Business Analyst

Business Analyst

Client is looking for a Business Analyst to support the Michigan Department of Transportation.

Position will:

• Elicit and document SMART functional requirements.
• Develop and document technical system requirements.
• Review and document business processes.
• Contribute to use case / user stories estimates.
• Develop use case / user stories documentation.
• Conduct walkthrough of use case and GUI documentation.
• Demonstrate skill of complex problem solving, negotiation, and deductive reasoning.
• Develop functional designs.
• Support system design and development.
• Contribute to the mentoring of less experience Business Analysts on the team.
• Facilitate the communication of technical terminology at a level appropriate to the audience.
• Provide direction to software developers.
• Be self-motivated.
• Able to work independently and as part of a team.
• Work with stakeholders and discover the underlying business need.
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with clients.
• Ensure requirements and business solutions map to a business need.

Highly Desired

Skills:

• Solid knowledge of Finance Systems.
• Knowledge of Michigan government.
• Microsoft Office (Outlook, Project, Excel, Word, Access, Office).
• Knowledge of SQL and databases highly desirable.
• Knowledge of TOAD or other database querying tool.
• Experience in Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Knowledge of the State Unified Information Technology Environment (SUITE).
• Experience using Project Management Institute (PMI) methodologies.