Sr. Business Analyst

Title: Business Analyst V Location: Lansing, MI (Hybrid) Note: This is a W2 contract role – C2C, 1099, & 3 rd party candidates WILL NOT be considered The primary duty of this Business Analyst position is to act as a liaison among business stakeholders to elicit, analyze, communicate, and validate requirements for changes to information systems, business processes, and policies, as applicable. This position collects, clarifies, and translates business requirements into design documentation, from which applications and solutions are developed. Documentation will include use of standard application templates and tools, Azure Dev Ops, Visio, and Excel. This position must be able to work with BAs and transfer knowledge to them. The resource must be able to collaborate with business clients, technical teams, Process Modelers, System Analysts, and vendors to clarify design intent, identify gaps, and ensure technical feasibility. Position Duties: Facilitate, capture, organize and document business requirements from all stakeholders, including business-side employees, product owners, and technical resourcesMaintain communication and translate requirements between the business and technical teams to ensure sharedunderstanding of requirements and design decisionsProduce understandable yet highly detailed requirements, process flows for the business and technical teamsCreate, organize, and maintain wiki content using markup languages such as Markdown, Wiki Markup, or reStructuredTextDevelop intuitive wiki structures, including navigation hierarchy, templates, and cross-referenced content, to enhance user accessibility and knowledge continuityEnsure documentation quality by applying standards, best practices, and version control across wiki contentSupport continuous improvement by identifying documentation gaps and proposing enhancementsLead backlog refinement sessions to ensure user stories meet “Ready” state with clear details and acceptance criteriaCollaborate with project team and business analysts to continuously improve story quality and prioritize workParticipate in Agile ceremonies (Planning, Stand-ups, Reviews, Retrospectives) to support iterative deliverySupport ORS Product Owners, Business Analysts, and all teams supporting this effortAssist with the selection of the strategies, policies, programs, and procedures for achieving the objectives and goals of development needsProvide research and input for the development of Statements of Work (SOW) and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for selected solutionsAssist with System Security Plans (SSP), when neededResearch and provide input in the creation of SEM documentationParticipate 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 guidelinesAssist with design and document IT solutionsWork with Project Managers to draft change board documentsAssist in development of training contentDesign, develop, and implement test plans for applications or subsystemsCreate or collect test data and execute approved tests to determine the accuracy of program logic to produce desired resultsAssist in testing and differentiating between defects and new requirementsMaintain/update system documentation for system upgradesAssist with reviewing UI/UX design artifacts andunderstanding core design and usability principles Position Qualifications: 7+ years of experience as a Senior Business AnalystKnowledge of Azure DevOps, with the ability to write user stories to support Agile developmentFamiliarity with Agile SDLC, process modeling, and system testing methodologiesProficiency in markup languages (e.g., Markdown, Wiki Markup, reStructuredText)Hands-on experience with documentation or collaboration tools, Azure DevOps WikiExperience in requirements analysis, with the ability to decipher what is said to what is really wanted or neededExperience in a government, retirement system, or financial services environment, including knowledge and experience in gathering financial systems requirementsA minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Public Administration, or other related field #ALINE11

Created: 2026-03-04