Urgent Job Opening- Business Analyst

Job Number:

12388

Job Title

70127029 – Business Analyst 3 – 100% REMOTE

Job Type

Contract

# CEs

1

Duration

Multi Year – START DATE: 09/01/2026

Manager Name

TEA DIR

Department

Company

Texas Education Agency

Address 1

1701 N. Congress Avenue

Address 2

City

Austin

State

TX NEED LOCALS ONLY 

Zip

78701 – 12759

Job Description

This position will perform advanced, senior-level business analysis work. The business analyst serves as the conduit between the program/customer community and the software development team through which requirements flow. This BA will be involved at some level throughout the entire software development life cycle. Upon establishment of the requirements baseline, the focus is shifted towards the management of the requirements specification and verifying the fulfillment of all requirements, including requirements for enhancements post-implementation.

Essential Functions:

1 – Elicitation & Analysis – Analyzes user needs, business processes, pain points, and computer system capabilities to automate or improve existing systems. Elicits requirements using joint application development (JAD), interviews, document analysis, surveys, use cases, competitive product analysis, and workflow analysis.

2 – Requirements Writing & Visual Output
Transforms information from elicitation sessions into business and functional requirements, use cases, user stories, software requirements specifications documents, wireframes, and mockups. Uses standard templates and simple, unambiguous, and concise natural language.

3 – BA Best Practices & Mentorship
Acts as a mentor to peers and colleagues in disseminating best practices and proactively seeks out training opportunities.

4 – Using TEA Tools Effectively
Uses TEA tools, such as Jira and Modern Requirements, to manage the change control process, participate in the SDLC, and track and communicate requirements status.

MUST HAVE
8        Required        Experience eliciting requirements from interviews with customers and creating well-written system requirements
8        Required        Experience with software development life cycles (SDLCs)
8        Required        Business process re-engineering and software process flow improvement experience
8        Required        Experience developing user stories and use cases that conform to business analysis best practices
8        Required        Experience designing mockups and/or wireframes that conform to UX best practices
5        Required        Demonstrated strong communication and facilitation skills
5        Required        Demonstrated strong writing and organization skills
4        Required        Documented work experience with TEA OR a federal/state/local education agency OR education vendor
2        Required        Documented work experience with the issue tracking software “Atlassian Jira”
2        Required        Documented work experience with the requirements management software “Modern Requirements”

PREFERRED
1        Preferred        Experience working with special education data
1        Preferred        Experience with Power BI data visualization features and capabilities