Business Analyst

**Business Analyst Lansing, MI | Hybrid | 12+ Months**

We are looking for an experienced **Business Analyst ** for a long-term hybrid opportunity in **Lansing, MI**.

**Location:** Lansing, MI Hybrid
**Duration:** 12+ Months
**Local Requirement:** Candidates must be located within **90 miles of Lansing, MI** at the time of submission.
**Education:** Bachelor s Degree
**Certification:** **CBAP Certification Mandatory**
**Interview:** Virtual + In-Person

Required Experience

* 8+ years of experience gathering business requirements from users
* 6+ years developing technical and business requirements documentation
* 4+ years of Agile/Scrum methodology and ceremonies
* 3+ years managing **Epics, Features, User Stories, and Tasks in Azure DevOps (ADO)**
* Experience with ADO Kanban and Sprint boards
* Strong business process analysis and process modeling experience
* Experience supporting Product Owners in Agile environments
* Strong UAT planning, execution, testing, and business validation experience
* Experience creating training plans, user guides, job aids, and readiness documentation
* Strong stakeholder communication, facilitation, and documentation skills

Key Responsibilities

* Develop process maps, workflow diagrams, business operating procedures, and end-to-end system interaction diagrams
* Partner with Product Owners to refine and maintain product backlogs
* Gather and analyze requirements and develop user stories and acceptance criteria
* Coordinate UAT activities, track defects, test results, and acceptance decisions
* Support release readiness and business process validation
* Develop training materials, quick reference guides, and operational documentation
* Support Azure DevOps backlog management, dashboards, reporting, queries, and traceability
* Document business rules, validation rules, exception handling, integrations, and data flows
* Maintain project documentation, knowledge bases, repositories, and project wikis

Preferred

* Experience with **Bizagi** for business process/workflow modeling
* Experience supporting large-scale **government, healthcare, financial, or enterprise system implementations**
* Experience documenting complex program-area integrations and data flows
* Experience developing UAT strategies, scenarios, and business validation plans

**Only qualified candidates who meet the CBAP certification and local Lansing-area requirement will be considered.**