Business Analyst

Job Title

Consult on the analysis of an application, troubleshoots system problems, and recommend solutions.

Experience in business analysis and quality assurance for licensing systems, particularly within Texas state licensing agencies. Deep understanding of the license life cycle, including new license application and management processes. Skilled in creating detailed user stories, defining acceptance criteria, and performing manual testing to ensure functionality and compliance. Strong ability to interact with end users to gather requirements, validate solutions, and ensure a seamless user experience.

Provide quality assurance consultation to projects, assignments, or special initiatives.

Develop and review test cases; process change requests; and manage a project's scope, acceptance, installation, and deployment.

Maintain assigned business relationships with vendors, seek best value for new and renewing technologies, and review and approve monthly and annual invoices.

Follow all TDA policies and procedures.

Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements:

Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.

Years
- Required/Preferred
- Experience

8 - Required
- Experience with Agile methodologies, user story creation, working as part of an Agile team, participating in all Agile ceremonies, and leading Refinement and Sprint planning sessions.

8 - Required
- Experience using Azure Dev Ops, Jira, or similar.

8 - Required
- Performs highly complex (senior-level) business analysis work.

8 - Required
- Works under limited supervision, with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.

8 - Required
- Coordinate the analysis of program policies and procedures to determine their effect on automated systems and system functional areas.

8 - Required
- Coordinate with outside vendors and contractors to complete projects and service requests; and defines, assigns, and evaluates their work.

8 - Required
- Identify opportunities to improve business processes through automation and help prepare proposals to develop new systems.

8 - Required
- Consult on the analysis of an application, troubleshoots system problems, and implements solutions.

8 - Required
- Provide complex quality assurance consultation to, or oversight of, projects, assignments, or special initiatives

8 - Required
- Review complex project deliverables such as charters, design documentation, test plans, and risk assessment plans; and provide comments and suggestions to document owners.

8 - Required
- Develop training curricula and conduct formal training sessions covering assigned systems modules.

8 - Required
- Develop the design and/or review of test cases; processes change requests.

8 - Preferred
- Previous experience working with TDA systems.

Write, test, debug, and document complex programs, including client/server and web-based applications using C# (.Net), Blazor, and/or SQL.

Design, develop and implement specialized programs or routines to create, supplement, and enhance front and back-end web-based applications software using HTML5, CSS, C# .NET Blazor, SQL, Stored Procedures, Oracle, and SQL Server.

Work closely and coordinate with systems analysts, architects, and various business areas to gather/validate requirements, understand technical issues, limitations and model solutions that meet the functional and technical requirements.

Provide support of Texas Department of Agriculture applications software through diagnosis of problems and implementation of changes to resolve problems and maintain software at the most current level.

Extensive experience in developing and enhancing applications using Dev Express tools, including advanced work with Dev Express grids for creating interactive, user-friendly interfaces. Ability to design and implement new stored procedures while maintaining compatibility with existing ones for the State of Texas licensing system. Proficiency in Visual Studio 2022 and .NET Core 9.0 to deliver scalable, high-performance solutions.

Perform research and analysis required specialized programs or routines to supplement and enhance front and back-end web-based applications software using HTML5, CSS, C#.NET Blazor, SQL, Stored Procedures, Oracle, and SQL Server.

Recommend improvements to processes for application development projects, as needed.

Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements:

Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.

Years
- Required/Preferred
- Experience

4 - Required
- Bachelor's degree, or higher.

4 - Required - 4+ years of experience in development of web-based software applications

4 - Required - 4+ years of experience root cause analysis and resolution

4 - Required - 4+ years of experience programming in various coding languages…