Business /Quality Analyst - Lansing, MI

Digital Technology International; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Digital Technology Solutions in Lansing, MI is seeking an experienced Business Analyst to gather and document clear, testable requirements and translate them into actionable specifications for stakeholders and project teams.

The role serves as ScrumMaster for campaign finance projects using Monday.com or JIRA, collaborates with the PMO, and supports the transition from project mode to maintenance. On-site presence is required on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Qualifications

• Gather clear, unambiguous, and testable business requirements

Responsibilities

• Document clear, testable business requirements using templates

Skills

Business Analysis

QA Knowledge

Agile Tools

BA/QA/DEV Roles

As-is / To-be Processes

Product Roadmap

Project Management

BA Tools (FIGMA)

BA Tools (Visio)

Tools

FIGMA

Visio

Job description

DTS is looking for experienced Business /Quality Analyst for our client project in Lansing, MI

Job Description

Top Skills & Years of Experience

• 5+ years of experience as a business analyst
• 5+ years of experience with agile tools (comfortable with creating epics/features/user stories for projects as well as moving cards through project lifecycle)
• 5+ years of experience understanding BA, QA, and DEV roles/responsibilities
• 5+ years of experience with as-is/to-be processes and content creation

Preferred Skills & Certifications

• Adept with using BA tools (e.g., FIGMA, Visio)
• 2+ years of experience in QA

Role 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 Monday.com and/or JIRA tool) on campaign finance related projects and coordinates with the PMO s Project Manager for artifacts/documentation needed on client projects.

This position has on-site/in person workdays of Tuesday/Wednesday (no exceptions).

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. This position includes creating test plans with the business area, and ensuring repeatable processes are in place beyond the lifecycle of the current project.

Job Fit: The ideal candidate for this role will have a mentor/teaching type of background to ensure the future long-term success of the business area, helping to solidify an Agile mindset with their vendor and shoring up long-term transition from project mode to maintenance mode.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for documenting business requirements that are clear, unambiguous, testable, and satisfy the business need in accordance with standard templates and adherence to client policies, standards, and guidelines.
• Creating Test plans with the business, ensuring repeatable processes are in place beyond the lifecycle of the current project.
• Documenting repeatable steps/processes (technical documentation) for the business area to refer to as part of maintenance planning.
• 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 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 vendor partners for roles such as: 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

Business Analyst

5

Quality Assurance Knowledge

5

Agile Tool Knowledge (comfortable with creating epics/features/user stories for projects as well as moving cards through project lifecycle)

5

Understanding of BA, QA, DEV roles/responsibilities

5

Experienced with as-is/to-be processes and content creation

5

Experience with creating product roadmap

3

Familiarity with Project Management Methodologies/Agile

3

Adept with using BA tools (e.g., FIGMA, Visio)

3

Contact

DTS offers excellent compensation package.

Kuldeep Singh

Team Lead

Digital Technology Solutions