Business Analyst - DHHS

Job No: 10536MI

Position: Business Analyst

Client: Michigan Department of Human and Health Services (DHHS)

Requisition:

Location: Lansing, MI

Duration: 1 year

Due Date: 08/26/2026

Contract Type: C2C Possible Yes

Rate: Depends on experience

Interview Method: Web-based with Camera On

NOTE:

Must be current Lansing area resident (or within 90 miles of Lansing). No relocation allowed. Hybrid schedule with mandatory onsite days on Wednesdays and Thursdays. We can accept H1b, H4, TN and other valid work visas for IT. However we cannot accept OPT or CPT visas at this time.

Description

Our client is looking for a Business Analyst that will partner closely with Product Owners, business stakeholders, project leadership, and delivery teams to support discovery, business process analysis, user acceptance testing (UAT), training readiness, and Azure DevOps (ADO) backlog management activities. This role serves as a bridge between business operations and technical delivery teams to ensure solutions align with business needs and are successfully adopted by end users.

Tasks

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Support backlog traceability between requirements, testing, and implementation.
• Assist with ADO dashboards, reporting, queries, and documentation.
• 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.

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities Required

• Strong stakeholder facilitation, communication, and documentation skills.

Skills Required

• 8+ years - Experience gathering requirements from users
• 6+ years - Experience designing technical and business requirement documentation
• 4+ years - Experience with Agile methodology / SCRUM processes and ceremonies
• 3+ years - Experience maintaining and organizing Epics, Features, User Stories, and Tasks using Azure DevOps backlog management tools (Kanban board, Sprint board, etc.).
• Experience documenting current-state and future-state business processes.
• CBAP Certification
• Bachelor's Degree (include in resume)

Skills Desired

• Experience using Azure DevOps for backlog and work item management.
• Experience supporting Product Owners in Agile delivery environments.
• 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
• Experience with large-scale government, healthcare, financial, or enterprise system implementations
• Experience documenting complex business program area integrations and data flows.