Salary: $31.99 - $47.75 Hourly
Location : Lansing, MI
Job Type: Permanent Full Time
Job Number: 2795-26-OPS-DS-E-056
Department: Lottery
Opening Date: 09/10/2026
Closing Date: 9/17/2026 11:59 PM Eastern
Bargaining Unit: NON-EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTED EMPLOYEE (NERE)

Job Description

This position serves as the Bureau of State Lottery's as staff specialist and subject matter expert for business testing, systems integrations and data exchange activities supporting both Retail Lottery and iLottery operations. This position coordinates and executes User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and Customer Acceptance Testing (CAT) for new games, promotions, system enhancements, and vendor implementations while ensuring the integrity of business processes and data exchanged between Lottery systems and external vendors. This position analyzes business requirements documents to determine impacts to system interfaces, reports, automated processes and file transmissions; validates system functionality through end-to end testing; and reviews control files, transactional files, balancing reports, and other system interface files to ensure accurate processing of data. Working closely with internal business units, partner agencies, and multiple vendors, this position researches discrepancies, validates system changes, supports production readiness, and ensures Lottery systems operate as intended across Retail Lottery and iLottery platforms. The position also works as the staff specialist responsible for vendor contract compliance by analyzing system issues and interpreting contract requirements to assess liquidated damages.
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Required Education and Experience

Education
Possession of a bachelor's degree in any major.

Experience

Four years of professional experience, including two years equivalent to the experienced (P11) level or one year equivalent to the advanced (12) level.

Additional Requirements and Information
To be considered for this position, you must submit to the following initial background check requirement(s). Positions within the Bureau of State Lottery will require a criminal history background check.
Accommodations
If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or selection processes, please contact the for the agency that posted this position vacancy.
More details on benefits for our new hires are below:

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Retirement Programs: The State of Michigan offers 401(k) and 457 plans for new hires to save for retirement. The state will automatically contribute an amount equal to 4% of your pay to a 401(k) account. The state will also match up to 5% of your pay if you contribute to your 401(k) account. Your contributions vest immediately, and the state's contributions fully vest after just 4 years. More information is available at http://www.mi.gov/orsstatedc.

Vacation and Sick Leave: Eligible full-time employees receive between 15 and 35 personal days and 13 sick days per year that may be rolled over to the following year if not used. Eligible employees also receive an additional day each year for community service or school functions.

Paid Parental Leave: Eligible employees can take 12 weeks of paid leave immediately after a birth or adoption to allow needed time together at home with a new child.

Paid Holidays: Eligible employees receive 13 or 14 paid holidays each year including New Year's Eve and Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, Election Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Friday, Christmas Eve and Day.

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Updated: 2/28/24
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DEPSPL - Do you possess at least a bachelor's degree or higher in any major. If so, please attach a copy of your official college transcripts;ORat least one year of professional experience in the state of Michigan classified service; or the equivalent of six months of full-time experience as a Senior Executive Management Assistant 15 in the state classified service (if posted at the Specialist 13 level)?

• Yes
• No

02

DEPSPL - Do you possess at least four years of professional experience, including two years equivalent to the experienced (P11) level or one year equivalent to the advanced (12) level; or the equivalent of six months of full-time experience as a Senior Executive Management Assistant 15 in the state classified service?

• Yes
• No

03

Please select your level of experience working with Microsoft Word and Excel.

• Less than one year
• One to three years
• Three to five years
• More than five years

04

Please describe your experience working with Microsoft Word and Excel. If you do not possess this experience, please indicate N/A.
05

Please select your level of experience gathering requirements for a project or system change.

• Less than one year
• One to two years
• Two to three years
• More than three years

06

Please describe your experience gathering requirements for a project or system change. What steps did you take to identify stakeholder needs, clarify unclear or conflicting requirements, and document the final requirements?
07

Please select your level of experience writing test plans.

• Less than one year
• One to two years
• Two to three years
• More than three years

08

Please describe your experience writing test plans. If you do not possess this experience, please indicate N/A.
09

Please describe your experience analyzing complex systems or programs.
10

Lottery employees and family members residing in the same household are prohibited from purchasing lottery tickets and from participating as a worker in charitable gaming events licensed by the bureau (ie. bingo, raffle, etc.) Does this condition of employment present a problem for you?

• Yes
• No

11

Are you a current Michigan Lottery employee or a current State of Michigan employee assigned to provide services to the Lottery?

• Yes
• No

12

Did you attach your cover letter, resume and official college transcript if applicable? (Failure to attach all required documentation may exclude you from further consideration)

• Yes
• No

Required Question