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 to perform a complete range of information system analyst assignments including, but not limited to, attaining requirements, designing, developing, testing, and implementing computer systems and applications for the. The Business Analyst will be looked upon to provide technical support to other team members and evaluate new development tools and agency systems.

The primary applications supported by this position are client s modernization program and supporting systems. These systems are highly visible, complex, and widely used by the client and public. There are regular maintenance releases for these applications as well as larger projects. These projects typically require complex schedules, and integration with other systems, and may utilize vendor participation.

Tasks

• Collaborating with both the Information Technology (IT) project teams and business clients, this position collects, clarifies, and translates business requirements into design documentation, from which applications and solutions are developed.
• Ensure project alignment with client s Strategic Plans.
• Develop Statements of Work (SOW) and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for Requests for Proposals (RFP).
• Create, review and update Contract Change Notices (CNN).
• Provide content approval and validate estimates for the entire schedule of the project for the Project Manager to ensure compliance with all client methodologies / systems.
• Facilitate requirements gathering/meetings with clients to gather requirements (traditional waterfall and agile) for all IT solutions and to identify impacted business processes and determine best process and IT solution integration.
• Redesign and approve program specifications based on test results.
• Lead artifact reviews with peers, system specialists, Enterprise Security and other client entities to ensure IT solutions and applications adhere to client policies, standards, or guidelines.
• Coordinate security resources to ensure proper system design based on client security requirements and standards and perform Data Custodian duties for System Security Plans.
• Participate in various client / department Team meetings and assist in creation of the Enterprise Architecture Solution Assessment (EASA), Infrastructure Service Request (ISR), Hosting documents and Firewall Rule requests.
• Design and document IT solutions that utilize client s standard technology.
• Work with Leads to Validate and finalize Local Change Board and Enterprise Change Board documents.
• Ensure proper change management for all requested fixes to production systems.
• Ensure proper change management for all requested changes to system designs and system architecture standards are documented.
• Responsible for development of training content and facilitate training.
• Reviews application-wide integration, performance, system, or user acceptance test plans.
• Validate test data and test results.
• Differentiate between defects and new requirements and initiate change requests, as necessary.
• Develop and monitor defect tracking logs and facilitate problem resolution.
• Leads post implementation validation of RFCs (application changes, infrastructure changes, etc.)
• Review project management documents.
• Serve as a liaison between various departments/agencies and the client concerning application requests, standards, and other program and project matters.
• Actively participate in the development and implementation of assigned client agency s IT strategic direction/plan.
• Develop and maintain an effective communication plan with client, vendors and agency staff relating to project level metrics.
• Takes lead role in audit investigation, security reviews and risk assessment document creation.
• Serve as liaison between all client departments/agencies concerning ICE audits or other audits that come to the area.
• Design and document IT solutions that are client s standard technology
• Create, update, and maintain systems and IT programs documentation, including system specs and flow diagrams
• Write specifications for software code based on design.
• Work as Scrum Lead when needed
• Work with the business client to create test scenarios.
• Design and develop plans, applications, or subsystems
• Identify potential impacts of changes
• Review rules and department policies to determine application design requirements.
• Develop Manuals and conduct training for users in the operation of the application.
• Evaluate requests for modifications and enhancements for impact on existing applications.
• Facilitate meetings with clients to determine the requirements, scope of the project, review and finalize all documents.
• Offer suggestions on automating any processes as much as possible.
• Develop the technical design documentation, facilitate review with other team members and finalize with the client.
• Test and evaluate software.
• Formulate findings in written and verbal form for presentation to supervisor staff and/or clients.
• Write instructions for loading, maintaining, and/or using software.
• Assist Project managers on special projects.
• All other tasks necessary and proper for a resource in this type of role.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Ability to work well in a team-focused environment and promote the integrity of the department.
• Ability to be an initiator, who is always ready to act as the liaison for all IT matters on behalf of the client agency
• Clear communication skills with other application programmer/analysts, project managers and with the client, both listening and lending professional advice.
• Strong Customer Focus
• Strong Technical and Professional Knowledge / Skills
• Strong Decision Making skills
• Ability to build Strategic Working Relationships
• Ability to Plan and Organize
• Possess innovation skills
• Ability to troubleshoot client issues and work with the agency services team to resolve these issues

NOTE: 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). Resource will be working a hybrid schedule. NO REMOTE ONLY OPTION. Will need to be onsite from day 1, two days a week (Wednesdays/Thursdays). An on-site interview is required.

Location: Lansing, MI (Hybrid role (2 days/week (Wed/Thur) on-site)

Contract: 1 year

Skills Required:

• 5 years - Experience as System/Business Analyst conducting Joint Application Design (JAD) sessions with Customers and requirement gatherings
• 3 years - Experience in software testing
• 3 years - Experience with RDBMS / SQL
• Experience in Agile/Scrum methodology
• Bachelor s Degree (Please include on Resume)

Skills Desired A plus to have:

• Knowledge of Azure DevOps and or TFS workflows.
• Knowledge of Web Services for application to application communication.
• Experience / ability to write technical specifications for web services and other IT applications
• Experience / ability to prepare and maintain security plans and address risk assessment findings.
• Experience / ability to write use and test cases and evaluate acceptance criteria.
• Experience / ability to test and verify ADA compliance and site usability.
• Experience / ability to Document test cases and work on automating regression testing.

***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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