Business Analyst

Overview

Hybrid
$62 - $68
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - W2
Contract - 1 Year(s)

Skills

Business analyst
Agile
Waterfall
Epic
Documenting requirements

Job Details

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 responsible for gathering and documenting clear, unambiguous, and testable business requirements from the client, and understanding the business requirements thoroughly to communicate business need and system functionality to technical and non-technical stakeholders, project team members, and the user community. This resource is also responsible for working with the project team and stakeholders to examine existing and future-state business processes, data, and systems. This information is used to guide the gathering of business requirements as they relate to the desired system functionality.

Tasks
  • Responsible for documenting business requirements that are clear, unambiguous, testable, and satisfy the business need in accordance with standard templates and adherence to client policies, standards, and guidelines.
  • Responsible for facilitating requirement gathering meetings to identify impacted business processes and document the project business requirements. Attendees include relevant project team members and stakeholders as identified in the Communication Plan.
  • Responsible for adhering to the project schedule by developing and maintaining the project backlog during Agile projects and working with the product owner to set priority throughout the duration of project.
  • Responsible for understanding project scope and actively monitoring requirements process to maintain adherence to the objectives set for the project.
  • Responsible for understanding high-level information governance objectives and ensuring appropriate Stakeholder inclusion and/or awareness regarding data requirements.
  • Responsible for assisting with the appropriate resolution of critical IT issues as it pertains to the BA role.
  • Responsible for assisting with gathering the information and analysis for Build vs. Buy project decisions.
  • Responsible for understanding project specific benefits and related impact of changes to project scope or business requirements.
  • Ensures SEM deliverables for the project that are a responsibility of the BA are completed, reviewed, and approved in alignment with area processes.
  • Works directly with project team including user interface/user experience (UI/UX) designers, tech leads, solution architects, database administrators, developers, QA testers, and technical writers to ensure understanding of the requirements, functionality, size, and scalability of the IT solution.

NOTE: Local candidates to Michigan ONLY. Relocation not allowed. The position will be hybrid, in office 2 days a week (Tue/Wed) upon start and there is NO REMOTE ONLY option.

Location: Lansing, MI (Hybrid)

Contract: 1 years

Skills Required:
  • 5+ years - Experience as a Business Analyst.
  • 5+ years - Experience with both Agile and Waterfall methodology
  • 5+ years - Experience in documenting requirements including the creation of Epics, Features and User stories
  • 5+ years - Experience in documenting As-Is and To-Be business process flow documents.
  • Bachelor s degree in Information Technology or related Business degree (Please include on your resume)

***Rate depends on experience

*** Local candidates preferred, not mandatory

*** 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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