Business Analyst 3

Overview: TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. The below Client runs through fifteen executive departments which carry out the day-to-day administration of the federal government. Popular departments like Agriculture and Rural Development, Civil Rights, Environment, Health and Human Services, Natural Resources, Secretary of State. This Client has opportunities in a number of career pathways, including, but not limited to, business and administrative support, education and human services, IT and computers, medical and healthcare, natural resources, law enforcement and public safety, skilled trades and more. With positions in over 18 state departments, your perfect career fit is waiting for you at the client. This client is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Job Title: Business Analyst 3 Location: Lansing, MI 48933 Duration: 12 Months Job Type: Hybrid Work Type: Temporary Assignment Shift: 8.00AM - 5.00 PM Job Description: 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 Client projects. 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. Skill Set experience must be within last 5 years # of Years Business Analyst 3 Years Quality Assurance Knowledge - 3 Years Azure DevOps Knowledge or similar tool like JIRA (comfortable with creating epics/features/user stories for projects as well as moving cards through project lifecycle) - 3 Years Understanding of BA, QA, DEV roles/responsibilities - 3 Years Experienced with as-is/to-be processes and content creation - 3 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 TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity. TekWissen is an emerging global human capital, recruitment and IT services organization. Operating since 2009, we draw upon more than a decade of staffing experience to deliver critical talent acquisition solutions and IT engagements for our clients. We're founded on a culture that is passionate about delivering tailored solutions, that create lasting partnerships. Our global footprint covers six countries: United States, Canada, Australia, India, United Kingdom and the Philippines. This allows us to work in close partnership with organizations and manage everything from global talent needs with demanding resourcing strategies, to single sites with lower recruitment volumes. TekWissen is an equal opportunity employer supporting workplace diversity.