IO Datasphere, Inc. has been providing project management, software development and IT staff augmentation services to our clients in the Midwest and throughout the U.S. since 1996. We are an approved vendor on contract to provide software development and IT staff augmentation services for the States of Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin. We also provide these services to businesses, as well as local and county governments, in the Midwest and nationwide.

Our client is looking for a Business Process Reengineering Specialist. Candidate will be 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 role will also be 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.

Tasks

• 80% effort on requirements gathering project for upcoming IT project.
• 20% of effort to use existing templates to create content/reference material for business analyst and quality assurance roles and business subject matter experts to create cohesiveness between business, technical staff, and project management office. Ultimately this will also benefit Prod Support activities as well in terms of management of the Azure DevOps backlog, user stories, and management of Azure DevOps cards for work progress.
• Provide training/shadowing/coaching to existing and upcoming BA/QA roles and SMEs and tailor existing content and processes to the business area needs (from standards, policies, procedures, on existing/provided templates).
• Add context for using the tool of Azure DevOps in order to create project artifacts on a fast-paced agile development and maintenance delivery team.
• 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 BPRS 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 deliverables for the project that are a responsibility of the BPRS 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.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Strong oral/written communication skills.
• Ability to effectively communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to think creatively and strategically

NOTE: Local candidates only. Candidates must be located in the State of Michigan within 1-1.5 hours of Lansing, MI at time of submission. NO RELOCATION ALLOWED. Resource will be working a hybrid schedule. NO REMOTE ONLY OPTION. Will need to be onsite from day 1, two days a week (Tuesdays and Wednesdays).

Location: Lansing, MI (Hybrid 2 days (Tues/Wed)/week in office)

Contract: 1 year

Skills Required:

• 5 years - Training/Teaching Background
• 5 years - Business Analyst SME experience
• 5 years - Quality Assurance Knowledge
• 5 years - Azure DevOps Knowledge (comfortable with creating epics/features for projects)
• 5 years - Understanding of BA, QA, DEV roles/responsibilities
• 5 years - Experienced with as-is/to-be processes and content creation
• 5 years - Experience with creating product roadmap
• 3 years - Familiarity with Project Management Methodologies/Agile
• 3 years - Adept with using/teaching tools (e.g., FIGMA, Visio)
• 5 years - Experience engaging in business process analysis, understanding the customer's business process requirements, and capable of translating those business requirements into business and technical documentation and specifications
• 5 years - Experience with system testing
• 5 years - Experience documenting requirements in the form of user stories and acceptance criteria
• 5 years - Experience developing and maintaining technical documentation
• Bachelor s Degree (Please include on Resume)

***Rate depends on experience

*** Local candidates preferred, not mandatory

*** Candidates authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply. We can accept H1b, , TN, and other valid work visas for IT. However, we cannot accept OPT or CPT visas at this time.

*** Companies submitting candidates should only submit direct W2 employees for this position.

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