ITPA11 - Business Analyst

State of Michigan • Lansing, MI

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

This position supports Vital Records in designing and implementing a wide range of IT solutions for streamlining critical business processes. This includes order processing of Birth and Death Records, image and document retrieval from file storage, modernizing manual documentation into electronic format, and reporting Birth, Death, and Fetal Death data to DHHS according to MDHHS VERA automated processes. The role involves ensuring data integrity and securing MDHHS systems throughout the State of Michigan software development lifecycle. The position is responsible for documenting critical solutions for Birth, Death, Paternity, Marriage, and Divorce records. This documentation includes meeting notes, business requirements, functional design, maintenance plans, use cases, test strategies, test plans, system security plans, and project implementation plans. The role also includes a primary business analyst function supporting the Vital Statistics website with monthly data upload deployments for analysis and the website's modernization initiative.

Requirements

• Possession of a Bachelor's degree with 21 semester (32 term) credits in one or a combination of the following: computer science, data processing, computer information systems, data communications, networking, systems analysis, computer programming, information assurance, IT project management or mathematics.
• No specific type or amount of experience is required for the Bachelor's degree path.
• Possession of an associate's degree with 16 semester (24 term) credits in computer science, information assurance, data processing, computer information, data communications, networking, systems analysis, computer programming, IT project management, or mathematics and two years of experience as an application programmer, computer operator, or information technology technician.
• Two years (4,160 hours) of experience as an Information Technology Student Assistant may be substituted for the education requirement.
• Completion of high school and four years of experience as an application programmer, computer operator, information technology technician.
• Four years (8,320 hours) of experience as an Information Technology Student Assistant may be substituted for the education requirement.
• Apply for this position online via NEOGOV.
• Attach a resume identifying specific experience and dates of employment.
• Dates of employment should include month and year and hours per week.
• Attach a cover letter.
• If applicable, attach a copy of an official transcript(s).
• Provide proof of eligibility to work in the United States within three business days of beginning employment.
• Be able to submit proof of your legal right to work in the United States.

Nice To Haves

• The State of Michigan is not able to offer employment to out-of-state applicants that do not plan to relocate.

Responsibilities

• Designing, developing, testing, and implementing computer systems and applications.
• Streamlining critical business processes such as order processing of Birth and Death Records.
• Managing image and document retrieval from file storage.
• Modernizing manual documentation into electronic format.
• Reporting Birth, Death, and Fetal Death data to DHHS according to MDHHS VERA automated processes.
• Ensuring data integrity and securing MDHHS systems.
• Documenting Birth, Death, Paternity, Marriage, and Divorce critical solutions.
• Taking Vital records meeting notes.
• Creating business requirements documentation.
• Developing functional design documentation.
• Creating maintenance plans.
• Writing use cases.
• Developing test strategy documentation.
• Creating test plans.
• Developing system security plans.
• Creating project implementation plans.
• Supporting the Vital Statistics website with monthly deployments of data uploads for data analysis.
• Supporting the modernization initiative of the Vital Statistics website.

Benefits

• Hybrid work option (two days on-site, three days remote per week).
• Sign-on bonus of up to $2,500 (up to $1,250 upon hire, remainder after 12-month probationary period). This does not apply to current state employees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level