Senior Systems Analyst 6

Job Title: Senior Systems Analyst 6
Location: Lansing, MI (hybrid)
Duration: 12 Months

Job Description:
The position is responsible for providing ongoing maintenance and support for VERA and other vital records ***** applications supported within our department. VERA is a Tier 1 critical system that processes the statewide birth, marriage, divorce, paternity, and death information and certification. The resource is integral to supporting and improving client automated processes, streamlining critical business processes, data integrity, SEM/SUITE compliance, and securing the applications.

As a lead, the resource participates in a variety of assignments that provide for the enhancement, integration, maintenance, and implementation of projects. The resource also provides application oversight to business analysts in the team that support other applications, including VERA. Not having a resource on staff will lead to unfulfillment of client projects for the fiscal year 2026.

Summary:

• Write high-level functional requirement documents
• Perform business requirements analysis, conduct gap analysis, and develop well-defined, detailed functional requirements
• Execute full software development life cycle (SDLC), including experience in gathering requirements and writing functional/technical specifications for complex projects.
• Develop functional design documents and work with stakeholders for review and approval.
• Develop user stories and task breakdowns for agile development projects
• Experience developing prototypes and mockups for user review and approval.
• Exposure to flowcharts, screen layouts, and documentation to ensure logical flow of the system requirements
• Experience working on large agile projects.
• Develop test reports with metrics and coordinate with business users
• Assist with Enterprise Architecture Solution Assessment (EASA), Hosting document and Firewall Rules.
• Draft Local Change Board documents.
• Develop training content and user manuals.
• Design, develop, and implement test plans for applications or subsystems.
• Create or collect test data and execute approved tests to determine the accuracy of program logic to produce desired results.
• Assist with UAT Testing, Test cases, Post Implementation testing
• Assist in differentiating between defects and new requirements.
• Provide defect tracking log entry information.
• Assist with implementation of RFCs (application changes, infrastructure changes, etc.)
• Maintain/update system documentation as a result of system upgrades.
• Monitors applications during peak production times.
• Assist with User issues via calls, discussions, and testing

Skills:

• 8+ years of business analysis experience for complex computer systems.
• 8+ years of developing functional requirements for development projects.
• 8+ years of developing and implementing test plans and test cases.
• Over 5+ years implementing Agile development processes, including test driven development.
• Over 8+ years of creating, updating, and maintaining systems documentation.
• Over 8+ years of creating training plans and materials.
• Experience with Azure DevOps or a similar requirements and test case tracking application.
• Experience working with HIPAA Data.