NEW JOB OPENING
BUSINESS ANALYST
IN Lansing, MI, USA!

***Only qualified Business Analyst candidates located near the Lansing MI area to be considered due to the position requiring an onsite presence***



Required Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in an Information Technology (IT) related field



Required Skills:

• Experience as a Business Analyst (3+ years)

• Quality Assurance Knowledge (3+ years)

• Azure DevOps Knowledge – or similar tool like JIRA (comfortable with creating epics/features/user stories for projects as well as moving cards through project lifecycle) (3+years)

• Understanding of BA QA DEV roles/responsibilities

• Experienced with as-is/to-be processes and content creation (3+ years)

• Experience with creating product roadmap (3+ years)

• Familiarity with Project Management Methodologies/Agile (3+ years)

• Adept with using BA tools (eg FIGMA Visio) (3+ years)



The Business Analyst is responsible for gathering and documenting clear, unambiguous, and testable business requirements from the client, and understanding the business requirements thoroughly in order to communicate business need and system functionality to technical and non-technical stakeholders, project team members, and the user community. The Business Analyst serves as the ScrumMaster (heavy usage of Azure DevOps tool) on projects and coordinates with the PMO’s Project Manager for artifacts/documentation needed on State of Client projects. The Business Analyst is responsible for working with the project team and stakeholders to examine existing and future-state business processes, data, and systems. This information is used to guide the gathering of business requirements as they relate to the desired system functionality.



Job Responsibilities:

• Responsible for documenting business requirements that are clear unambiguous testable and satisfy the business need in accordance with standard templates and adherence to DTMB and MDOS policies standards and guidelines

• Responsible for facilitating requirement gathering meetings to identify impacted business processes and document the project business requirements Attendees include relevant project team members and stakeholders as identified in the

Communication Plan

• Responsible for adhering to the project schedule by developing and maintaining the project backlog during Agile projects and working with the product owner to set priority throughout the duration of project

• Responsible for understanding project scope and actively monitoring requirements process to maintain adherence to the objectives set for the project

• Responsible for understanding high-level information governance objectives and ensuring appropriate Stakeholder inclusion and/or awareness regarding data requirements

• Responsible for appropriate resolution of critical IT issues as it pertains to the BA role

• Responsible for providing information and analysis for Build vs Buy project decisions

• Responsible for understanding project specific benefits and related impact of changes to project scope or business requirements

• Ensures SEM (system engineering methodology) deliverables for the project that are a responsibility of the BA are completed reviewed and approved in alignment with area processes

• Works directly with project team including user interface/user experience (UI/UX) solution architects database administrators developers QA testers and others to ensure understanding of the requirements functionality size and scalability of the

IT solution

• **Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.**

• **Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client’s business needs and requirements.**