Business Analyst III

Overview

Employment in this role is conditional upon successful execution of the contract by the client.

The current period of performance is scheduled to end on August 31, 2027; however, the client retains the unilateral right to extend the contract beyond this date by exercising one or more option periods, subject to the terms, conditions, and funding provisions of the awarded contract.

Business Analyst III

Cayuse Civil Services, LLC

Remote with the ability to occasionally work on-site in Austin, TX

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Full-Time Salary Exempt

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The Business Analyst will act as the critical intermediary between the program or customer stakeholders and the software development team, facilitating the flow of requirements. The individual in this role will contribute to every phase of the software development lifecycle to some extent. Once the requirements baseline is established, the emphasis will transition to managing the requirements documentation and ensuring that all requirements are fully realized, including those related to enhancements after implementation.

This position aligns with Cayuse’s core values of Innovation, Excellence, Collaboration, Adaptability, and Integrity by fostering technical solutions that meet customer needs, promoting teamwork, and prioritizing quality in deliverables.

• Conducts comprehensive analysis of user needs, business processes, system limitations, and areas of inefficiency to identify opportunities for system automation or enhancement.
• Gathers requirements through methodologies such as Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions, interviews, document reviews, surveys, use case development, competitive product analysis, and workflow evaluations.
• Transforms insights gathered from elicitation activities into clear and actionable documentation, including business and functional requirements, use cases, user stories, software requirements specifications (SRS), wireframes, and mock-ups.
• Adheres to established templates and employs straightforward, precise, and concise language to ensure clarity and usability.
• Serves as a mentor to peers and colleagues by promoting and implementing best practices for business analysis.
• Actively seeks and shares professional development opportunities to enhance team competencies and ensure alignment with industry standards.
• Leverages tools, such as Jira and Modern Requirements, to efficiently manage the change control process, support activities throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), and track and communicate the status of requirements and project progress.
• Other duties as assigned.

Here’s What You Need

The qualifications and skills listed below are intended to provide a general overview of the requirements for this position. However, due to the anticipated nature of the contract and the absence of a finalized task order from the client, this list should not be considered all-encompassing. Additional qualifications, certifications, skills, or experience specific to the client’s requirements may be identified and requested upon award of the task order.

Candidates should demonstrate flexibility and a willingness to adapt to evolving responsibilities as outlined by the client.

• 8 years of experience with:
• Eliciting requirements through customer interviews and crafting clear, well-written system requirements.
• Working with software development life cycles (SDLCs).
• Business process re-engineering and software process flow improvement experience.
• Developing user stories and use cases aligned with business analysis best practices.
• Designing mockups and/or wireframes that adhere to UX best practices.
• Must be able to pass a background check. May…