Business Analyst - Senior

Role: Business Analyst - Senior

Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid)

Duration: 12 Months Contract With possible extension.

Modeling and Methodologies - 25%

• Demonstrated experience with the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and methodologies such as waterfall and Agile methods with a focus on iterative development and delivery with proven ability to lead sprints.
• Demonstrated experience with Business Object Oriented Modelling, UML tools and techniques.
• Demonstrated experience with Public Sector Digital Service Standard and Digital assessment processes.
• Experience with the Zachman framework, Public Sector Architecture Governance Points and deliverables.

Technical Skills - 15%

• Proven experience in investigating, analyzing and estimating system applications in a large integrated mainframe and mid-tier environment.
• Experience with all stages of automated system implementation in complex mainframe, with online batch, and Financial reconciliation transactions.
• Experience working with legacy infrastructure hosting environments such as mainframe with complex applications; Experience with supporting legacy applications and modernizing.
• Demonstrated experience with implementation of business solutions using Custom off the Shelf solution implementations such as Oracle Siebel based systems and photo comparison technologies.
• Ability to document requirements using story boarding utilizing tools such as Azure DevOps and Jira.
• Demonstrated experience with Client ALM (Quality Center) to support test activities.
• Experience with prototyping tools to deliver high quality prototypes and mock-ups.
• Experience with submitting and managing project collateral (conceptual and logical) in repository tools such as PowerDesigner.
• Experience with reporting tools such as Microsoft Power BI.

Business Analysis Skills - 25%

• Experience with engaging business and IT stakeholders, understand requirements for new functionality or changes to existing ones and providing high level and detailed estimates.
• Ability to write high quality business cases, working with corporate governance bodies and navigating approvals.
• Experience with documenting deliverables (Functional and Non-functional requirements, System Requirements Specifications, Business requirements / rules, Business Process Models, Data Requirements / Models (conceptual / logical), Risks and Issues, Business and System Use Cases, Requirements Traceability Matrices, Status Reports, Test Plan / Strategies, Test Cases etc.).
• Demonstrated experience with JAD/Sprint session facilitation and the ability to interpret business needs to technical requirements.
• Demonstrated ability in conducting feasibility analysis, project scoping and providing project work estimates.
• Experience with requirements development involving requirements elicitation, analysis, specification and validation.

Business Subject Matter Knowledge and Expertise - 15%

• Good understanding of program & service concepts, general and best practices, business processes & rules, stakeholders & relationships, service delivery models (incl. self service / digital service), private & public partnership, etc in complex and high-impact critical Public services related to licensing, registration, permit, enforcement, safety inspection, photo identification and related fraud prevention line of businesses, services, or functional areas, in relation to I&IT application software delivery.

Public Sector Experience - 5%

• Experience with Public Sector I&IT Solutions architecture, application design, quality assurance standards, project delivery methodologies, and practices.
• Demonstrable knowledge of Public Sector applications, databases and systems while developing cross cluster, multi-year business solutions including knowledge of Custom off the Shelf product implementations with third party vendors.
• Experience working in accordance with Acts, Policies and Procedures of Public Sector Services.

Must haves:

• Demonstrated experience with the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and methodologies such as waterfall and Agile methods with a focus on iterative development and delivery with proven ability to lead sprints.