Texas Health and Human Services · 15 hours ago
Business Analyst for Public Health
Austin, TX
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$5,797.66/mo - $9,508.25/mo
7+ years expTexas Health and Human Services is committed to creating a positive impact in the lives of fellow Texans. The Business Analyst for Public Health will perform advanced business analysis work, coordinating requirements gathering, developing business processes, and aligning needs with technology roadmaps.
Health Care
No H1B
Responsibilities
Analyze and document requirements utilizing industry best practices on IT projects and DSHS initiated requests; oversee the development of business and user requirements to help define and support business strategy; assist in the development of the agency and IT strategic plan and the agency information resource plans; manage the formation of Product and Project roadmaps; derive and document requirements from established business processes and existing systems, identify gaps, required enhancements and improvements; develop functional and/or system requirements documentation focusing on efficiency improvements, streamlining applications and modernizing underlying technology; document clear, detailed, and thorough technical specifications for simple to complex requests; act as liaison between technical and non-technical customers, tailoring communication to the audience; meet with different IT teams, customers and stakeholders to establish current and future priorities with IT components to support the program’s business needs and those of the agency; provide IT input on new technologies, architectural or security requirements
Oversee and provide input on the requirements management process within Public Health Portfolio; lead high-level requirements meetings to understand and document product, business and technical needs for Public Health; develop Epics, Stories and tasks for Projects; Resolve conflicting business and technical requirements; research, analyze, document and communicate application, data, infrastructure, security, Accessibility needs/requirements and ensure solution alignment to requirements; collaborate with other IT areas, Project Management Office, Chief Technology Officer and Application Development – to perform analysis, design and planning; act as a Product Owner for products being developed using Agile methodologies; leverage standard methodologies, processes, and tools; Support preparation of agency governance materials (i.e., business justification, cost/benefit analysis, etc.); develop, review and provide feedback of project deliverables such as project charters and design documentation; provide feedback to IT and DSHS leadership
Analyze policies and procedures to determine the impact on business processes and existing systems; identify and document downstream dependencies, requirements from Legislative Mandates, Bills, and new policies and procedures; develop and conduct training sessions that educate customers, colleagues and stakeholders on business analysis techniques and standards; develop documentation and demos to help customers and IT transition following the changes in policies and procedures
Other duties as assigned including but are not limited to actively participating and/or serving in a supporting role to meet the agency’s obligations for disaster response and/or recovery or Continuity of Operations (COOP) activation. Such participation may require an alternate shift pattern assignment and/or location
Qualification
Required
Minimum of 7 (seven) years of experience in a Business Analyst/Product Manager role
Minimum of 7 (seven) years of experience working on complex enterprise-wide applications
Minimum of 2 (two) years of experience in Agile software development methodologies
Preferred
Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in business administration, computer science, management information systems, or a related field is generally preferred
Benefits
100% paid employee health insurance for full-time eligible employees
A defined benefit pension plan
Generous time off benefits
Numerous opportunities for career advancement
Company
Texas Health and Human Services
Texas Health and Human Services is an agency that focuses on improving health, safety and well-being.
10001+ employees
Funding
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