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Job Title: - Business Analyst 5
Location: Lansing, MI 48933 / Fully Onsite
Duration: 12 months of contract with strong possibility of extension
Seeking a Senior Business Analyst to assist with the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) Grants Management System known as NexSys. The MDE Grants Management System is comprised of about 130-140 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:
Required / Desired
Required Years of experience
Exposure to Complex IT web Applications, within the past 5 years
Required
5 Years
Required
Experience in gathering and documenting business requirements
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
Project management skills and knowledge in project management and related methodologies
Highly Desired
6 Months
Experience with Microsoft SharePoint
Highly Desired
6 Months
Location: Lansing, MI 48933 / Fully Onsite
Duration: 12 months of contract with strong possibility of extension
- Interviews: 1st round interviews will be held via MS Teams. 2nd round interviews may be held in person. Candidates must be available for an in-person interview.
- Local candidates (strongly preferred) or non-local candidates who are willing to relocate and follow the hybrid work schedule
Seeking a Senior Business Analyst to assist with the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) Grants Management System known as NexSys. The MDE Grants Management System is comprised of about 130-140 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
- 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 detail oriented and a critical thinker
- Provide management with information such as project status reports and resource demand projections.
- Work location is hybrid, 2 days in office (Tuesday & Wednesday) and 3 days working from home. (Candidate can be full time in office, if desired.)
Required / Desired
Required Years of experience
Exposure to Complex IT web Applications, within the past 5 years
Required
5 Years
Required
Experience in gathering and documenting business requirements
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
Project management skills and knowledge in project management and related methodologies
Highly Desired
6 Months
Experience with Microsoft SharePoint
Highly Desired
6 Months
