IT Business Analyst

Job Description

Job Title:  IT Business Analyst

Division:  Information Technology

Work Arrangement:  Hybrid

Location:  Houston, TX

Salary Range:  $79,092 - $100,000

FLSA Status:  Exempt

Work Schedule:  Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Summary

The ideal candidate will have successful facilitation skills in an academic environment, experience with MS Visio, MS Word, experience with Requirements Management Software (Jama, Doors, etc.). The successful applicant will have demonstrated experience performing or leading business analysis efforts across a variety of technology-related projects, programs, and standalone initiatives.  This role is a strong fit for professionals with experience working in Waterfall delivery environments, collaborating with IT teams, and exposure to ServiceNow.

The OIT department members are based in Houston, TX, with many in the department working remotely within the Greater Houston, TX area. Regular travel to the regional campus is not expected; however, there may be occasional site visits based on project needs. 

Job Duties

• Collaborates with project stakeholders (sponsor, owner, pm, etc.) in determining project scope and vision.
• Conducts interviews to gather user requirements via workshops, questionnaires, surveys, site visits, workflow storyboards, use cases, scenarios, and other methods.
• Identifies and establishes scope and parameters of requirements analysis on a project-by-project basis.
• Tracks requirement burn-down during project execution, helping to ensure completeness of delivered solution.
• Works with stakeholders to gather and prioritize requirements.
• Works with project teams to analyze high level requirements and help determine implementation timeline.
• Partners with product owners, developers, QA teams, infrastructure architects, engineers, vendors, and business stakeholders to understand current and future-state needs.
• Develops test strategy, plan and oversees execution for necessary project test phases (unit, integrated, UAT, etc.).
• Works with stakeholders, end users, and process owners to understand business processes and analyze current state.
• Analyzes and verifies requirements for completeness, consistency, comprehensibility, feasibility, and conformity to standards.
• Develops and utilizes standard templates to accurately and concisely write requirements specifications.
• Translates business process and user needs into system requirements, infrastructure requirements and functional specifications in a clear manner that is comprehensible to developers / project team.
• Develops prototypes of interfaces and attributes based on the user requirements.
• Creates process models, specifications, diagrams, and charts to provide direction to developers and/or the project team.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or four years of relevant experience may substitute for degree requirement.
• Two years of relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• Experience in an academic setting.
• Experience as part of a project team working in Waterfall methodology.
• Experience working with or as part of an IT organization.
• Experience with ServiceNow is a plus.

Work Authorization Requirement:

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of application and throughout the duration of employment. 

Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.

Requisition ID:  24822

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