LOCATION
Lansing, MI area
COMPENSATION
$75 to $95K, possibly higher for exceptionally well-qualified candidate.
As a full time employee you will receive a premium benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance, paid vacation time and holidays, 401(k), Flexible Spending Accounts, and numerous company events throughout the year.
EDUCATION
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or similar discipline
REQUIRED
- Recent documented experience functioning as a senior business analyst in successfully completed projects
- Five years' experience creating and maintaining process maps and data flow diagrams
- Five years' experience creating State of Michigan SEM (Systems Engineering Methodology) stage exit documents
- Five years' experience creating testing plans
- Demonstrated experience in facilitating cross-functional discussions
BONUS
- Experience in large-scale, complex implementation projects, particularly ERP implementations.
OVERVIEW
- The Senior Business Analyst will be involved in the following:
- Lead the selection of the IT strategies, policies, programs and procedures.
- Serve as IT resource to the Project Manager.
- Serve as liaison to the PMO and other groups to resolve escalated project issues.
- Provide IT oversight, guidance, and approval of SOW and RFP.
- Serve as an active member of Joint Evaluation Committees (JECs) and have voting rights as necessary.
- Provide oversight of project schedule created by BA staff.
- Direct Joint Application Development (JAD) for department or enterprise projects
- Review and approves system design requirements that include sensitive data types (such as highly confidential data, PCI, PII, etc...) and/or the creation of security design requirements for large, multi-agency, or enterprise projects.
- Research, identify and leverage strategic solutions and apply the reuse of functionality.
- Review, approve and ensure completion of the test plan and results within the traceability matrix for enterprise wide integration, performance, system or user acceptance test plans for large, multi-agency, or enterprise projects.
- Lead and facilitate sessions to gather implementation plan requirements. Validate and approve IT implementation plans and execution for large, multi-agency, or enterprise projects, with assistance of others.
- Lead cross-functional team to evaluate processes for application sustainability based on system changes and load balances and approves recommendations to alleviate problems.
- Serves as liaison to outside IT consultants/vendors supporting multi-vendor solutions and/or mission critical systems for large, multi-agency, or enterprise projects.
- Serves as the IT system owner for the client concerning requests, standards, and other program and project matters.
- Recommend and identify resources for the creation of IT task forces, special committees, and/or research groups.
- Assist business partners' review of identified opportunities, plans, and recommendations to gain efficiencies by re-engineering business processes.
- Review and approve data flow models, business process flow models. etc.
- Resolve escalated issues that impact business processes related to mission critical, multi-agency, or enterprise systems.
- Evaluate and recommend internal IT processes for application development sustainability to improve service delivery.
. - Our client offers a fun and professional work environment. They provide training, learning, and growth opportunities to allow you to tailor your career. They encourage a collaborative environment where no idea goes overlooked. With adjustable work desks, ergonomic chairs, and large monitors, they strive to provide an environment that is beneficial to the growth of each individual.
- Customers are often on site, so you will be required to wear business formal at all times (suit and tie for men, suit or dress for women).
- You will be a candidate for a position that would involve work for a government agency. The position will require work on site in government offices and/or use of a government computer network. The government agency conducts a background check on all contractor requests for access credentials to government buildings and networks. The Government agency will not issue access credentials to any individual who has a felony conviction on their record. Because of that restriction, we are unable hire a candidate for the position if they have a felony conviction on their record.
- You must submit to and pass a drug screening.
- If you are currently employed by any Michigan state government agency, you will not be eligible for this role.
