Business Analyst
Duration: 1 year with possible extension
Location: Lansing, MI (Hybrid) 2 days on-site
Top Skills & Years of Experience Required:
- Experience with Azure DevOps (minimum of 6 months)
- Experience in a role, as a business analyst, supporting a software development project, in the past 5 years (minimum of 3 years)
- Ability to conduct meetings, communicate at a level appropriate to the audience, make oral and written reports and presentations (minimum of 3 years)
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.
| Skill | Required / Desired | Required Years of experience |
| Exposure to Complex IT web Applications, within the past 5 years | Required | 5 Years |
| Experience in a professional office environment | Required | 5 Years |
| Experience in a role, as a business analyst, supporting a software development project, in the past 5 years | Required | 3 Years |
| Ability to conduct meetings, communicate at a level appropriate to the audience, make oral and written reports and presentations | Required | 3 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 | Required | 6 Months |
| 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 |