TDCJ - Information Technology Business Analyst IV

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - SET • Huntsville, TX • 2d ago

Please paste the following URL into a browser to view the entire job posting on the CAPPS Careers page.https://erphcmprd.cpa.texas.gov/psp/candidateportal/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRSHRAMFL.HRSCGSEARCHFL.GBL?Page=HRSAPPJBPSTFLandAction=UandFOCUS=ApplicantandSiteId=1andJobOpeningId=103610andPostingSeq=1Job DescriptionTEST: WEB-based aptitude test utilizing Criteria may be required as part of the interview process. Job Duties (DAY-TO-DAY functions): Provides leadership, direction, and oversight for the Business Analysis team. Coaches and mentors BA Supervisors, supporting them in developing, mentoring, and managing their assigned Business Analysts. Establishes clear expectations for BA practices, deliverables, quality, productivity, communication, and professional conduct. Reviews BA workloads and assignments across projects to balance resources, identify capacity constraints, and address potential project risks. Ensures Business Analysts consistently apply established standards, templates, processes, and requirements documentation practices. Oversees the quality of business requirements, functional requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, traceability, and related BA deliverables. Works with project managers, development managers, architects, security, infrastructure, and business stakeholders to ensure business needs are accurately understood. Monitors BA performance, project assignments, deliverables, and organizational metrics to identify trends, issues, and opportunities for improvement. Identifies training, mentoring, and professional development opportunities to strengthen BA skills and improve organizational capability. Provides leadership with regular status updates, early notification of risks, and actionable recommendations for addressing issues and improving outcomes.Youd be a GOOD fit if: A good candidate for this position meets the minimum qualifications and has demonstrated experience in business analysis, systems analysis, business process analysis, or a closely related field. You should have experience gathering, analyzing, documenting, and validating business and system requirements; working with customers and technical teams; participating in the software development or project lifecycle; and using business analysis tools, techniques, and documentation standards. Strong candidates will also demonstrate the ability to analyze complex business problems, communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical audiences, manage competing priorities, and work effectively with project managers, developers, architects, infrastructure, security, and business stakeholders.Experience leading or mentoring other business analysts, coordinating work across multiple projects, reviewing requirements and deliverables for quality, and helping establish or improve business analysis standards is preferred. We are looking for someone who can move beyond completing individual assignments and contribute to the consistency, quality, and effectiveness of the BA organization. The successful candidate will be organized, accountable, responsive, collaborative, and comfortable working in a complex environment with competing priorities and stakeholders.Youd be a GREAT fit if: A great candidate will bring more than strong business analysis skillsthey will bring the ability to lead, develop, and grow a business analysis organization. This person will be an experienced BA leader who can coach supervisors and analysts, build trust across the organization, establish clear expectations, recognize strengths and development needs, and hold people accountable for quality and commitments. They will understand how to balance workloads across a large portfolio of work, identify resource constraints and project risks early, and use metrics and information to make sound staffing and prioritization recommendations. They will also have a demonstrated ability to improve the quality and consistency of requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, traceability, stakeholder communication, and other BA deliverables.The great candidate will also think beyond individual projects and see the BA organization as a strategic partner to TDCJ. They will build productive relationships with business stakeholders and technology leaders and position BAs as trusted advisors. They will be curious enough to learn the organization before changing it, confident enough to challenge assumptions respectfully, and proactive enough to bring forward problems along with viable options and recommendations. They will look for opportunities to improve standards, templates, intake, training, metrics, governance, tools, and overall efficiencyand understand how those improvements contribute to the long-term modernization of TDCJ's application portfolio. Job DescriptionApplicants must submit both a rsum and a completed application to be considered. Both documents should include sufficient work history to assess qualifications. For the most accurate and up-to-date information about your application, please log in to the CAPPS application portal regularly to monitor status changes or updates. Job Duties:Provides leadership, direction, and oversight for the Business Analysis team. Coaches and mentors BA Supervisors, supporting them in developing, mentoring, and managing their assigned Business Analysts. Establishes clear expectations for BA practices, deliverables, quality, productivity, communication, and professional conduct. Reviews BA workloads and assignments across projects to balance resources, identify capacity constraints, and address potential project risks. Ensures Business Analysts consistently apply established standards, templates, processes, and requirements documentation practices. Oversees the quality of business requirements, functional requirements, user stories, acceptance crit

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