Business Analyst Contract - State of Michigan

About this role

Business Analyst

Location: Lansing, MI — Hybrid, onsite Tuesday/Wednesday required from day one (no remote-only option). Candidates must reside within a 1-hour commute of Lansing at time of submission — no exceptions.

Contract type: 1099 contract

Overview: State of Michigan is engaging a Business Analyst 3 to support an active project team, bridging BA, QA, and DEV workstreams. The resource will own as-is/to-be process documentation and drive agile ceremonies — writing and refining epics, features, and user stories and shepherding them through the project lifecycle.

Contract Start: 09/14/2026

Responsibilities

• Responsible for documenting business requirements that are clear, unambiguous, testable,
• and satisfy the business need in accordance with standard templates and adherence to DTMB
• and MDOS policies, standards, and guidelines.
• Creating Test plans with the business, ensuring repeatable processes are in place beyond the
• lifecycle of the current project.
• Documenting repeatable steps/processes (technical documentation) for the business area to
• refer to as part of maintenance planning.
• Responsible for facilitating requirement gathering meetings to identify impacted business
• processes and document the project business requirements. Attendees include relevant
• project team members and stakeholders as identified in the Communication Plan.
• Responsible for adhering to the project schedule by developing and maintaining the project
• backlog during Agile projects and working with the product owner to set priority throughout
• the duration of project.
• Responsible for understanding project scope and actively monitoring requirements process to
• maintain adherence to the objectives set for the project.
• Responsible for understanding high-level information governance objectives and ensuring
• appropriate Stakeholder inclusion and/or awareness regarding data requirements.
• Responsible for appropriate resolution of critical IT issues as it pertains to the BA role.
• Responsible for understanding project specific benefits and related impact of changes to
• project scope or business requirements.
• Ensures SEM (system engineering methodology) deliverables for the project that are a
• responsibility of the BA are completed, reviewed, and approved in alignment with area
• processes.
• Works directly with project team including vendor partners for roles such as: user
• interface/user experience (UI/UX), solution architects, database administrators, developers,
• QA testers, and others to ensure understanding of the requirements, functionality, size, and
• scalability of the IT solution.

Requirements

Facilitate creation and refinement of epics, features, and user stories in the team's agile tool of choice; move work through the full project lifecycle (backlog → in progress → review → done); document current-state (as-is) and future-state (to-be) business processes; act as the connective tissue between BA, QA, and DEV roles, translating requirements across each; produce clear, structured process and requirements content for stakeholder review.

• Required

Qualifications

5+ years as a Business Analyst; 5+ years working in agile tools (creating and managing epics/features/user stories, moving cards through the lifecycle); 5+ years with a clear understanding of BA, QA, and DEV roles and responsibilities; 5+ years producing as-is/to-be process documentation and content.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency with BA tooling such as Figma or Visio; 2+ years of QA experience.

Benefits

$47/hr on a 1099 basis