Business Analyst 5

Job Title: Business Analyst 5 Location: Lansing, MI – (Hybrid, 2-5 days onsite each week; First four weeks are fully onsite) Status: Contract – 1year, possible extension Application Deadline: Monday, September 29, 2025 Job Number: 148725 This is a contract-to-hire opportunity with a great organization. As a contractor for Smith Johnson, you are eligible for medical, dental, life, disability. Smith Johnson pays for 70% of your medical and dental and 100% of life and disability. The contract is also eligible for PTO/holiday accrued monthly. You are also eligible for a 3% retirement matching plan. Smith Johnson believes in taking care of our contractors. RESPONSIBILITIES 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. This position has on-site/in person workdays of Tuesday/Wednesday (must work 8 hours per day in office on those two days, no exceptions). The ideal candidate will live within one hour of Lansing, MI. The Business Analyst is responsible for working with the project team and stakeholders to examine existing and future-state business processes, data, and systems. This information is used to guide the gathering of business requirements as they relate to the desired system functionality. Responsibilities • 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. Qualifications Required Skill Set # of Years Business Analyst -5 Years Quality Assurance Knowledge -5 Ye4ars Azure DevOps Knowledge (comfortable with creating epics/features/user stories for projects as well as moving cards through project lifecycle) -5 Years Understanding of BA, QA, DEV roles/responsibilities -5 Years Experienced with as-is/to-be processes and content creation -5 Years Experience with creating product roadmap -3 Years Familiarity with Project Management Methodologies/Agile - 3 Years Adept with using BA tools (e.g., FIGMA, Visio) - 3 Years Bachelor’s Degree