Senior Business Analyst Level 5 Position Description Seeking a Senior Business Analyst to assist with the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) Grants Management System known as NexSys. The MDE Grants Management System is comprised of about 100+ different grant applications that is responsible for over 2 billion dollars of payments to state educational entities. Business Analyst We are looking for someone who understands and has experience with the software development lifecycle as they will be managing work requests to support operational support needs for web applications and gather requirements for project initiatives. This role is the liaison between the technical team and the business client. This will be about 90% of the time for this resource. This is a senior position so the selected candidate will possess leadership skills including but not limited to the ability to delegate tasks to the team, effective communication and being able to lead a team of business analysts and be comfortable leading requirement meetings with business and other technical resources. Tasks: 1. Facilitates meetings with the technical team and business client. 1. Gathers requirements and project specifications by leading requirement sessions independently 1. Maintain backlog of work items in Azure DevOps 1. Must operate in a hybrid (Agile/Waterfall) environment and actively manage requirements, change requests and testing needs. 1. Manage project tasks, timelines, and communication between business product owner and development team associated with the Change Management lifecycle 1. Track sprints and ticket progress in Azure DevOps 1. Ensures the team is adhering to the department change management policies 1. Acts as a liaison with State of Michigan auditors 1. Maintains documentation on the project SharePoint Site. 1. Must be self-starter, detail oriented and a critical thinker 1. Provide management with information such as project status reports and resource demand projections. 1. Work with team, management, and business partners to continuously improve the process. Qualifications/ experience • Bachelor's Degree • Experience in gathering and documenting business requirements - 5+ years • Experience in a role, as a business analyst, supporting a software development project, in the past 5 years - 5+ years • Ability to lead meetings, conduct training & information sessions, communicate at a level appropriate to the audience, make oral and written reports and presentations - 5+ years • Proficiency with MS Office - 3+ years • Experience working as a liaison between the development team and project manager or business client in a software development project - 2+ years • Experience with Azure DevOps; including creating User Stories and queries - 1+ years Nice to have: • Experience with Federal, State or local grant management systems - 1+ years • Experience with Power Platform services including Power BI and Power Automate - 6+ months