Business Analyst 6 for hybrid work in Lansing

Business Analyst 6

Location: Lansing, MI

Interview Process: 1st round interviews will be virtual via MS Teams video. Please use a laptop and be prepared to share screen if asked. 2nd round interviews will be held in-person. Candidates must be available for an in-person interview.

Duration: 1 year with desire for contractor to convert to fulltime with SOMI in 1-2 years.

Hybrid: Resource will be working a hybrid schedule. NO REMOTE ONLY OPTION. Will need to be onsite from day 1, two days a week. Local candidates ONLY. Candidates must be located in Michigan within 90 minutes of Lansing, MI.

Job Description:

• Lead artifact reviews with peers, system specialists, Enterprise Security and other Client entities to ensure IT solutions and applications adhere to Client and agency policies, standards or guidelines.
• Participate in Solutions Design Team meetings and assist in creation of the Enterprise Architecture Solution Assessment (EASA)
• Develop System diagram and Dataflow diagrams for Request for Proposal (RFP) documentation.
• Collaborate with Product Owner to write clear and concise agile user stories with acceptance criteria using BDD or Gherkin format (Given/When/then).
• Assist Product Owner in prioritizing the product backlog based on business value, risk and dependencies.
• Conduct sprint ceremonies like backlog grooming, sprint planning, sprint demo, and refinement sessions.
• Develop and maintain Test Plans, Test Cases and Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM).
• Perform Functional and Regression testing and facilitate User Acceptance Testing.

Experience & Skills: Required

• A bachelor's degree in a business-related field such as business administration, information technology, finance, or marketing (or a similar field).
• Strong experience working in Agile/Hybrid environments, translating business requirements into user stories with acceptance criteria.
• Ability to break down complex business requirements into smaller user stories for development teams, while ensuring that technical constraints, limitations and dependencies are considered.
• Experience working on projects involving vendor owned, designed and hosted solutions.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• The preferred candidate must possess and demonstrate strong troubleshooting.

Experience & Skills: Preferred

• 4+ years Business Analyst or similar experience
• 4+ years Agile experience
• Experience using Azure Devops or similar tool for work item management and source control.
• Recent experience of working in an Agile development environment, e.g. Scrum or Kanban
• Experience with Microsoft tool such as Excel, PowerPoint, Visio
• Experience with Oracle or SQL Servers