Jobs in Austin, TX

About the role

The IT Business Systems Analyst contributes broad experience and a high level of expertise in business processes and system functionality.  The IT Business Systems Analyst is responsible for facilitating collaborative design of technology solutions for core, critical applications to address business needs.  On project assignments of high risk and complexity, the position leads and directs activities such as requirement definition, research, analysis, testing, training, and documentation. This position provides technical expertise and team leadership on major, complex initiatives. Reports to:  Director of IT Key Interfaces:  This position works closely with business owners across all Company departments in the development of application roadmaps and upgrade strategies.  Additionally, this position will routinely interface with and direct external vendor partners.

What you'll bring

• The IT Business System Analyst must be highly detail oriented and meticulous in order to be successful at this job.
• Having a high sense of urgency is critical in this role.
• High sense of urgency
• The ideal candidate will be able to prioritize across multiple projects and activities as well as be self-directed.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience working in an IT Business Systems Analyst role.
• A Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Engineering or equivalent experience is required
• Requires 5+ years of progressive Business Systems Analyst experience in an Information Technology environment and worked while leading the projects (as acting PM or having PM experience.
• We're not looking for developers or just quality assurance.
• We require someone with solid BA skills - someone who's gathered requirements, written use cases, and done testing.
• Someone who has worked as a BA lead (like the PM role) as far as being able to interact with customers, manage projects/deadlines, and work independently.
• Previous experience with frameworks such as ITIL, Lean, Six Sigma and/or CMMI
• A clear understanding of what it means to build loosely coupled/service-oriented systems/features