Senior Business Analyst

Job Description

Interviews Process:

Onsite – Candidate’s MUST be available for an in-person interview.

Position location:

Lansing: Resource will be working a hybrid schedule. NO REMOTE ONLY OPTION. Will need to be onsite from day 1, two days a week (Tuesdays and Wednesdays are required onsite days).

Local candidates within 70 miles of Lansing (strongly preferred) or non-local (must be willing to relocate within 70 miles of Lansing at their own expense from acceptance with no delays & follow the hybrid schedule).

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.
• Assist with design and document IT solutions that are State of Michigan standard technology.
• 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.