This position is eligible for remote/flexible working arrangements.

Academic Information Systems (AIS) is a dynamic information technology organization that provides business process automation and application systems to the academic core of the University. Our organization is embarking on an exciting journey to modernize the student and academic systems in support of the UT's goal to become the world's highest-impact public research university.

We are seeking collaborative, curious and dedicated individuals to join our team. We are dedicated to professional career growth for team members by matching their skills and interests to the wide variety of projects and systems we support. We encourage work/life balance and offer flexible work arrangements, including the ability to work remotely.

UT Austin provides an outstanding benefits package, including but not limited to:

• Competitive health benefits (employee premiums covered at 100%, family premiums at 50%)
• Voluntary vision, dental, life, and disability insurance options
• Generous paid vacation, sick time, and holidays
• Defined benefit retirement plan with 8.25% employer matching funds
• Additional voluntary retirement programs
• Flexible spending account options for medical and childcare expenses
• Robust free training through LinkedIn Learning plus professional conference opportunities
• Tuition assistance
• Expansive employee discount program, including athletics tickets
• Free rides on all UT Shuttle and CapMetro buses with staff ID card

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This position requires you to maintain internet service and a mobile phone with voice and data plans to be used when required for work. Remote work for individuals who reside outside of Texas but within the US and its territories will be considered and is subject to Central Office approval.

Must be eligible to work in the United States on a full-time basis for any employer.

This new Senior Business Analyst position works with functional, technical, and subject matter experts within the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost and other campus partners by refining and validating business requirements, designing improved processes, and developing and maintaining documentation.

• Leads cross-functional workgroups to support the elicitation, analysis, refinement, and prioritization of business and non-functional requirements.
• Serves as a liaison between functional and technical teams during the entire software lifecycle, including requirements gathering, design, implementation, and ongoing maintenance and enhancement for both built and purchased systems.
• Analyzes business processes and recommends changes to improve efficiency and effectiveness and to make best use of automated software solutions.
• Develops, reviews, and improves documentation for business processes and software solutions.
• Develops communications in written, spoken, and visual/graphical formats to assist stakeholders and team members in understanding complex requirements, issues, options, and solutions. Communicates effectively with different groups via multiple methods and channels.
• Partners with stakeholders to manage shifting priorities and to identify issues, risks, and dependencies and facilitates development of options and proposals for addressing these items.
• Assists in planning, developing, and executing functional and non-functional test plans throughout the software lifecycle. Defines and implements regression test suites and minimum testing checklists. Maintains traceability between requirements and associated tests. Tracks and reports the status of testing efforts. Identifies gaps in testing processes and documentation and recommends improvements to maximize testing effectiveness.
• Continuously develops business analysis expertise and trains and mentors others in business analysis techniques.

• Bachelor's degree or higher
• Three years of professional experience with some combination of business analysis, requirements elicitation, information system design, test planning and execution, and communications writing/editing.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with functional and technical staff as well as end-users.
• Demonstrated ability to clarify complex and/or ambiguous information from multiple sources using a variety of tools and techniques.
• Demonstrated ability to organize complex business analysis and communication tasks into manageable work with meaningful results.
• Demonstrated familiarity with software testing standards and approaches and ability to analyze complex software requirements to develop test cases and scenarios to ensure requirements are fulfilled.
• Skilled at learning and exploring features of new technology systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• High attention to and appreciation of detail.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Self-directed and dedicated to working as a member of a collaborative team.

Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

• Additional years of business analysis experience.
• Familiarity with software development practices and processes.
• Experience with business process reengineering and identifying new applications of technology to address business problems.
• Experience in the higher education sector and knowledge of commonly used concepts and practices within higher education IT.
• Experience developing, editing, and reviewing technical documentation.

$80,000 + depending on qualifications

• Standard Office

• Keyboard

• Resume/CV
• 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor
• Letter of interest

Importantfor applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers:You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure thatALLRequired Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.

Important for Current university employees and contingent workers:As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questionspresented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.

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