Business Rules Analyst
Contract Length:   9+ months
Location:  Austin, Texas (Hybrid)

We are seeking an experienced Business Rules Analyst to perform advanced analytic and business analysis work on complex legacy application systems. This is an independent, high-impact role focused on extracting, formalizing, and documenting the critical business logic embedded in Visual Basic and C++ codebases that drive agency operations, compliance, reporting, and modernization initiatives. The ideal candidate is equally comfortable reading source code and communicating findings to non-technical stakeholders.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• 8 years of hands-on experience with Visual Basic (VB6 and/or VB.NET) and C++
• 4 years analyzing and reverse-engineering legacy codebases
• 3 years extracting and documenting business rules from complex systems
• 3 years in analytical roles requiring strong written and verbal communication skills
• Working knowledge of SQL and data-driven systems
• Experience with legacy system modernization or migration projects is a plus
• Background in business or systems analysis preferred
• Prior experience with education data and VB/C++ certifications are a bonus

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Independently analyze complex VB6, VB.NET, and C++ application codebases to identify and extract embedded business rules
• Reverse-engineer conditional logic, calculations, data transformations, and automated workflows
• Translate technical findings into clear, structured documentation that business stakeholders can understand and act on
• Build and maintain standardized business rule inventories to support compliance and reporting needs
• Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to validate, refine, and reconcile extracted rules
• Identify and flag inconsistencies, duplications, and gaps in existing business logic
• Serve as the primary liaison between business teams and technical staff throughout the analysis process
• Support modernization efforts by cleanly separating business logic from legacy codebases to enable future migration

Genius Road, LLC is proud to be a Certified Women’s Business Enterprise, an Equal Opportunity Employer and values diversity. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.