Business Analyst 3 --109199--Hybrid

Lansing, MI - IT - DTMB - Agency Services - MDE - Business Analyst 3--109199

Position: Business Analyst 3

Location: Lansing, MI

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Business Analyst Level 3 Position Description

Seeking a Business Analyst to assist with the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) Grants Management System.

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. The selected candidate will have experience in both Agile and Waterfall SDLC.

Tasks:

• Facilitates meetings with the technical team and business client.
• Gathers requirements and project specifications using Waterfall methodology.
• Track sprints and ticket progress in Azure DevOps
• Ensures the team is adhering to the department change management policies
• Maintains documentation on the project Sharepoint Site.
• Must be detail oriented.
• Acts as scrum master for daily standups and other scrum artifacts.

Ideal candidates would be interested in transitioning into a full time State of Michigan position.

Desired Interview Dates/Times: October 6th & 7th

Interview will be conducted via Microsoft Teams

Desired Start Date: October 24th; start date is flexible

Work location is hybrid, 2 days in office (Mon & Tues) and 3 days working from home. (Candidate can be full time in office, if desired.)

Contract Length: 12 months.

• Contract may be extended as desired.

Required: Ability to work in US without a sponsor: US citizen, Green card holder, or similar.

Needed Education

Possession of a Bachelor's degree with 21 semester (32 term) credits in one or a combination of the following: computer science, data processing, computer information systems, data communications, networking, systems analysis, computer programming, information assurance, IT project management or mathematics.

Or

Possession of an Associate's degree with 16 semester (24 term) credits in one or a combination of the following: computer science, data processing, computer information systems, data communications, networking, systems analysis, computer programming, information assurance, IT project management or mathematics.

PLEASE FILL THE BELOW CLIENT SKILL MATRIX:

Skill

Required / Desired

Candidate Required Years of experience

Exposure to Complex IT web Applications, within the past 5 years

2 Years Required

Experience in a role, as a business analyst, supporting a software development project, in the past 5 years

2 Years Required

Ability to conduct meetings, communicate at a level appropriate to the audience, make oral and written reports and presentations

1 Years Required

Experience in a professional office environment

2 Years Required

Proficiency with MS Office

2 Years Required

Knowledge and understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle

1 Years Highly Desired

Experience working as a liaison between the development team and project manager or business client in a software development project

6 Months Required

Project management skills and knowledge in project management and related methodologies

6 MonthsNice to Have

Skills :