RQ09878 - Business Analyst - Senior

Source Code; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A governmental body in Toronto is seeking a Senior Business Analyst for a 1-year contract. The role requires expertise in the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and Agile methodologies, with a focus on collaboratively delivering project outcomes. Candidates should have over 7 years of experience, particularly in data modelling and analysis. Responsibilities include support during project phases, conducting analysis, and leading requirement sessions. This position is onsite at a specified Toronto location, providing an opportunity to contribute to public service.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in Business Analysis, with expertise in SDLC and methodologies.
• Proven ability to lead sprints and deliver results in an Agile environment.
• Experience with Data Modelling, Analytics, and integration of Data Pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Support design, implementation, and testing phases of projects.
• Lead development and review of technical design documents.
• Report progress to project management and identify issues.

Skills

Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)

Agile methodologies

Data Modelling

Data Analytics

Business Analysis

KPI data usage

Job description

RQ09878 - Business Analyst - Senior

1-year contract

ONSITE -87 Sir William Hearst Ave., Toronto, Ontario M3M 0B4

Labour and Transportation Cluster -Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement

1 opening - 1 submission

The Ministry is seeking the services of one (1) Business Analyst, Level 3, to work as part of the Project Management & Program Delivery project team in collaboration with the core project team, solution delivery vendor(s) and other stakeholders as required.

• Provide support during the design, implementation and testing phases of the project.
• Report progress of assignment on a regular basis to Project Management, raise any issue and concerns and propose mitigation strategies.
• Lead and/or participate in teams developing solutions within MTO's Transportation Safety (TS) Division.
• Conduct feasibility analysis, project scoping and provide project work estimates.
• Conduct Joint Requirements Planning and Joint Application Design sessions.
• Analyze and map processes / data for current state and future state.
• Requirements development involving requirements elicitation, elaboration, analysis, specification and validation.
• Use of ministry mandated requirement management tools and templates for requirements
• Review and feedback of technical design documents.
• Conduct and/or participate in walkthroughs at each project milestone.
• Knowledge transfer to TS and I&IT Cluster at all stages of the assignment.
• Report status to, and follow overall direction from the Project Manager and/or Lead Business Analyst.

The Deliverables include (but are not limited to):

• Business Cases and Request for Bids
• Business requirements / rules
• Business process models
• System Requirements specifications
• Business / Data Glossary
• Business and System use cases
• User epics, stories and themes / Product backlog and sprint plans
• Data requirements / models (conceptual / logical)
• Functional and Non-functional requirements
• Requirements Traceability Matrices
• User Interface specifications, low and high fidelity prototypes
• Report specifications
• Test plan/strategies, test cases
• Risks and Issues
• Status reports
• Work plans, e.g. requirements management plan
• Artefacts/documents required for enterprise architecture development from a business needs point-of-view (contextual and conceptual), as required for the Architecture Governance Point review process
• Other artefacts as determined by the project

Support to Development and Test teams in following areas (but are not limited to):

• Building and testing support to development team
• Reviewing test strategy, test plan and cases
• Management of defect logs
• Testing Applications
• Supporting end-user inquiries
• Defining the integration test plan
• Defining the user acceptance test plan
• Identification and resolution of problems/issues
• Document and manage risks and liaise with other project teams to coordinate project interdependencies.
• Documentation of all artefacts in a shared project library.

Must Have:

• 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.
• 7+ years of experience in BA
• Experience with the Zachman framework, Public Sector Architecture Governance Points and deliverables
• Experience with Data Modelling and Data Analytics works
• Experience with Ingestion of Data, Data Pipelines
• Gathering analytical requirements and using KPI data