Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

The Business Analyst is responsible for gathering and documenting clear, unambiguous, and testable business requirements from the client, and understanding the business requirements thoroughly in order to communicate business need and system functionality to technical and non-technical stakeholders, project team members, and the user community. The Business Analyst serves as the ScrumMaster (heavy usage of Azure DevOps tool) on projects and coordinates with the PMO’s Project Manager for artifacts/documentation needed on State of Michigan projects.

Job Duties

• Responsible for documenting business requirements that are clear, unambiguous, testable, and satisfy the business need in accordance with standard templates and adherence to DTMB and MDOS policies, standards, and guidelines.
  
• Responsible for facilitating requirement gathering meetings to identify impacted business processes and document the project business requirements. Attendees include relevant project team members and stakeholders as identified in the Communication Plan.
  
• Responsible for adhering to the project schedule by developing and maintaining the project backlog during Agile projects and working with the product owner to set priority throughout the duration of project.
  
• Responsible for understanding project scope and actively monitoring requirements process to maintain adherence to the objectives set for the project.
  
• Responsible for understanding high-level information governance objectives and ensuring appropriate Stakeholder inclusion and/or awareness regarding data requirements.
  
• Responsible for appropriate resolution of critical IT issues as it pertains to the BA role.
  
• Responsible for providing information and analysis for Build vs. Buy project decisions.
  
• Responsible for understanding project specific benefits and related impact of changes to project scope or business requirements.
  
• Ensures SEM (system engineering methodology) deliverables for the project that are a responsibility of the BA are completed, reviewed, and approved in alignment with area processes.
  
• Works directly with project team including user interface/user experience (UI/UX) solution architects, database administrators, developers, QA testers, and others to ensure understanding of the requirements, functionality, size, and scalability of the IT solution.
  

Requirements

5+ years:

• Business Analyst
  
• Quality Assurance Knowledge
  
• Azure DevOps Knowledge (comfortable with creating epics/features/user stories for projects as well as moving cards through project lifecycle)
  
• Understanding of BA, QA, DEV roles/responsibilities
  
• Experienced with as-is/to-be processes and content creation
  

3+ years:

• Experience with creating product roadmap 3
  
• Familiarity with Project Management Methodologies/Agile 3
  
• Adept with using BA tools (e.g., FIGMA, Visio)
  

Minimum Education

• Bachelor's Degree
  

Location

• Local candidates ONLY . Candidates MUST be located within 1-hour of Lansing, MI at time of submission.
  
• Position is a hybrid schedule with onsite from day 1, two days a week, however, must be willing to transition to fully onsite five days per week. NO REMOTE ONLY OPTION.
  
• Working hours Monday-Friday, approximately 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
  

Additional Requirements

• Must be authorized to work in the United States; We are unable to offer sponsorships at this time
  
• Must undergo a background check and drug screening for employment.
  

Employment Terms

• This is a W2 position
  
• 40 hrs per week
  
• HYBRID schedule - onsite from day 1, two days a week, however, must be willing to transition to fully onsite five days per week. NO REMOTE ONLY OPTION.
  

About Zenfreed

At Zenfreed, we are more than an IT company. We bridge the gap between people wanting to do the work they were meant to do and organizations needing the right talent.

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Benefits

We understand a comprehensive benefits package is crucial to employment satisfaction. We offer medical, dental and vision coverage options for all employees.

Job Tags

Local area, Monday to Friday, 2 days per week, 1 day per week,

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