Business Analyst 5

JOb:Lansing MI - IT - DTMB - Agency Services - ORS - Business Analyst 5

JOb ID: 155648

Location : Lansing MI

Client ; state of MI

Bill rate: $81 /hr

The State of Michigan is looking for: Business Analyst 5

Close to Submissions on 3/2 @ 10am EST

Interviews: Onsite - Candidates MUST be available for an in-person interview.

Duration: 1 year with possible extension

Position location: Lansing: Resource will be working a hybrid schedule. NO REMOTE ONLY OPTION. Will need to be onsite from day 1 two days a week (Tuesdays and Wednesdays are required onsite days).

Local candidates within 70 miles of Lansing (strongly preferred) or non-local (must be willing to relocate within 70 miles of Lansing at their own expense from acceptance with no delays & follow the hybrid schedule).

Top Skill & Years of Experience Required:

Bachelors degree in business administration Information Systems Public Administration or a related field.

Seven (7) years of experience as a senior business analyst and has had experience in a government retirement system or financial services environment.

Familiarity with Agile SDLC process modeling and system testing methodologies.

Demonstrated experience in Creating organizing and maintaining wiki content using markup languages such as Markdown Wiki Markup or reStructuredText.

Demonstrated experience in developing intuitive wiki structures including navigation hierarchy templates and cross-referenced content to enhance user accessibility and knowledge continuity.

Please Read Full Job Description Attached.

Business Analyst 5 (Senior Business Analyst)

The primary duty of this Business Analyst position is to act as a liaison among business stakeholders to elicit analyze communicate and validate requirements for changes to information systems business processes and policies as applicable. This position collects clarifies and translates business requirements into design documentation from which applications and solutions are developed. Documentation will include use of standard State of Michigan application templates and tools Azure Dev Ops Visio and Excel.

This position must be able to work with SOM BAs and transfer knowledge to them. The resource must be able to collaborate with business clients technical teams Process Modelers System Analysts and vendors to clarify design intent identify gaps and ensure technical feasibility.

Required Primary Skills:

• 7 years of experience as a senior business analyst
• Experience in a government retirement system or financial services environment.
• Knowledge of Azure Dev-ops Ability to write user stories to support Agile development.
• Knowledge and experience in gathering financial systems requirements.
• Facilitate capture organize and document business requirements from all stakeholders including business-side employees product owners and technical resources.
• Requirements analysis and the ability to decipher what is said to what is really wanted or needed.
• Communication and translating requirements between the business and technical teams to ensure shared understanding of requirements and design decisions.
• Produce understandable yet highly detailed requirements process flows for the business and technical teams
• Create organize and maintain wiki content using markup languages such as Markdown Wiki Markup or reStructuredText.
• Develop intuitive wiki structures including navigation hierarchy templates and cross-referenced content to enhance user accessibility and knowledge continuity.
• Ensure documentation quality by applying standards best practices and version control across wiki content.
• Support continuous improvement by identifying documentation gaps and proposing enhancements.
• Lead backlog refinement sessions to ensure user stories meet Ready state with clear details and acceptance criteria.
• Collaborate with project team and business analysts to continuously improve story quality and prioritize work.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies (Planning Stand-ups Reviews Retrospectives) to support iterative delivery.
• Familiarity with Agile SDLC process modeling and system testing methodologies.
• Bachelors degree in business administration Information Systems Public Administration or a related field.

Business Analyst Supports: ORS Product owners Business Analysts and all teams supporting this effort.

Additional tasks related to a Business Analyst duty include:

• Assist with the selection of the strategies policies programs and procedures for achieving the objectives and goals of the development needs.
• Provide research and input for the development of Statements of Work (SOW) and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for selected solutions.
• Assist with System Security Plans (SSP) when needed.
• Research and provide input in the creation of SEM documentation.
• Participate in artifact reviews with peers system specialists Enterprise Security and other DTMB entities to ensure IT solutions and applications adhere to DTMB and agency policies standards or guidelines.
• Assist with design and document IT solutions that are State of Michigan standard technology.
• Work with Project Managers to draft change board documents.
• Assist in development of training content.
• Design develop and implement test plans for applications or subsystems.
• Create or collect test data and execute approved tests to determine the accuracy of program logic to produce desired results.
• Assist in testing and differentiating between defects and new requirements.
• Maintain/update system documentation for system upgrades.
• Assist with reviewing UI/UX design artifacts and understanding core design and usability principles.
• Proficiency in markup languages (e.g. Markdown Wiki Markup reStructuredText).
• Hands-on experience with documentation or collaboration tools Azure DevOps Wiki.