14355 – Business Analyst (remote) – Austin, TX

Start Date: ASAP
Type: Temporary Project
Estimated Duration: 7 months with possible extensions
Work Setting: Remote.

Required:
• Experience in performing complex business analysis and writing technical documentation (8+ years)
• Experience reporting project status to management including risks, issues, and key decisions (8+ years)
• Experience identifying project risks and issues; and developing/implementing mitigation strategies (8+ years)
• Experience in effective general written/oral communication, including documenting requirements, deliverables, test scenarios and project status (8+ years)
• Experience utilizing business analysis skills and interacting with business end users to gather, validate and document business requirements and translate into technical solutions to satisfy the business needs (8+ years)
• Experience performing review and approval processes of complex technical user and system requirements written by vendors (8+ years)
• Experience with Microsoft Office products (Teams, Word, Excel, Visio, and PowerPoint) (8+ years)
• Experience coordinating and developing test plans/strategies, exit criteria, and test scenarios (8+ years)
• Experience executing detailed test cases within a complex software environment (8+ years)
• Experience using testing management software (8+ years)
• Experience utilizing the Agile software development methodology (8+ years)
• Experience as a Business Analyst (8+ years)
• Experience approving and prioritizing user stories based on stakeholder feedback and subject matter expertise (8+ years)
• Experience with Medicaid management information systems and processes (8+ years)

Preferred:
• Experience with Texas Medicaid programs and PASRR (4+ years)
• Experience with the Long-Term Care Online Portal application. (2+ years)

Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:
• Analyzes program policies, procedures, and system impacts to ensure alignment with automated system functionality and business needs.
• Reviews complex project deliverables—including charters, requirements, design documents, test plans, and risk assessments—to confirm they meet documented business objectives.
• Serves as a liaison by providing consultation, documentation, and direction on system analysis, design, configuration, testing, and policy implementation.
• Develops, documents, and updates system design procedures, test procedures, and quality standards to support consistent delivery.
• Manages and prioritizes the product backlog to optimize resource utilization and support timely delivery of enhancements.
• Creates test plans mapped to business requirements or user stories, participates in UAT, and tracks, documents, and reports testing status.
• Identifies project risks and challenges, develops mitigation strategies, and may design and deliver training curriculum for assigned system modules.