Business Analyst 5

Business Analyst 5 Lansing, MI (Hybrid) Only Local to Michigan Required Primary Skills: • 7+ years of experience as a senior business analyst • Experience in a government, retirement system, or financial services environment. • Knowledge of Azure Dev-ops, Ability to write user stories to support Agile development. • Knowledge and experience in gathering financial systems requirements. • Facilitate, capture, organize and document business requirements from all stakeholders, including business-side employees, product owners, and technical resources. • Requirements analysis and the ability to decipher what is said to what is really wanted or needed. • Communication and translating requirements between the business and technical teams to ensure shared understanding of requirements and design decisions. • Produce understandable yet highly detailed requirements, process flows for the business and technical teams • Create, organize, and maintain wiki content using markup languages such as Markdown, Wiki Markup, or reStructuredText. • Develop intuitive wiki structures, including navigation hierarchy, templates, and cross-referenced content, to enhance user accessibility and knowledge continuity. • Ensure documentation quality by applying standards, best practices, and version control across wiki content. • Support continuous improvement by identifying documentation gaps and proposing enhancements. • Lead backlog refinement sessions to ensure user stories meet “Ready” state with clear details and acceptance criteria. • Collaborate with project team and business analysts to continuously improve story quality and prioritize work. • Participate in Agile ceremonies (Planning, Stand-ups, Reviews, Retrospectives) to support iterative delivery. • Familiarity with Agile SDLC, process modeling, and system testing methodologies. • Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Information Systems, Public Administration, or a related field. Additional tasks related to a Business Analyst duty include: • Assist with the selection of the strategies, policies, programs, and procedures for achieving the objectives and goals of the development needs. • Provide research and input for the development of Statements of Work (SOW) and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for selected solutions. • Assist with System Security Plans (SSP) when needed. • Research and provide input in the creation of SEM documentation. • Participate in artifact reviews with peers, system specialists, Enterprise Security and other DTMB entities to ensure IT solutions and applications adhere to DTMB and agency policies, standards, or guidelines. • Work with Project Managers to draft change board documents. • Assist in development of training content. • Design, develop, and implement test plans for applications or subsystems. • Create or collect test data and execute approved tests to determine the accuracy of program logic to produce desired results. • Assist in testing and differentiating between defects and new requirements. • Maintain/update system documentation for system upgrades. • Assist with reviewing UI/UX design artifacts and understanding core design and usability principles. • Proficiency in markup languages (e.g., Markdown, Wiki Markup, reStructuredText). • Hands-on experience with documentation or collaboration tools, Azure DevOps Wiki.