Technical BA for a Top Employer

ROSS; Richmond Hill; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a fast-growing software company as an Intermediate to Senior Technical Business Analyst, where you'll play a pivotal role in shaping product requirements and collaborating with diverse teams. This position offers the chance to work on large-scale enterprise projects, focusing on virtualization and cloud technologies. You will engage with engineering, client services, and executive teams to ensure successful product delivery while conducting user acceptance testing and managing training materials. If you're passionate about technology and thrive in a dynamic environment, this opportunity is perfect for you to make a significant impact.

Benefits

Referral Fee

Remote Work Options

Flexible Hours

Qualifications

• 5+ years in enterprise server consolidation or virtualization projects.
• Strong knowledge of virtualization technologies and operating systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage feature requirements with cross-functional teams.
• Conduct user acceptance testing and manage beta programs.

Skills

Enterprise Server Consolidation

Virtualization Technologies

Cloud Migration

Capacity Planning

Performance Management

Change Control (ITIL)

Product Management

Business Analysis

Agile - Scrum

Technical Writing

Education

B.S. in Computer Science

M.S. in Computer Science

Tools

VMware

IBM LPARs

HyperV

OVM

Job description

Our client is a fast-growing and well-capitalized software company with a very low attrition rate. A growing number of Global 3000 companies use our client’s software to create leaner and more reliable data centers. They are currently licensed on thousands of servers globally and the number is continuing to rise. Their clients range in industries as diverse as Financial Services, Telecom, Oil & Gas, Technology, and Managed Services.

They have engaged ROSS (www.getROSS.com) to help them recruit an Intermediate to Senior Technical Business Analyst. ROSS is a team of People Specialists helping companies align their People Strategy with their business growth. We provide remote or onsite HR and Recruitment solutions such as Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) and Recruitment Augmentation complemented by leading-edge open-source HRIS software.

Position Overview: This person will join the Product Management team and be responsible for the development and management of feature requirements. This person will work with a number of groups in the organization including Engineering, QA, Client Services, and the Executive Management team as well as interface directly with customers.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Work closely with solutions architects to build product requirements specifications.
2. Work with engineering to communicate requirements and track product development progress.
3. Work closely with cross-functional teams composed of Engineering, Sales, Client Services, and Executives to communicate and manage product deliverables.
4. Conduct user acceptance testing of all new functionality.
5. Manage beta programs and deployments.
6. Work with Client Services team members and the Training Service Department to update and develop training materials.

Qualifications:

1. 5+ years of relevant experience in design and implementation of large scale enterprise server consolidation, virtualization or cloud migration projects or management/operations of virtualized environments.
2. Knowledge of diverse virtualization technologies (VMware, IBM LPARs, OVM, HyperV, etc.).
3. Knowledge of Windows and UNIX operating systems.
4. Understanding of Capacity Planning and Performance Management concepts and familiarity with solutions available in the market.
5. Understanding of change control concepts and frameworks (e.g. ITIL).
6. Demonstrated ability to understand a complex distributed software system.
7. Ability to manage multiple priorities, commitments, and projects.
8. Direct Product Management or Business Analysis experience is a benefit.
9. Familiar with software/product development processes improvement (Waterfall, Agile - Scrum).
10. Prior Software Development experience is a benefit.
11. Must be able to grasp highly technical concepts quickly, develop content, and independently document features for target audiences.
12. Strong oral communication skills and excellent technical writing skills.
13. Strong team player and enjoys working in a fast-paced team atmosphere.
14. Travel is required for this position (up to 10%).
15. A B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or a related field is strongly preferred.

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