Business Analyst
Are you passionate about using technology and data to improve public services? Cynerge Consulting is seeking a Business Analyst to join a collaborative team supporting the State of Michigan's education data modernization initiative.
This project will modernize Michigan's education data environment through a unified platform for data collection, validation, reporting, and secure information exchange. The solution will extend a standards-based architecture that combines existing systems with Azure cloud services.
We have a kick-ass crew and pride ourselves on a near-zero turnover rate. We strive to provide an environment that is fun, collaborative, creative, and encourages personal and professional growth.
Role and Responsibilities
You will work with State stakeholders, product owners, architects, developers, testers, and data specialists to understand business needs and translate them into clear, testable requirements for a multi-phase education data modernization program.
This hands-on consulting role will support requirements validation, gap analysis, process design, traceability, user acceptance, and implementation planning across organization and K-12 student data domains.
Day to day, sample responsibilities include, but may not be limited to, the following:
· Facilitate discovery sessions, interviews, workshops, and process walkthroughs with business and technical stakeholders
· Elicit, analyze, document, and validate functional and nonfunctional requirements
· Develop and maintain business process models, user stories, acceptance criteria, use cases, and workflow documentation
· Create and maintain requirements traceability matrices across requirements, designs, releases, test cases, and deliverables
· Perform gap analyses between current capabilities, proposed solutions, and State requirements
· Support backlog refinement, sprint planning, demonstrations, and other Agile ceremonies
· Partner with data and technical teams to clarify business rules, data quality requirements, validation logic, and reporting needs
· Support user acceptance testing, defect triage, readiness reviews, and stakeholder signoff
· Identify risks, dependencies, assumptions, and change impacts and communicate them clearly
· Help ensure requirements reflect accessibility, security, privacy, usability, and State standards
· Coordinate requirement reviews and approvals with State stakeholders and project leadership
· Document current-state and future-state processes, including roles, handoffs, decisions, and exception paths
· Support release planning by organizing requirements into logical phases and implementation increments
· Assist with training, change management, and operational readiness activities
Prerequisites
The ideal candidate for the Business Analyst position will possess the following:
Requirements:
· 5+ years of business analysis experience on complex software or data projects
· 5+ years experience facilitating meetings with clients and stakeholders to gather and document requirements and user stories
· Experience producing requirements traceability matrices, user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, and gap analyses
· Experience working in agile software development environments
· Strong written, verbal, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills
· Ability to build consensus across stakeholders with different priorities and levels of technical knowledge
Preference for:
· Residents of Michigan due to occasional in-person meetings and collaboration with State of Michigan stakeholders.
· Must be legally authorized to work in the United States and able to perform work from within the United States.
· Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, Education, or a related field
· Experience with state government, education data, student information systems, or longitudinal data systems
· Familiarity with CEDS or other education data standards
· Experience with Azure-based applications, APIs, data integrations, reporting, or Power BI
· Business analysis or Agile certification such as CBAP, CCBA, PMI-PBA, CSM, or SAFe
· Experience supporting human-centered design, accessibility, and user research
· HUBZone residency (certified at https://maps.certify.sba.gov/)
Job Snapshot
· Salary based on experience and current market rates
· Full-time salaried employee
· Remote position with occasional travel to office locations (e.g. Pontiac and/or Lansing, MI) as needed
· Position is contingent upon contract award and successful completion of any required background screening
Compensation, Perks, and Benefits
Here's a little more on what we have to offer:
· Competitive salary, depending on experience and qualifications
· Medical, dental, and vision insurance
· Retirement with company match
· Flexible vacation and sick time policy
· Training and professional development opportunities
More About Us
For more than 20 years, Cynerge has helped clients design and develop digital products and business solutions that improve operations and services. Our work includes application development, cloud computing, data solutions, and DevOps-oriented transformation.
Legal Notice
Cynerge Consulting is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by law.
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) 4% Match
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
- Referral program
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Application Question(s):
- What is your target salary range?
Experience:
- Business analysis: 5 years (Required)
- Enterprise software or data modernization: 3 years (Preferred)
- Agile software development: 2 years (Required)
License/Certification:
- U.S. work authorization (Required)
Work Location:
Preferred – Residents of Michigan due to occasional in-person meetings and collaboration with State of Michigan stakeholders.
Pontiac, MI, Hybrid, or Remote
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $110,000.00 - $140,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) 4% Match
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Application Question(s):
- What is your target salary range?
Experience:
- Business analysis: 5 years (Required)
- Meeting facilitation: 5 years (Required)
- Agile software development: 2 years (Required)
- Enterprise software or data modernization: 3 years (Required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Pontiac, MI 48342
