Business Analyst 5

TekWissen LLC

Lansing, MI

JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$64.12–$64.12
SKILLS
Acceptance Testing, Administrative Skills, Agriculture, Budgeting, Business Analysis, Business Support, Communication Skills, Cross-Functional, Department of Health and Human Services, DevOps, Diversity, Environmental Health, Establish Priorities, Federal Government, Federal Grants, Government Funding, Grant Administration/Management, Healthcare, Help Desk, Interpersonal Skills, Law Enforcement, Leadership, Mentoring, Microsoft Office, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Windows Azure, Mock Up, Natural Resources, On Site Support, Operational Support, Operations Management, Problem Solving Skills, Project/Program Management, Prototyping, Public Safety, Reporting Skills, Requirements Management, Rural Development, Software Administration, Software Design, Software Development, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Support Documentation, Systems Analysis, Technical Leadership, Testing, Time Management, Training/Teaching, Wireframes, Workforce Management
LOCATION
Lansing, MI
POSTED
2 days ago
Overview:
TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients worldwide. The below Client runs through fifteen executive departments which carry out the daytoday administration of the federal government. Popular departments like Agriculture and Rural Development, Civil Rights, Environment, Health and Human Services, Natural Resources, Secretary of State. This Client has opportunities in a number of career pathways, including, but not limited to, business and administrative support, education and human services, IT and computers, medical and healthcare, natural resources, law enforcement and public safety, skilled trades and more. With positions in over 18 state departments, your perfect career fit is waiting for you at the client. This client is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Job Title:Business Analyst 5
Location: Lansing, MI 48933
Duration: 6 Months
Job Type:Hybrid
Work Type: Temporary Assignment
Shift: 8.00AM - 5.00 PM
Job Description:
Position Overview:
  • The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to support the Office of Educational Supports (OES) in enhancing and maintaining the Consolidated Application within the NexSys platform.
  • This application is critical for distributing federal formula grants to Michigan Local Education Agencies.
  • This role will serve as a strategic liaison between OES, regional field services consultants and managers,internal MDE cross-office teams (including the Office of Systems, Evaluation, and Technology - OSET),the Department of Technology, Management, and Budget (DTMB), and vendor partners.
  • The ideal candidate will have a strong background in supporting business areas to complete business requirements, perform user acceptance testing, supporting end user documentation and training, with proven leadership experience in cross-functional environments.
Key Responsibilities:
Stakeholder Engagement & Communication:
  • Facilitate meetings with business stakeholders, technical teams, and external consultants.
  • Act as the primary point of contact for field consultants regarding application issues.
  • Communicate issue status, resolutions, and updates to relevant stakeholders.
Operational & Technical Liaison:
  • Manage and prioritize operational support requests and enhancement tickets in Azure DevOps.
  • Collaborate with OSET and vendor teams to ensure timely resolution of technical issues.
  • Translate business needs into clear, actionable technical requirements.
Leadership & Team Coordination:
  • Lead and mentor a team of business analysts.
  • Delegate tasks effectively and ensure alignment with project goals.
  • Facilitate and lead requirement-gathering sessions with both business and technical teams.
Documentation & Knowledge Management:
  • Maintain comprehensive documentation on the project SharePoint site.
  • Ensure all process changes and decisions are well-documented and accessible.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
  • 4 + years of proven experience as a business analyst.
  • 2 + years of experience working with grant management systems or government-funded programs.
  • Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
  • Excellent communication, facilitation, and interpersonal skills.
  • Leadership capabilities in cross-functional team environments.
  • Proficiency with tools such as Microsoft SharePoint, Azure DevOps, and Microsoft Office
Skills & Years of experience:
  • Exposure to Complex IT web Applications, within the past 5 years - Required- 5 Years.
  • Experience in gathering and documenting business feedback and incorporating changes into current processes-Required-5 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- 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 with Microsoft SharePoint- Required- 1 Year
  • Experience with Azure DevOps; including creating User Stories and queries- Required- 1 Year
  • Experience with Federal, State or local grant management systems- Highly Desired- 2 Years
  • Experience developing wireframes, mockups, & prototypes in Figma or comparable design software- Highly Desired- 1 Year
TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.

About the Company

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TekWissen LLC

WE THE TEKWISSEN PEOPLE

TekWissen offers you a broader portfolio of services, industry-leading solutions, and the meaningful innovations that give you greater flexibility and speed to respond to market dynamics, reduced costs and risk to improve enterprise performance, and increased productivity to enable growth.

To keep pace with global market demands, TekWissen keeps its finger on the pulse of change. Our organized approach to guiding a project from its inception to closure. Managing projects is becoming more and more important as we enter the digital era. To cope with the pace that this transition demands, a method is required to manage projects so they can yield quality work, while incorporating efficient use of time and resources.

Project involves identifying which quality standards are relevant to the project and determining how to satisfy them.

It is important to perform quality planning during the Planning Process and should be done alongside the other project planning processes because changes in the quality will likely require changes in the other planning processes, or the desired product quality may require a detailed risk analysis of an identified problem. It is important to remember that quality should be planned, designed, then built in, not added on after the fact.

Capabilities and accomplishments in one TekWissen business enhance the opportunity for success in the others. Put simply, TekWissen's unique combination of attributes promotes success.



COMPANY SIZE
100 to 499 employees
INDUSTRY
Computer/IT Services
FOUNDED
2009
WEBSITE
http://www.tekwissen.com/