RQ11111 - Sr. Business Analyst

Source Code; Toronto; On-site; CAD 116,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

Source Code seeks a Sr. Business Analyst to join the Ministry project team onsite in Toronto/St. Catharines. You will drive requirements, map processes, and partner with governance bodies to deliver business cases, BRDs, and test plans.

The role requires extensive BA experience (8+ years) across large mainframe and mid-tier environments, plus strong facilitation and stakeholder management in a public sector context. On-site, contract-based engagement.

Qualifications

• Must have strong ability to write high quality business cases and navigate governance approvals.
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Responsibilities

• Provide design, implementation and testing support across the project lifecycle.
• Report progress to Project Management and raise issues with mitigation strategies.
• Lead or participate in workshops such as Joint Requirements Planning and Joint Application Design sessions.
• Analyze and map current and future state processes and data flows.
• Develop requirements, including elicitation, analysis, specification and validation.
• Review technical design documents and participate in milestone walkthroughs.
• Transfer knowledge to TS and I&IT clusters at all stages.

Skills

Requirements elicitation

SDLC

UML modeling

Agile

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Stakeholder management

Facilitation

Process mapping

Documentation

Tools

UML tools

Requirements management tools

Job description

About the job RQ11111 - Sr. Business Analyst

RQ11111 - Sr. Business Analyst

ONSITE 5 days -87 Sir William Hearst Ave., Toronto, Ontario M3M 0B4 / 301 St Paul St, St. Catharines, ON L2R 3M8

Must Have:

• 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.
• 8+ year of experience in BA

NIce-to-have:

• Public sector experience

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
• 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
• 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
• 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.

Skill Set Requirements

• Knowledge with Solutions Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and structured methodologies including agile, waterfall and iterative
• Demonstrable experience with Business Object Oriented Modeling, UML tools and techniques.
• Demonstrable skills and experience with documenting deliverables outlined in Deliverables section
• Work Experience in investigating, analyzing, estimating system applications in a large integrated mainframe and mid-tier environment
• Proven experience with all stages of automated system implementation in complex mainframe, with online and batch transactions
• Proven experience with sprint facilitation, interpretation of business needs to technical requirements, facilitation of project meetings for reviews
• Experience with the Public Sector architecture.
• Demonstrable knowledge of Public Sector applications, databases and systems; demonstrated experience working with legacy infrastructure hosting environments such as mainframe with complex applications; Experience with supporting legacy applications and transformation of legacy solutions using COTS products such as Oracle Siebel
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience working in accordance with policies and procedures of Public Service Sector
• Demonstrable knowledge of Project Management framework in the Public Sector and Architecture Checkpoint requirements
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Experience in conducting feasibility analysis, project scoping and providing project work estimates
• Experience with requirements development involving requirements elicitation, analysis, specification and validation
• Experience with documenting user stories, planning and managing product backlog, planning and managing sprints, and implementing in an iterative manner
• Demonstrated experience in the facilitation of project meetings for reviews
• Experience in reporting progress of assignment(s) on a regular basis to Project Management and raise any issues / concerns and propose mitigation strategies.
• Can work effectively independently and in a team environment.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, collaboration, and negotiation skills to work seamlessly in an agile cross-functional team, with clients, vendor(s) and other stakeholders.
• Excellent facilitation, presentation, time-management and problem-solving skills.
• Able to build strong and trusting relationships while liaising effectively with internal and external stakeholders and solution delivery vendor(s).
• Strong leadership skills to provide advice and guidance on all aspects of user experience and design, assessing user characteristics, needs, goals, and opportunities.
• Creative, innovative, and can think outside the box to visualize solutions that meet business needs.
• Knowledgeable in design thinking, have a user-centric mindset and attention to detail.
• Knowledge and experience with supporting Public Sector Digital First strategies; experience with working with Digital Service standards including formal submissions for assessments as per official digital standards established
• Creative, analytical approach and strong understanding of interaction design principles, including ability and experience to deliver mock-ups using advanced tools
• Able to resolve issues in a timely manner, provide options and recommendations.
• Thrive on feedback and comfortable transforming ideas generated through user research and analysis to create elegant, effective designs for diverse audiences.
• Understand business metrics and able to translate business goals and objectives into digital experiences.
• Able to prioritize change requests from clients and guide the team in determining how best to address them.
• Knowledge to ensure compliance with requirements for accessibility and user centric design including Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and Simpler, Better, Faster Services Act
• Strong research skills to perform industry research, provide options and make recommendations for solution improvements.

AI Disclaimer: Source Code may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in certain aspects of its recruiting and business operations.

Note: The higher end of the range is intended for absolutely exceptional candidates who meet all must-have requirements and most or all nice-to-have qualifications. The client will evaluate candidates based on both rate expectations and overall skill set when shortlisting.

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