RQ09735 - Business Analyst - Senior

Maarut Inc; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology consulting firm in Toronto seeks a skilled Business Analyst to provide comprehensive I&IT analysis services. The role involves interacting with stakeholders, handling Agile project methodologies, and developing strategic solutions for clients' technological needs. Key qualifications include strong communication skills and experience in cyber-security projects within large organizations.

Qualifications

• Must have experience transposing requirements into coherent user stories.
• Experience with Agile project methodology leveraging Jira and/or DevOps.
• Strong business relationship skills for cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Provide I&IT business analysis services to clients.
• Gather and document business needs and requirements.
• Develop strategies and conduct feasibility studies for business I&IT initiatives.

Skills

Agile project methodology

Strong communication skills

Cyber-security knowledge

Business analysis

Tools

Jira

DevOps

Microsoft Azure

SQL

Job description

Responsibilities

• Provides a comprehensive range of I&IT business analysis services for clients with diverse business and technological needs.
• Interacts with the business stakeholders and subject matter experts in order to understand their requirements through gathering, documenting, and analyzing business needs and requirements.
• Prepares and advises on business analysis policies, processes, best practices and standards to promote a comprehensive and consistent business analysis practice within the organization.

General Skills

• Knowledge of cyber-security related practices including safeguards. Experience will be ideal
• Lead and conduct business analysis in order to assess client’s business problems/opportunities
• Experience with Agile project methodology
• Experience grooming and assembling requirements into coherent user stories and use cases and managing the Product Backlog Items, refining them and communicate changes to project manager/Team Lead
• Lead and conduct business analysis at varying levels of detail appropriate to the project, aligning with OPS Unified Project Management Methodology, Enterprise Architecture and Gating Process, and OPS Standard
• Meet with the Product Owner and end-users to understand the team’s work
• Act as a proxy Product Owner for the team, where the BA answers questions or facilitates decisions on behalf of an absent Product Owner
• Develop strategies, prepare business cases and cost-benefit analysis, and conducts feasibility studies for business I&IT initiatives
• Develop sound processes for requirements gathering including but not limited to JAD sessions, interviews, mockups, etc.
• Conduct business modeling; use case modeling; conceptual and logical data modeling; process and data flow modeling; use case surveys; business rules definition and non-functional requirements definitions
• Monitor progress, resolve problems and reports regularly to I&IT management and stakeholders
• Develop performance measures and traceability matrices for business analysis
• Apply re-engineering concepts to promote business improvements through alternative and cost effective service delivery approaches
• Experience in the use of Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools to document conceptual requirements and scope
• Knowledge of project management and in-depth knowledge of task estimation, scheduling and control
• Can help plan, develop, manage, control projects and resolve complex technical design problems
• A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines

Desirable Skills

• Experience in the use of information retrieval packages Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices
• Ability to translate business and data requirements into specifications sufficient for designing appropriate technology solutions
• Experience with a wide range of methods, tools and techniques for business analysis such as: business functional modelling, business event modelling, business process mapping
• Experience in structured, object oriented and agile methodologies for user requirements
• Experience developing performance measures for business analysis evaluation and subsequent follow-up
• Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

Must Haves

• Experience with Agile project methodology leveraging Jira and/or DevOps
• Experience transposing requirements into coherent user stories
• Strong communications, consultations and interpersonal skills to determine client needs
• Experience working with the business users, IT development teams and external vendors
• Strong business relationship skills as cross-functional collaboration is highly desired.
• Experience related to cyber security projects within large organizations.

Nice to have

• Prior experience with Public / OPS organizations.

Skill Set Requirements

Technical Knowledge and Expertise

• Working knowledge of business system technologies to provide technical expertise and advice
• Experience with design, develop, test and implement systems solutions, and evaluate software/ hardware
• Knowledge of Systems Development Life Cycle Methodologies and Agile project methodology
• Experience with advanced application prototyping
• Experience in the analysis and design of Microsoft Azure Cloud Based Applications and advanced workflows using Microsoft Flow & Logic Apps
• Knowledge in Microsoft Power Platform App
• Experience with creating and managing user stories using Microsoft Team Foundation Server and DevOps and/or Jira
• knowledge of design methodologies in Internet-based and/or distributed environments
• Familiarity with ITIL Processes for Change/Release, relational and hierarchical data base technologies, use of information retrieval packages using SQL and other query
• knowledge of front end, web-based technologies and data-mining/reporting-based COTS tools encompassing feasibility studies, requirements definition, analysis, prototyping, system design, implementation, testing and maintenance
• Advanced technical knowledge of large hardware and software operations and utilities, productivity tools, client server architecture, online processing systems, web-based technologies, Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) and database management systems
• Ability to perform/complete business/systems analysis, consultation, information management, design, development, testing including completion of implementation and installation related tasks
• Ability to translate client business requirements into functional and information documentation
• experience in creating business process models, user stories, information models and requirements.
• Knowledge of IT governance processes (IT Project and Enterprise Architecture related).
• Knowledge of rules-based engines based in COTS applications
• Knowledge of emerging IT trends and technologies
• Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards