Business Analyst

IO Datasphere, Inc.; Town of Lansing (NY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

IO Datasphere, Inc. in Lansing, MI is seeking a seasoned Business Analyst to partner with Product Owners, stakeholders, project leadership, and delivery teams.

You will support discovery, business process analysis, UAT, training readiness, and Azure DevOps backlog management to ensure solutions meet business needs and are adopted by end users. This 1-year contract requires a hybrid schedule with mandatory on-site days on Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Qualifications

• 8+ years experience gathering requirements from users.
• 6+ years designing technical and business requirement documentation.
• 4+ years Agile methodology / SCRUM processes and ceremonies.
• 3+ years maintaining Epics, Features, User Stories using Azure DevOps backlog management tools.
• Experience documenting current-state and future-state business processes.
• CBAP Certification
• Bachelor’s Degree in resume

Responsibilities

• Partner with Product Owners to refine and maintain product backlogs.
• Assist in developing user stories and defining acceptance criteria.
• Coordinate UAT execution activities with business stakeholders.
• Develop end-to-end business and system interaction diagrams.
• Create job aids, training materials, and process documentation.
• Document business rules, validation rules, and exception processing requirements.
• Assist with ADO dashboards, reporting, and documentation.
• Maintain project documentation and governance artifacts.

Skills

Stakeholder facilitation

Requirements gathering

Documentation

Agile / SCRUM

Azure DevOps backlog mgmt

Process mapping

Education

CBAP Certification

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Azure DevOps

Job description

Our client is looking for a Business Analyst that will partner closely with Product Owners, business stakeholders, project leadership, and delivery teams to support discovery, business process analysis, user acceptance testing (UAT), training readiness, and Azure DevOps (ADO) backlog management activities. This role serves as a bridge between business operations and technical delivery teams to ensure solutions align with business needs and are successfully adopted by end users.

Tasks

• Develop process maps, workflow diagrams, and business operating procedures.
• Identify process improvement opportunities and operational impacts.
• Identify and document manual processes, workarounds, and exception‑handling procedures.
• Develop end‑to‑end business and system interaction diagrams.
• Partner with Product Owners to refine and maintain product backlogs.
• Assist in developing user stories and defining acceptance criteria by gathering, analyzing, and clarifying business requirements.
• Provide recommendations on requirements traceability and business validation.
• Coordinate UAT execution activities with business stakeholders.
• Track test execution, results, defects, and acceptance decisions.
• Support end-to-end business process testing and release readiness assessments.
• Assist with documenting UAT evidence and acceptance recommendations.
• Support training plans and end‑user training materials.
• Create job aids, quick reference guides, and process documentation.
• Support stakeholder readiness, communication, and adoption activities.
• Facilitate training sessions and knowledge transfer activities.
• Support backlog traceability between requirements, testing, and implementation.
• Assist with ADO dashboards, reporting, queries, and documentation.
• Create and maintain project documentation, requirements artifacts, process, training and reference guide documentation.
• Document business rules, validation rules, and exception processing requirements.
• Support project compliance with organizational delivery methodologies and governance requirements.
• Maintain documentation repositories, knowledge bases, and project wikis.

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities Required

• Strong stakeholder facilitation, communication, and documentation skills.

NOTE: Must be current Lansing area resident (or within 90 miles of Lansing). No relocation allowed. Hybrid schedule with mandatory onsite days on Wednesdays and Thursdays

Location: Lansing, MI

Contract: 1 year

Skills Required

• 8+ years - Experience gathering requirements from users
• 6+ years - Experience designing technical and business requirement documentation
• 4+ years - Experience with Agile methodology / SCRUM processes and ceremonies
• 3+ years - Experience maintaining and organizing Epics, Features, User Stories, and Tasks using Azure DevOps backlog management tools (Kanban board, Sprint board, etc.).
• Experience documenting current-state and future-state business processes.
• CBAP Certification
• Bachelor’s Degree (include in resume)

Skills Desired – A Plus To Have

• Experience using Azure DevOps for backlog and work item management.
• Experience supporting Product Owners in Agile delivery environments.
• Experience developing UAT plans, scenarios, and business validation strategies.
• Experience creating training plans, training materials, and operational readiness documentation.
• Experience facilitating business process analysis and workflow modeling utilizing tools like Bizagi
• Experience with large-scale government, healthcare, financial, or enterprise system implementations
• Experience documenting complex business program area integrations and data flows.
• Rate depends on experience
• Candidates authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply. We can accept H1b, , TN, and other valid work visas for IT. However, we cannot accept OPT or CPT visas at this time.
• Companies submitting candidates should only submit direct W2 employees for this position.