Business Analyst - Darwin Resources

Client is looking for: Business Analyst 5
Duration: 12 Months (Possible Extension)
Work location is hybrid, 2 days in office (Tuesday & Wednesday) and 3 days working from home. (Candidate can be full time in office, if desired.)

Clear and concise communication skills required.
Top Skills & Years of Experience Required:
- Experience in gathering and documenting business requirements
- Ability to lead meetings, conduct training & information sessions, communicate at a level appropriate to the audience, make oral and written reports and presentations
- Experience working as a liaison between the development team and project manager or business client in a software development project
- Experience with Azure DevOps; including creating User Stories and queries

Senior Business Analyst Level 5

We are looking for someone who understands and has experience with the software development lifecycle as they will be managing work requests to support operational support needs for web applications and gather requirements for project initiatives. This role is the liaison between the technical team and the business client. This will be about 90% of the time for this resource. This is a senior position so the selected candidate will possess leadership skills including but not limited to the ability to delegate tasks to the team, effective communication and being able to lead a team of business analysts and be comfortable leading requirement meetings with business and other technical resources.

Tasks:
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
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 detail oriented and a critical thinker
Provide management with information such as project status reports and resource demand projections.

Desired Interview Dates/Times:
Tuesday November 12th, 2024: 1-2pm, 2:15-3:15pm, 3:30-4:30pm
Wednesday November 13th, 2024: 8:45-9:45am, 2-3pm
Interviews will be conducted via Microsoft Teams with 2nd interviews being held in person.

Targeted Start Date: December 2nd

Skill	Required / Desired	Required Years of experience
Exposure to Complex IT web Applications, within the past 5 years	Required	5 Years
Experience in gathering and documenting business requirements	Required	5 Years
Experience in a role, as a business analyst, supporting a software development project, in the past 5 years	Required	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	Required	5 Years
Proficiency with MS Office	Required	3 Years
Experience working as a liaison between the development team and project manager or business client in a software development project	Required	2 Years
Experience with Azure DevOps; including creating User Stories and queries	Required	1 Year
Knowledge and understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle	Highly Desired	2 Years
Project management skills and knowledge in project management and related methodologies	Highly Desired	6 Months
Experience with Microsoft SharePoint	Highly Desired	6 Months