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Business Analyst 5
Resumes: 4-5 pages, and candidate may be rejected if this criteria is not met.
Top Skills & Years of Experience:
- Experience in gathering and documenting business requirements - 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 - 5+ years
- Experience working as a liaison between the development team and project manager or business client in a software development project - 2+ years
Clear and concise written and verbal communication is crucial to success and productivity in this role.
Hybrid: Resource will be working a hybrid schedule. NO REMOTE ONLY OPTION. Will need to be onsite from day 1, two days a week (Tuesdays/Wednesdays in office preferred). Candidate can be full time in office if desired.
Local candidates (strongly preferred) or non-local (must be willing to relocate at their own expense from acceptance with no delays & follow the hybrid schedule)
Seeking a Senior Business Analyst to assist with the client 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.
Interview will be conducted via Microsoft Teams, 2nd interviews will be held in person.
Contract Length: 12 months. Contract may be extended as desired.
Required Skills
| 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 Year |
| Knowledge and understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle | Highly Desired | 2 Years |
| Experience with Federal, State or local grant management systems | Highly Desired | 1 Year |
| Experience developing wireframes, mockups, & prototypes in Figma or comparable design software | Highly Desired | 1 Year |
| 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 |