The Role
Supports web application maintenance and development projects by gathering requirements, facilitating stakeholder meetings, managing backlogs, tracking sprints, coordinating technical and business teams, documenting work, and reporting project status. The role serves as a liaison between development teams and business partners, ensures change-management compliance, supports vendor coordination, and gathers application requirements for RFPs.
Summary Generated by Built In
Top Skills & Years of Experience:
- Exposure to Complex IT web Applications, within the past 5 years - Required – 5+ Years
- Experience working as a liaison between the development team and project manager or business client in a software development project - Required – 3+ Years
- Experience in a role, as a business analyst, supporting a software development project, in the past 5 years - Required – 3+ 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 – 3+ Years
- Experience with Azure DevOps - Required – 1+ Years
Clear and concise written and verbal communication is crucial to success and productivity in this role
Job Description:
Seeking a Senior Business Analyst to assist with the Agency Services Application Development and Support team who supports multiple applications for Michigan Department of Civil Rights (MDCR), Michigan Civil Service Commission (MCSC), and Michigan Lifelong Education Advancement and Potential (MiLEAP). This role would consist of supporting maintenance activities for applications as well as multiple larger projects with a main focus on MiLEAP. 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 partners. This is a senior position, the selected candidate must possess strong leadership skills including delegation, effective communication, effective requirement gathering, and the ability to lead meetings with stakeholders and other technical resources.
Tasks:
1. Facilitates meetings with the technical team and business client.
2. Gathers requirements and project specifications by leading requirement sessions independently
3. Manage project tasks, timelines, and communication between business product owner and development team associated with the Change Management lifecycle
4. Provide management with information such as project status reports and resource demand projections.
5. Maintain backlog of work items & track sprints and ticket progress in Azure DevOps
6. Ensures the team is adhering to the department change management policies
7. Maintains documentation on the project SharePoint Site.
8. Must be detail oriented and a critical thinker
9. Working with vendors and other stakeholders
10. Gather complex new application requirements for RFPs
Required Skills:
- Exposure to Complex IT web Applications, within the past 5 years - Required – 5+ Years
- Experience working as a liaison between the development team and project manager or business client in a software development project - Required – 3+ Years
- Experience in a role, as a business analyst, supporting a software development project, in the past 5 years - Required – 3+ 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 – 3+ Years
- Experience with Azure DevOps - Required – 1+ Years
Highly Desired Skills:
- 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 – 2+ Years
- Experience with Salesforce Platform - Highly Desired – 6+ Months
- Experience with MS Dynamics 365 - Highly Desired – 6+ Months
Seeking a Senior Business Analyst to assist with the Agency Services Application
Development and Support team who supports multiple applications for Michigan
Department of Civil Rights (MDCR), Michigan Civil Service Commission (MCSC), and
Michigan Lifelong Education Advancement and Potential (MiLEAP). This role would
consist of supporting maintenance activities for applications as well as multiple larger
projects with a main focus on MiLEAP. 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 partners. This is a senior position, the selected candidate must
possess strong leadership skills including delegation, effective communication, effective
requirement gathering, and the ability to lead meetings with stakeholders and other
technical resources.
Tasks:
1. Facilitates meetings with the technical team and business client.
2. Gathers requirements and project specifications by leading requirement sessions
independently
3. Manage project tasks, timelines, and communication between business product
owner and development team associated with the Change Management lifecycle
4. Provide management with information such as project status reports and
resource demand projections.
5. Maintain backlog of work items & track sprints and ticket progress in Azure
DevOps
6. Ensures the team is adhering to the department change management policies
7. Maintains documentation on the project SharePoint Site.
8. Must be detail oriented and a critical thinker
9. Working with vendors and other stakeholders
10. Gather complex new application requirements for RFPs
Required Skills:
- Exposure to Complex IT web Applications, within the past 5 years - Required –
5+ Years
- Experience working as a liaison between the development team and project
manager or business client in a software development project - Required – 3+
Years
- Experience in a role, as a business analyst, supporting a software development
project, in the past 5 years - Required – 3+ 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 – 3+ Years
- Experience with Azure DevOps - Required – 1+ Years
Highly Desired Skills:
- 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 – 2+ Years
- Experience with Salesforce Platform - Highly Desired – 6+ Months
- Experience with MS Dynamics 365 - Highly Desired – 6+ Months
RequirementsRequired Skills
Skill Type
Skill Name
CertificationEducationLicenseOtherSkill
Bachelor's degree
CertificationEducationLicenseOtherSkill
Exposure to Complex IT web Applications, within the past 5 years - 5+ years
CertificationEducationLicenseOtherSkill
Experience working as a liaison between the development team and project manager or business client in a software development project - 3+ years
CertificationEducationLicenseOtherSkill
Experience in a role, as a business analyst, supporting a software development project, in the past 5 years - 3+ years
CertificationEducationLicenseOtherSkill
Ability to lead meetings, conduct training & information sessions, communicate at a level appropriate to the audience, make oral and written reports and presentations - 3+ years
CertificationEducationLicenseOtherSkill
Experience with Azure - 1+ years
Skill Type
Skill Name
CertificationEducationLicenseOtherSkill
Knowledge and understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle - 2+ years
CertificationEducationLicenseOtherSkill
Project management skills and knowledge in project management and related methodologies - 6+ months
CertificationEducationLicenseOtherSkill
Experience with Microsoft SharePoint - 2+ years
CertificationEducationLicenseOtherSkill
Experience with Salesforce Platform - 6+ months
CertificationEducationLicenseOtherSkill
Experience with MS Dynamics 365 - 6+ months
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree
- Five or more years of exposure to complex IT web applications within the past five years
- Three or more years working as a liaison between development teams and project managers or business clients on software development projects
- Three or more years of business analyst experience supporting software development projects within the past five years
- Three or more years leading meetings, conducting training and information sessions, communicating appropriately with audiences, and creating oral and written reports and presentations
- One or more years of experience with Azure DevOps
- Two or more years of knowledge and understanding of the software development lifecycle
- Six or more months of project management skills and knowledge of project management methodologies
- Two or more years of experience with Microsoft SharePoint
- Six or more months of experience with Salesforce Platform
- Six or more months of experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365
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The Company
What We Do
Novalink Solutions LLC is a global consulting, engineering, and AI product development company specializing in information technology and telecommunications. They provide AI-powered products, automation platforms, intelligent workflow systems, IT consulting, managed engineering, and staff augmentation services.
