HybridHybrid role requiring on-site work Tuesday and Wednesday; candidates must live within a 1-hour commute of Lansing.
Business & StrategyBusiness Analysis
About the job
Requirements
At least 5 years of experience as a Business Analyst.
At least 5 years of experience working with agile tools to create and manage epics, features, and user stories and move cards through the project lifecycle.
At least 5 years of experience understanding Business Analyst, Quality Assurance, and Development roles and responsibilities.
At least 5 years of experience producing as-is and to-be process documentation and content.
Responsibilities
Document clear, unambiguous, and testable business requirements that satisfy business needs and comply with applicable policies, standards, guidelines, and templates.
Create test plans with the business and establish repeatable processes that extend beyond the current project lifecycle.
Document repeatable technical steps and processes for business-area maintenance planning.
Facilitate requirements-gathering meetings to identify impacted business processes and document project business requirements.
Develop and maintain the project backlog during agile projects and work with the product owner to set priorities throughout the project.
Understand project scope and monitor the requirements process to maintain alignment with project objectives.
Understand high-level information-governance objectives and ensure appropriate stakeholder inclusion or awareness regarding data requirements.
Resolve critical information-technology issues within the Business Analyst role.
Assess project-specific benefits and the impact of changes to project scope or business requirements.
Complete, review, and obtain approval for Business Analyst system engineering methodology deliverables in alignment with area processes.
Work with project teams and vendor partners, including user interface and user experience specialists, solution architects, database administrators, developers, and quality-assurance testers, to align on requirements, functionality, size, and scalability.
Facilitate creation and refinement of epics, features, and user stories in the team's agile tool; move work through the full project lifecycle from backlog to completion.
Document current-state and future-state business processes.
Translate requirements across Business Analyst, Quality Assurance, and Development workstreams.
Produce structured process and requirements content for stakeholder review.
Desired Qualifications
Proficiency with Business Analyst tools such as Figma or Visio.
At least 2 years of Quality Assurance experience.
Business Analyst
Location: Lansing, MI — Hybrid, onsite Tuesday/Wednesday required from day one (no remote-only option). Candidates must reside within a 1-hour commute of Lansing at time of submission — no exceptions.
Contract type: 1099 contract
Overview: State of Michigan is engaging a Business Analyst 3 to support an active project team, bridging BA, QA, and DEV workstreams. The resource will own as-is/to-be process documentation and drive agile ceremonies — writing and refining epics, features, and user stories and shepherding them through the project lifecycle.
Contract Start: 09/14/2026
Responsibilities
Responsible for documenting business requirements that are clear, unambiguous, testable,
and satisfy the business need in accordance with standard templates and adherence to DTMB
and MDOS 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
QA testers, and others to ensure understanding of the requirements, functionality, size, and
scalability of the IT solution.
Facilitate creation and refinement of epics, features, and user stories in the team's agile tool of choice; move work through the full project lifecycle (backlog → in progress → review → done); document current-state (as-is) and future-state (to-be) business processes; act as the connective tissue between BA, QA, and DEV roles, translating requirements across each; produce clear, structured process and requirements content for stakeholder review.
Required Qualifications: 5+ years as a Business Analyst; 5+ years working in agile tools (creating and managing epics/features/user stories, moving cards through the lifecycle); 5+ years with a clear understanding of BA, QA, and DEV roles and responsibilities; 5+ years producing as-is/to-be process documentation and content.
Preferred Qualifications: Proficiency with BA tooling such as Figma or Visio; 2+ years of QA experience.