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Short Description:  Senior Business Analyst 
Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates business systems and user needs. Experienced with business process reengineering and identifying new applications of technology to business problems to make business more effective.
Complete Description:  Years of Experience:
5+ years of experience in the field or in a related area.
Job Description:  This position is recognized as the senior IT Business Analyst for high priority assignments and projects for the Customer Service division supporting the Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB).   The applications supported by this position are highly visible, complex and critical for the MGCB’s business mission, including the responsibilities associated with the implementation of the MGCB’s new Enterprise System which will replace HRIS, CGIS, IR, and numerous other applications.  This is a very complex and critical multi-year effort.  The projects supported typically require complex schedules, and integration with other systems, and may utilize vendor participation.   
Excellent communication skills are critical for candidates to be considered for this position. Candidates must also have experience in a BA role with COTS software solutions/implementations and Saas solutions/implementations.
The position is required to collaborate with clients and DTMB professionals to develop system requirements, perform analysis activities, make recommendations for process and business flows, and develop consensus on both business and systems requirements.  They serve as the as primary contact to champion of needs of the business client and ensure adherence to DTMB standards throughout the software development life cycle.  The position directs the work of both State and contractor resources by assigning tasks, reviewing and evaluating deliverables, planning and reviewing data organization, process flow organization, development methodology and tools, hardware and telecommunications usage, as well as the development of complex application design documents.  This position also takes an active role in estimating costs to complete projects, establishing the action plan, programs impacted, and details of program changes, system test conditions and allocation of developer’s hours for the timely and accurate completion of projects, break-fixes and maintenance. The position provides IT liaison consultation to the bureau client on items related to strategic planning and prioritization. 

SkillRequired / DesiredAmountof ExperienceRequirements Elicitation ExperienceRequired5YearsBusiness Process Modeling/Reengineering experienceRequired5YearsExperience developing Functional Design SpecificationsRequired5YearsExperience eliciting and documenting personasHighly desired2YearsExperience documenting User Stories and Use CasesRequired5YearsPlanning and conducting User Acceptance Testing ScenariosHighly desired5YearsConducting Black Box testing as part of Unit and Integration testing cyclesHighly desired5YearsWorking in an Agile approach for software developmentHighly desired2YearsExperience with COTS software solutions/implementationsRequired3YearsExperience with SaaS solutions/implementationsRequired2YearsExcellent written and oral communication skillsRequired