Cyber Security Assurance BA: Business Systems Analyst

Russell Tobin; Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 83,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Russell Tobin is seeking a Business Analyst to join a leading financial institution in Ottawa on a 12-month contract. The role focuses on gathering and validating requirements for cyber security assurance initiatives, including AI and automation usage, with a hybrid work setup in Ottawa.

Responsibilities include documenting requirements, maintaining traceability, facilitating workshops, and coordinating UAT and end-user training. Strong communication and process modelling skills are essential.

Qualifications

• University degree or college diploma in Business Administration, Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Cyber Security, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of recent experience in business analysis, including requirements gathering, analysis, and documentation.
• Minimum of 5 years of recent experience facilitating workshops with technical and non-technical stakeholders to gather, analyze, validate, and document functional and non-functional requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex concepts clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience modelling and documenting business processes using recognised process modelling notations and tools.
• Experience developing use cases and supporting requirements throughout the solution development lifecycle.
• Experience developing test cases and/or UAT plans, coordinating testing activities, and supporting functional and user acceptance testing.

Responsibilities

• Conduct requirements gathering, analysis, documentation, and stakeholder validation of use cases, functional requirements, and non-functional requirements.
• Maintain requirements traceability throughout the development and testing lifecycle.
• Document, analyze, and improve business and system processes, identifying opportunities for operational efficiency and recommending improvements.
• Identify AI and automation opportunities and define requirements for their secure and responsible use within Cyber Security Assurance.
• Facilitate workshops, presentations, and stakeholder communications with internal and external stakeholders.
• Develop User Acceptance Testing (UAT) plans, coordinate testing activities, and support testing.
• Collaborate with development and change management teams to prepare end-user documentation and training materials.
• Support the development of performance metrics and prioritization of client requests.
• Ensure service integration, data flows, and solution functionality align with evolving business needs.
• Perform other related activities and deliverables as required.

Skills

Requirements gathering

Stakeholder validation

Workshop facilitation

UAT planning

Testing coordination

Documentation

Communication

Problem solving

Education

University degree or college diploma in Business Administration / IT / CS / Information Systems / Cyber Security

Tools

Process modelling (BPMN)

Requirements management tools

Job description

Russell Tobin is seeking a Business Analyst to join a leading financial institution in Ottawa on a 12-month contract. The role focuses on gathering and validating requirements for cyber security assurance initiatives, including AI and automation usage, with a hybrid work setup in Ottawa.

Responsibilities include documenting requirements, maintaining traceability, facilitating workshops, and coordinating UAT and end-user training. Strong communication and process modelling skills are essential.