Business Analyst

Job ID: MI-141990

Hybrid/Local Govt BA (15+) with QA/PM/Developer, Azure DevOps, epics/features/user stories, product roadmap, Agile, FIGMA/Visio experience

Location: Lansing, MI (DTMB)
Duration: 12 Months
Position: 1

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)

Skills:
Skill Experience as a business analyst 5+ years
Skill Quality Assurance Knowledge 5+ years
Skill Azure DevOps Knowledge (comfortable with creating epics/features/user stories for projects)- 5+ years
Skill Understanding of BA, QA, DEV roles/responsibilities 5+ years
Skill Experienced with as-is/to-be processes and content creation 5+ years
Skill Experience with creating product roadmap 3+ years
Skill Familiarity with Project Management Methodologies/Agile 3+ years
Skill Adept with using BA tools (e.g., FIGMA, Visio) 3+ years

Job Description:
The Business Analyst is responsible for gathering and documenting clear, unambiguous, and testable business requirements from the client, and understanding the business requirements thoroughly in order to communicate business need and system functionality to technical and non- technical stakeholders, project team members, and the user community.
The Business Analyst is 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

Responsibilities
.Responsible for documenting business requirements that are clear, unambiguous, testable, and satisfy the business need in accordance with standard templates and adherence to DTMB and MDOS 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 appropriate resolution of critical IT issues as it pertains to the BA role.
.Responsible for providing 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 (system engineering methodology) deliverables for the project that are a responsibility of the BA are completed, reviewed, and approved in alignment with area processes.
.Works directly with the project team including user interface/user experience (UI/UX) solution architects, database administrators, developers, QA testers, and others to ensure understanding of the requirements, functionality, size, and scalability of the IT solution.