Job Description

The Senior Business Data Analyst will play a pivotal role in translating business needs into actionable requirements, enabling the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to optimize systems, workflows, and data insights. This position demands extensive experience in analyzing complex data-driven business problems, writing Epics and User Stories, documenting data flows, and designing visual models to support system enhancements or new implementations. Working under limited supervision, this hybrid role requires strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving capabilities to support cross-functional teams across technical and business domains.

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Responsibilities:

• Analyze existing business processes, data flows, and system functionality to identify gaps and improvement opportunities

• Elicit and document clear, comprehensive business requirements for system enhancements or new implementations

• Collaborate with stakeholders, product owners, and technical teams to ensure alignment on functionality and goals

• Write Epics and User Stories, including detailed acceptance criteria, for Agile development teams

• Lead meetings and facilitate workshops to define requirements and drive consensus

• Design and present visual models, data workflows, and dashboards to communicate project status and trends

• Create and maintain documentation such as data dictionaries, BRDs, and data mapping specifications

• Perform data analysis and complex SQL queries to support decision-making

• Document and communicate outcomes of interviews and issue resolution processes

• Drive cross-functional collaboration to address data-related issues and support delivery of high-quality solutions

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Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

• 13+ years as a Business Data Analyst in IT environments

• 13+ years of experience collaborating with technical and non-technical teams to solve complex data issues

• 10+ years of experience designing and optimizing data workflows and processes using modeling tools

• 10+ years writing Epics, User Stories, and acceptance criteria for development and QA teams

• 8+ years maintaining business/data documentation such as data dictionaries and mapping specs

• 8+ years designing and presenting dashboards or data models for trends and performance insights

• 8+ years facilitating interviews and meetings focused on resolving data-related issues

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Preferred Qualifications:

• 4+ years with a bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Business Analytics, Information Systems, or equivalent experience

• 4+ years managing multiple data projects or assignments simultaneously

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Additional Requirements:

• Background check may be required per HHSC standards

• Must already reside in Texas; only candidates local to Austin, TX will be considered

• Position is hybrid – 3 days onsite (Mon, Tue, Thu) and 2 days remote (Wed, Fri)

• Must be available to work occasional evenings, weekends, or holidays with prior approval

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Work Location and Schedule:

• Location: 701 W 51st Street, Austin, TX 78751

• Schedule: Monday – Friday, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Central, excluding Texas state holidays

• Work Arrangement: Hybrid – 3 days onsite, 2 days remote

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Benefits

Health Care:

Air InfoSec offers an Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangement (ICHRA), providing up to $350/month in tax-free reimbursements to help cover the cost of your own health insurance premium. This gives you the flexibility to choose the plan that works best for you and your family.

Paid Time Off (PTO):

1 hour of PTO earned for every 20 hours worked.

Can carryover up to 5 days of PTO to the next calendar year.

Holidays:

5 paid state holidays (annually)

2 paid floating holidays (annually)

Continuing Education:

$100 per year to apply towards annual certification fees or educational training.

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