strategic analysis to business partners. You will work with business units to understand strategy, processes, services, roadmap and the context in which the business operates, reviews processes end-to-end to identify risks and opportunities.

The role requires a Bachelor's in Business or Information Systems and five years of BA experience, with knowledge of SDLC, waterfall and agile methods.