Business Analyst

HonorVet Technologies is a veteran-owned IT staffing firm, ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certified, working with federal agencies, state governments, and Fortune 500 enterprise clients across the US. What makes us different isn't a tagline — it's the way we work. We don't forward resumes and hope for the best. We take the time to understand where a professional like you is headed and only reach out when we genuinely believe there's a fit worth exploring. Position Details • Title: Business Analyst 2 • Location: Austin, TX 78751 • Duration: 2 Months (Possible extension) • Employment Type: Contract Key Responsibilities 1. Business & Systems Analysis • Review, analyze, and evaluate business systems and user needs to formulate systems that parallel overall business strategies • Apply experience in business process reengineering and identify new applications of technology to make business more effective • Prepare solution options, risk identification, and financial analyses such as cost/benefit, ROI, and buy/build evaluations • Write detailed descriptions of user needs, program functions, and steps required to develop or modify computer programs 1. CARE System Migration Support • Provide business and systems analysis in support of the retirement of the Client Assignment and Registration (CARE) system and migration of legacy components to future applications • Support the transition of CARE functions from a legacy mainframe environment into modern, modular, Medicaid Enterprise System-aligned solutions • Ensure smooth migration of CARE-related business, data, reporting, and integration capabilities from current to future locations • Work across business, application, data, reporting, infrastructure, security, and project delivery teams to document current-state business and technical processes 1. Requirements Management & Traceability • Elicit, document, validate, and manage requirements; facilitate collaboration to synthesize information and ensure full coverage • Build traceability from stakeholder needs to system requirements; challenge gaps and validate assumptions for accuracy • Translate complex business processes, screens, and data flows into clear, testable, traceable, and technically actionable requirements • Write and maintain business process flow diagrams and visuals 1. Stakeholder Collaboration & Gap Analysis • Serve as a bridge between business, application, data, reporting, infrastructure, security, and project delivery teams • Facilitate discovery and analysis of CARE functions; synthesize findings and deliver decision-ready analysis • Map business and technical dependencies, identify gaps, and work with stakeholders to define future-state requirements • Proactively address gaps and validate assumptions across cross-functional teams 1. Medicaid Operations Continuity • Ensure CARE retirement covers all critical dependencies through cross-functional reviews and actionable recommendations • Support continuity of Medicaid operations throughout the migration process • Define future-state business and technical requirements aligned with Medicaid Enterprise System standards Required Experience • 8 Years - Business analysis experience reviewing, analyzing, and evaluating business systems and user needs • 8 Years - Experience eliciting, documenting, validating, and managing business, functional, technical, data, reporting, and interface requirements • 8 Years - Experience developing requirements traceability from business needs through design, development, testing, implementation, and operational readiness • 8 Years - Experience conducting current-state and future-state process analysis, gap analysis, impact analysis, and dependency analysis • 8 Years - Experience documenting use cases, user stories, acceptance criteria, business rules, process flows, and requirements specifications • 8 Years - Experience working across business, application, data, infrastructure, security, and vendor teams • 8 Years - Experience supporting complex IT projects with multiple stakeholders, dependencies, risks, and decision points • 8 Years - Strong written and verbal communication skills, including executive-ready summaries and technical documentation • 8 Years - Experience analyzing data flows, interfaces, reports, source-to-target mappings, or system integration dependencies Preferred Experience • 4 Years - Experience supporting legacy system modernization, mainframe retirement, system replacement, or enterprise transformation • 3 Years - Experience with Medicaid, health and human services, claims, eligibility, provider, waiver, behavioral health, IDD, or related public-sector spaces • 3 Years - Experience with application development or infrastructure deployment projects • 2 Years - Experience with APIs, batch interfaces, data warehouses, reporting modernization, or modular system design • 2 Years - Experience with Texas Project Delivery Framework, state government IT governance, or public-sector procurements • 1 Year - Certification such as CBAP, PMI-PBA, PMP, Agile, Scrum, SAFe, or related credential