Job Description:
Job Title: Business Analyst 5 (147215)
Client: State of MI
Contract: 12 Months Possible extension
Location: Lansing MI 48917
Interview: F2F
Top Skills & Years of Experience:
- 5 years overall experience
- Knowledge of business analysis methodologies and process modeling
- Knowledge of IT project planning development and implementation with the ability to apply that knowledge to the development of requirements and RFP narrative
- Experience in the documenting and gathering business functional or technical requirements for software projects.
- Ability to work on complex business problems analyzing and evaluating current business methods and procedures for improvements.
- Familiarity with interfaces between systems
Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
- Knowledge of business analysis methodologies and process modeling.
- Knowledge of IT project planning development and implementation with the ability to apply that knowledge to the development of requirements and RFP narrative.
- Knowledge and skills in project management and related methodologies e.g. PMI or other industry accepted standard.
- Knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle and related methodologies e.g. Agile CMMI or other industry standard.
- Knowledge of business process re-engineering principles.
- Knowledge of computer programming data modeling and object-oriented programming procedures and techniques.
- Knowledge of application development environments and related tools.
- Experience in the estimation planning and forecasting of projects.
- Experience in the documenting and gathering business functional or technical requirements for software projects.
- Ability to effectively make oral and written reports and presentations.
- Advanced proficiency with all MS Office applications MS Project Excel and Visio.
- Ability to draft requirements for Request for Proposals (RFP) for the procurement of IT solutions and services.
- Ability to participate in large DTMB IT procurement projects from initiation through vendor selection to implementation.
- Ability to conduct data and/or requirements gathering meetings (JAD or JAR sessions) with adherence to meeting agenda documentation of meeting
outcomes and the ability to drive Action Items to closure.
- Ability to perform project level analysis and produce project analysis documentations such as swim lanes sequence diagrams use cases etc.
- Ability to work on complex business problems analyzing and evaluating current business methods and procedures for improvements.
- Ability to direct and organize procurement activities; to establish project goals and objectives that support the DTMB and MDOC strategic plans.
- Ability to identify problems evaluate alternatives exercise sound judgment and implement effective solutions; to develop and evaluate policies and procedures; and prepare reports.
- Ability to communicate effectively develop professional networks and identify the internal and external dynamics that impact the work of the organization.
- Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with cross-departmental and inter-agency teams; including effective communication skills with technical and non-technical groups.
- Ability to adapt integrate and modify existing programs or vendor-supplied packaged programs for use with existing information systems.
- Ability to use programming procedures and techniques in the implementation of computer programs.
- Some ability to create and run SQL queries
- Familiarity with interfaces between systems