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 Analyst. The position is responsible for providing ongoing maintenance and support for various client applications supported within various departments. The Business Analyst will play an integral role in supporting and improving client automated processes, streamlining critical business processes, data integrity and securing the applications. As a lead, the resource participates in a variety of assignments that provides for the enhancement, integration, maintenance, and implementation of projects. The resource also provides application oversight to business analysts in the team that support other applications for the client.

Tasks

• Write high level functional requirement documents.
• Perform business requirements analysis conduct gap analysis and develop well defined detailed functional requirements.
• Execute full software development life cycle (SDLC) including experience in gathering requirements. and writing functional/technical specifications for complex projects.
• Develop functional design documents and work with stakeholders for review and approval.
• Develop user stories and task breakdowns for agile development projects
• Assist with Enterprise Architecture Solution Assessment (EASA), Hosting document and Firewall Rules.
• Assist with design and documenting IT solutions that are client s standard technology.
• Draft Local Change Board documents.
• Draft documentation for Request for Information (RFI) and Request for Proposal (RFP) such as IT Readiness Checklists.
• Design, develop, and implement test plans and test reports for applications or subsystems.
• Create or collect test data and execute approved tests to determine the accuracy of program logic to produce desired results.
• Assist with UAT Testing, Test cases, Post Implementation testing.
• Assist in differentiating between defects and new requirements.
• Provide defect tracking log entry information.
• Assist with implementation of Request for Change (RFC - application changes, infrastructure changes, etc.).
• Maintain/update system documentation because of system upgrades.
• Monitors applications during peak production times.
• Provide application support for business client applications.
• Delivering product and service based upon the core concepts of business analysis.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required: 

• Strong leadership skills
• Ability to delegate tasks to team members
• Excellent written / verbal communication skills
• Detail oriented

NOTE: Candidates local to Michigan ONLY. NO RELOCATION ALLOWED Position will be hybrid, in office 2 days a week upon start. NO REMOTE ONLY OPTION.

Location: Lansing, MI (Hybrid 2 days week in office upon start)

Contract: 1 year

Skills Required:

• 8+ years - Business analysis experience for complex computer systems
• 8+ years - Experience developing functional requirements for development projects.
• 8+ years - Experience developing and implementing test plans and test cases
• 5+ years - Experience implementing Agile development processes including test driven development
• 8+ years - Experience creating, updating and maintaining systems documentation
• 8+ years - Creating training plans and materials
• 8+ years - Experience working with HIPAA Data
• 8+ years - Experience with Azure DevOps or similar requirements and test case tracking application
• Experience developing, prototypes, mockup for users review and approval.
• Exposure to flowcharts, screen layouts and documentation to ensure logical flow of the system requirements
• Experience working on agile projects
• 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 are not sponsoring H1B candidates at this time.

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

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