Job Description

State of Michigan – DTMB

Business Analyst 5

The Business Analyst 5 position will work as a contract resource for the State of Michigan - Department of Technology, Management and Budget (DTMB) supporting the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) for the Michigan Accounts Receivable and Collections (MiARC) Project. The resource will act as a business analyst, with duties including serving as a liaison between the MDHHS business partner and development teams, gathering requirements from the business users, facilitating meetings, writing user stories, and developing required project documentation deliverables.

Top Skills & Years of Experience:

Must Have:

• 8+ years of experience gathering requirements from users:
  • identifying impacted business processes
  • assessing business needs
  • identifying IT solution integration.
  • GAP analysis
  • SWOT analysis
• 6+ years of experience designing technical and business requirement documentation including:
  • wireframes or screen mockups,
  • context diagrams
  • benefits realization
  • business process models
  • workflow diagrams
  • traceability matrix
• 4+ years of experience with Agile methodology / SCRUM processes and ceremonies including:
  • Daily Scrum
  • Sprint Planning
  • Backlog Grooming
  • Sprint Reviews
  • Sprint Retrospective
• 3+ years of experience working with Azure DevOps backlog management, Kanban board, Sprint board, etc.
• 5+ years of experience eliciting and decomposing requirements into user stories and acceptance criteria.
• 4+ years of experience working as a business analyst on financial systems.
• Experience writing test plans and use cases.
• Working knowledge of Systems Engineering Methodology (SEM) and Project Management Methodology (PMM)
• Senior level understanding of the secure application development lifecycle (SADLC)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred:

• Prior experience working with State or Federal government.