Senior Business Analyst Agile Scrum Azure DevOps

Senior Business Analyst Agile Scrum Azure DevOps

Job Location: Lansing, MI, USA, 48933

Work Model: Hybrid Work Model Details: Two days onsite per week (Wed & Thu) Shift: Mon-Fri 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Employment Type: Temporary

Min Hourly Rate: $60.00 Max Hourly Rate: $63.00

Must Have Skills/Attributes: Agile, Azure, Business Analysis, SCRUM

Experience Desired: Experience gathering requirements from user (8+ yrs); Experience designing technical and business requirement documentation (6+ yrs); Experience with Agile methodology / SCRUM processes and ceremonies (4+ yrs); Maintaining and organizing Epics Features User Stories and Tasks using Azure DevOps backlog (3+ yrs)

Required Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree

Required Certifications/Licenses: CBAP Certification

REQUIRED EDUCATION: Bachelor's Degree

REQUIRED CERTIFICATION: CBAP Certification (New Requirement)

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE KNOWLEDGE ABILITIES AND SKILLS:

• Experience gathering requirements from user (8+ years)
• Experience designing technical and business requirement documentation (6+ years)
• Experience with Agile methodology / SCRUM processes and ceremonies (4+ years)
• Experience maintaining and organizing Epics Features User Stories and Tasks using Azure DevOps backlog management tools (Kanban board Sprint board etc) (3+ years)

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE KNOWLEDGE ABILITIES AND SKILLS:

• Experience using Azure DevOps for backlog and work item management
• Experience supporting Product Owners in Agile delivery environments
• Document current-state and future-state business processes
• Develop UAT strategies test scenarios and business validation plans
• Experience developing UAT plans scenarios and business validation strategies
• Experience creating training plans training materials and operational readiness documentation
• Experience facilitating business process analysis and workflow modeling utilizing tools like Bizagi
• Strong stakeholder facilitation communication and documentation skills
• Experience with large-scale government healthcare financial or enterprise system implementations preferred
• Experience documenting complex business program area integrations and data flows

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Business Analysis & Process Modeling
• Develop process maps workflow diagrams and business operating procedures
• Identify process improvement opportunities and operational impacts
• Identify and document manual processes workarounds and exception handling procedures
• Develop end to end business and system interaction diagrams
• Product Owner Support
• Partner with Product Owners to refine and maintain product backlogs
• Assist in developing user stories and defining acceptance criteria by gathering analyzing and clarifying business requirements
• Provide recommendations on requirements traceability and business validation
• User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• Coordinate UAT execution activities with business stakeholders
• Track test execution results defects and acceptance decisions
• Support end-to-end business process testing and release readiness assessments
• Assist with documenting UAT evidence and acceptance recommendations
• Training & Organizational Readiness
• Support training plans and end-user training materials
• Create job aids quick reference guides and process documentation
• Support stakeholder readiness communication and adoption activities
• Facilitate training sessions and knowledge transfer activities
• Azure DevOps (ADO) Support
• Support backlog traceability between requirements testing and implementation
• Assist with ADO dashboards reporting queries and documentation
• Documentation & Governance
• Create and maintain project documentation requirements artifacts process training and reference guide documentation
• Document business rules validation rules and exception processing requirements
• Support project compliance with organizational delivery methodologies and governance requirements
• Maintain documentation repositories knowledge bases and project wikis