Business Analyst

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 to hire a Business Analyst.

Tasks

• Act as a business analyst.
• Serve as a liaison between the MDHHS business partner and development teams.
• Gathering requirements from the business users.
• Facilitating meetings.
• Writing user stories.
• Developing required project documentation deliverables.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

NOTE: Local candidates within 90 minutes of Lansing, MI at time of submission ONLY. NO RELOCATION ALLOWED. Position will be hybrid, in office 2 days a week upon start and there is NO REMOTE ONLY option.

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

Contract: 1 year

Skills Required:

• 8+ years - Experience gathering requirements from users (identifying impacted business processes, assessing business needs, identifying IT solution integration, GAP analysis, SWOT analysis)
• 6+ years - Experience designing technical and business requirement documentation including wireframes or screen mockups, context diagrams, benefits realization, business process models, workflow diagrams, traceability matrix
• 4+ years - Experience with Agile methodology / SCRUM processes and ceremonies including Daily Scrum, Sprint Planning, Backlog Grooming, Sprint Reviews, Sprint Retrospective
• 3+ years - Experience working with Azure DevOps backlog management, Kanban board, Sprint board, etc.
• 5+ years - Experience eliciting and decomposing requirements into user stories and acceptance criteria.
• 4+ years - Experience working as a business analyst on financial systems.
• Experience writing test plans and use cases
• Experience / working knowledge of Systems Engineering Methodology (SEM) and Project Management Methodology (PMM)
• Experience / Senior level understanding of the secure application development lifecycle (SADLC)
• Bachelor s Degree (Please include on Resume)

Skills Desired A plus to have:

• Prior experience working with State or Federal government

*** Rate depends on experience

*** 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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