Business Analyst - Project Management

We are seeking a Business Analyst who is local to Austin, TX. Anyone who is not will be rejected.

leadership capabilities who can work across technical teams, project managers, and business stakeholders for a hybrid position (must be local to Austin) with our Austin, Texas client. This role requires a Business Analyst with a strong project management focus who can coordinate multiple IT technical efforts, analyze requirements, and ensure the successful delivery of technology solutions.

Key Responsibilities for this position include:

Project & Technology Leadership

• Lead and support multiple IT initiatives within the project portfolio.
• Coordinate and manage technical project efforts across cross-functional teams.
• Act as a lead Business Analyst or Scrum Master on technology projects.
• Collaborate with project managers to ensure the successful execution of project plans.

Business Analysis

• Analyze business and technical requirements for IT initiatives.
• Gather, document, and validate requirements with stakeholders.
• Translate business needs into technical and functional specifications.
• Support solution design and ensure alignment with business objectives.

Project Management Support

• Assist with IT project portfolio management activities.
• Work closely with project managers to monitor project scope, priorities, and deliverables.
• Coordinate with technical teams, vendors, and stakeholders to resolve issues and track progress.
• Support prioritization of critical technology initiatives.

Technology Initiatives

• Support infrastructure and system initiatives including:
• Participate in planning and execution of enterprise technology projects.

SDLC & Agile Participation

• Participate throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including:

Work Distribution (Approximate)

• Project Management / Technology Coordination: ~70%
• Business Analysis Activities: ~30%

Requirements:

Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major course work in management information systems or business administration

Yrs        Skills/Experience
 8             Experience planning, eliciting, analyzing, and managing business requirements and monitoring throughout the software development life cycle (SDLC)
 8             Experience leading simple and complex business process reengineering and transformation efforts that deliver efficiency improvements in quality and
 customer experience
 8             Experience performing a business relationship manager (liaison) role between functional and technical teams
 8             Experience leading project teams and/or operational and strategic organizational efforts that involved managing changes and stakeholder
 relationships, tracking and communicating performance, ensuring resource availability and allocation, coordinating third parties/vendors and delegating
 tasks
 8             Experience with projects addressing some of the following fields:
 * data management, data quality, data warehousing, data modeling, data
 migration and integration
 * secure file transfers
 * enterprise system analysis
 * enterprise architecture
 * information security principles
 8 *          Experience working in a scrum master role or in an agile scrum environment
 8             Experience with information systems implementations and enhancements, enterprise level applications and resolution of issues with complex technology
 components:
 * M365 implementations
 * SharePoint Online implementation
 * SharePoint workflow automation
 * File transfer processing
 * New software security review and evaluation
 8              Experience leading successful projects with information systems technologies hardware and software:

* servers, telephony, network, data center maintenance, disaster
 recovery
 * Identity access management
 * information security improvements
 * patching, upgrades and enhancements
 

Preferred:
 Yrs         Skills/Experience
 8             Experience in a wide range of business environments including business consulting
 8              Experience with a variety of system implementations and enhancements supporting business areas related to: building operations, finance, benefits
 processing, procurement, contracts, legal, audit, human resources, vendor relations, project management, communications
 8             Technical expertise and experience in business systems analysis, system configuration, information security, and internal control frameworks
 8             Technical expertise and experience with reporting databases, database design development, data modeling, mapping
 8             Technical expertise and experience conducting enterprise business analysis such as problem/opportunity analysis, business case and business architecture
 development, feasibility studies and comprehensive risk assessments supporting value-based decision-making
 8             Technical expertise and experience creating comprehensive system-level documentation, system implementation standards, and training materials for
 users with varied levels of technical understanding
 4             Experience with MS Azure DevOps for requirements management, and project implementation
 4             Experience with project management software
 Masters of Business of Administration (MBA), CCBA, CBAP, CSM, CSPO,
 PMI-PBA, PMP, ITIL, ICGB, or related