Entry-level jobs in Austin, TX

About the role

Seeking an entry level Jr. Business Analyst to provide overall functional design guidance in the evolution of a state government department of motor vehicle enterprise software application suite. As a member of the project team, the analyst will work in an interactive environment with business and technical staff to ensure a high degree of collaboration in support of a successful overall solution. Responsibilities for this role will include working with Motor Vehicle business users to define business requirements, designing software solutions, developing business specification artifacts for the enterprise, and collaborating with a highly skilled software development team.  The analyst will also participate in business optimization and transformation efforts. This is a role with the potential to further develop business analysis skills and expertise or it can lead to a diverse set of developmental software development opportunities including software quality assurance, project management, etc..

What you'll bring

• Completion or final semester of a Business Degree with an emphasis in MIS / CIS.
• Aptitude to anticipate and appropriately escalate on forthcoming issues and risks of the software solution.
• Knowledge of an industry accepted, structured software development life cycle methodologies, tools and techniques.
• Ability to understand and comply with established design principles, standards, and procedures for software development.
• Capability to use software development design tools and processes (i.e. Microsoft Team Foundation Server, Sharepoint, Visio, etc.).
• Ability to author design specifications and functional design documentation for the software development team.
• Ability to effectively analyze software solutions through structured testing in order to validate the application for business and technical requirements while guiding the improvement of the application.
• Desire to work in teams to address software defect analysis, troubleshooting, and resolution.
• Ability to work collaboratively with business stakeholders and software development team, while driving software innovations and improvements to achieve business optimization
• Ability to prepare and present concepts and vision (written and verbal) to the software development team, management, and other internal and external stakeholders.
• Candidate must be an excellent communicator with strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to identify potential impacts and / or gaps in terms of organization, business and processes between current customer situations, and the desired end-state of the software solution.