Business Analyst 5
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Job Description
Seeking a Senior Business Analystto assist with the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) 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.
Contract may be extended as desired.
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
Employment Type
Full-time
