Business Analyst

Job ID: MI-142499

Hybrid/Local (Lansing ONLY) Govt BA (15+) with QA/PM/Developer, Azure DevOps, epics/features/user stories, product roadmap, Agile, FIGMA/Visio experience

Location: Lansing, MI (DTMB)
Duration: 12 Months
Position: 1
Resource will be working a hybrid schedule. NO REMOTE ONLY OPTION. Will need to be onsite from day 1, two days a week.
Local candidates ONLY (must be located within 2 hours of Lansing, MI)

Skills:
Business Analyst 5
Quality Assurance Knowledge 5
Azure DevOps Knowledge (comfortable with creating epics/features/user stories for projects) 5
Understanding of BA, QA, DEV roles/responsibilities 5
Experienced with as-is/to-be processes and content creation 5
Experience with creating product roadmap 3
Familiarity with Project Management Methodologies/Agile 3
Adept with using BA tools (e.g., FIGMA, Visio) 3

Description:
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 needs and system functionality to technical and non-technical stakeholders, project team members, and the user community.

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.

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 the 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.