IT Business Analyst - Journey

Description Keeping Washington Clean and Evergreen The Department of Ecology is hiring an IT Business Analyst - Journey within the Water Resources Program. This is a project position that is funded until November 30, 2028. Location: Headquarters Office in Lacey, WA. Upon hire, you must live within a commutable distance from the duty station. Schedule: This position is eligible for telework and flexible schedule options. A minimum of two days per week is required in the office. Schedules are dependent upon position needs and are subject to change. Duties Position Overview As a Business Analyst, you will play a key role in the modernization of the Water Rights Tracking System (WRTS), Washington State’s mission-critical platform that manages more than 100,000 legal water rights records and supports statewide water rights administration. In this highly collaborative role, you will partner across business, technology, policy, and natural resource management teams to lead discovery and assessment efforts that help shape the future of one of the state's most important regulatory systems. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the modernization of a system that directly affects Washington’s agricultural economy, municipal water supplies, industrial operations, and long-term water resource stewardship. The Business Analyst will explore complex business and technical challenges, engage with a broad range of partners across multiple programs, and help develop the strategic roadmap that informs future architecture, technology investments, and implementation efforts. The role provides meaningful opportunities to support application modernization, business process improvement, data analysis, and strategic planning while building strong partnerships and delivering lasting statewide value. Key Duties: Lead discovery and assessment activities for the Water Rights Tracking System (WRTS), examining business processes, system architecture, integrations, data flows, and technical dependencies to develop a shared understanding of the current environment. Facilitate productive conversations, workshops, and collaboration sessions with program staff, leadership, architects, and technical teams to understand business needs, identify challenges, and build consensus around modernization priorities. Conduct business, technical, and architectural analyses to identify root causes, system constraints, risks, gaps, and opportunities for improvement across a mission-critical statewide system. Collaborate with partners to define and document high-level business, functional, technical, infrastructure, security, data, and integration requirements that will support future-state solution design and modernization efforts. Assess organizational, operational, and technical readiness for modernization, identifying dependencies, risks, resource needs, and change-management considerations while supporting successful transitions. Develop clear, data-informed recommendations, modernization options, and decision-support materials that help program leadership, architects, and executive partners make informed choices. Create comprehensive documentation, assessments, and planning materials that support budgeting, procurement, roadmap development, and future implementation activities. Serve as a trusted liaison between business and technical teams, fostering collaboration and ensuring modernization strategies align with regulatory obligations, agency priorities, enterprise architecture standards, and long-term water resource management objectives. Qualifications For detailed information on how we calculate experience and responses to other frequently asked questions, please visit our Recruitment website. Required Qualifications: Six years of experience and/or education related to the duties of the position, which must include the following: Critical Thinking & Judgment – Demonstrated ability to analyze complex and ambiguous information to i…

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