Business Analyst 5

• Facilitates meetings with the technical team and business client.
• Gathers requirements and project specifications by leading requirement sessions independently
• Maintain backlog of work items in Azure DevOps
• Must operate in a hybrid (Agile/Waterfall) environment and actively manage requirements, change requests and testing needs.
• Manage project tasks, timelines, and communication between business product owner and development team associated with the Change Management lifecycle
• Track sprints and ticket progress in Azure DevOps
• Ensures the team is adhering to the department change management policies
• Acts as a liaison with State of Michigan auditors
• Maintains documentation on the project SharePoint Site.
• Must be self-starter, detail oriented and a critical thinker
• Provide management with information such as project status reports and resource demand projections.
• Work with team, management, and business partners to continuously improve the process.

Required Skills

Skill Name

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