Business Analyst 5

Overview

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Full Time
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Contract - W2
Contract - Independent

Job Details


Title Business Analyst 5
Location Lansing, MI (Hybrid Locals Only)
Duration 12 Months
Job Type C2C,W2
Job Description

Senior Business Analyst Level 5 Position Description

  • Seeking a Senior Business Analyst to assist with the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) Grants Management System known as NexSys.
  • The MDE Grants Management System is comprised of about 100+ different grant applications that is responsible for over 2 billion dollars of payments to state educational entities.

Business Analyst

  • We are looking for someone who understands and has experience with the software development lifecycle as they will be managing work requests to support operational support needs for web applications and gather requirements for project initiatives.
  • This role is the liaison between the technical team and the business client. This will be about 90% of the time for this resource.
  • This is a senior position so the selected candidate will possess leadership skills including but not limited to the ability to delegate tasks to the team, effective communication and being able to lead a team of business analysts and be comfortable leading requirement meetings with business and other technical resources.

Tasks:

  • Facilitates meetings with the technical team and business client.
  • Gathers requirements and project specifications by leading requirement sessions independently
  • Maintain backlog of work items in Azure DevOps
  • Must operate in a hybrid (Agile/Waterfall) environment and actively manage requirements, change requests and testing needs.
  • Manage project tasks, timelines, and communication between business product owner and development team associated with the Change Management lifecycle
  • Track sprints and ticket progress in Azure DevOps
  • Ensures the team is adhering to the department change management policies
  • Acts as a liaison with State of Michigan auditors
  • Maintains documentation on the project SharePoint Site.
  • Must be self-starter, detail oriented and a critical thinker
  • Provide management with information such as project status reports and resource demand projections.
  • Work with team, management, and business partners to continuously improve the process.

Skill

Required / Desired

Required Years of experience

Exposure to Complex IT web Applications, within the past 5 years

Required

5 Years

Experience in gathering and documenting business Requirements

Required

5 Years

Experience in a role, as a business analyst, supporting a software development project, in the past 5 years

Required

5 Years

Ability to lead meetings, conduct training & information sessions, communicate at a level appropriate to the audience, make oral and written reports and presentations

Required

5 Years

Proficiency with MS Office

Required

3 Years

Experience working as a liaison between the development team and project manager or business client in a software development project

Required

2 Years

Experience with Azure DevOps; including creating User Stories and queries

Required

1 Years

Knowledge and understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle

Highly Desired

2 Years

Experience developing wireframes, mockups, & prototypes in Figma or comparable design software

Highly Desired

1 Years

Project management skills and knowledge in project management and related methodologies

Highly Desired

6 Months

Experience with Microsoft SharePoint

Highly Desired

6 Months

Experience with Power Platform services including Power BI and Power Automate

Highly Desired

6 Months
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