Senior Business Analyst

VLink Inc; Toronto; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting company is seeking a Business Analyst, Level 3 in Toronto for a contract role with the Ministry. The position requires strong analytical skills, and proven experience in project management and stakeholder engagement, to support various project phases and deliverables. This role involves engaging with business and IT stakeholders, providing detailed estimates, and leading solution development initiatives within the Public Sector.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Knowledge of SDLC and various methodologies.
• Experience with Public Sector architecture.

Responsibilities

• Provide support during design, implementation, and testing phases.
• Conduct feasibility analysis and requirements development.
• Lead Joint Requirements Planning and participate in solution development.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Project management

Communication

Negotiation

Leadership

Job description

Employment Type : Contract opportunity (215 days)

Experience : 10+ years

Security Clearance or State / Public Sector Client Exp

Job Description : Must have :

Experience with engaging business and IT stakeholders, understand requirements for new functionality or changes to existing ones and providing high level and detailed estimates

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
• 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
• Testing Applications
• 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.

Experience and Skill Set Requirements for Assignment in VMS (Flextrack) :

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 presearch 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.

Warm Regards,

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