Senior Business Analyst to support a portfolio of automation and AI implementation projects including process analysis and eliciting automation opportunities

S.I. Systems Ltd.; Edmonton, Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

S.I. Systems Ltd. is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to support a portfolio of automation and AI implementation projects, including process analysis and eliciting automation opportunities. The role emphasizes collaboration with technical teams to ground AI models and define data inputs.

The position offers a hybrid work model (2 days in-office, 3 days WFH) and requires 7+ years in business analysis, with utilities/energy sector experience preferred.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in Business Analysis or Business Systems Analyst roles.
• Experience with automation, workflow, or agentic AI approaches.
• Strong process analysis and management skills.
• Experience eliciting and documenting automation opportunities and inputs.
• Experience collaborating with technical teams to define unstructured data sources for AI models.
• Previous experience in Utilities or Energy industries.

Responsibilities

• Elicit and document automation opportunities, current-state scenarios, and business rules with clear logic and outcomes.
• Identify inputs, data dependencies, data quality rules, and operational constraints (volumes, SLAs, cutoffs).
• Define comprehensive Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) including performance, availability, auditability, logging, and privacy constraints.
• Collaborate with technical teams to ground AI models with unstructured data sources for specific contexts.
• Maintain traceability from rules to user stories, acceptance criteria, and test evidence (Jira, Confluence).
• Translate approved business rules into draft user stories and objective acceptance criteria (2–5 test cases per rule).

Skills

Business Analysis

Process Analysis

Automation Opportunities

AI grounding

Utilities/Energy

Collaboration with Tech Teams

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Senior Business Analyst to support a portfolio of automation and AI implementation projects including process analysis and eliciting automation opportunities

Our utility client is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to support a portfolio of automation and AI implementation projects including process analysis and eliciting automation opportunities

Candidates must be located in Calgary or Edmonton. Hybrid work model of 2 days in-office and 3 days WFH.

Must Haves

• 7+ years in Business Analysisor Business Systems Analyst supporting automation, workflow, or agentic AI approaches
• Strong Process Analysis and Management skills
• Experience elicit and document automation opportunities, identify and document required inputs
• Experience collaborate with technical teams to define the unstructured data sources required to ground AI models
• Previous experience in Utilities or Energy industry

Nice to Have

• Business Analysis certifications: CBAP, CCBA, PMI-PBA, or ECBA
• Familiar with Microsoft & Google Suite products

Responsibilities

• Elicit and document automation opportunities, current-state scenarios, and business rules using the Scenario + Rule standard, capturing current-state context, explicit IF/THEN logic, and expected system outcomes
• Identify and document required inputs, source systems, data dependencies, data quality rules, and operational constraints (e.g., volumes, SLAs, cutoffs)
• Define comprehensive Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs), including performance, availability, auditability, logging, and security/privacy constraints
• Collaborate with technical teams to define the unstructured data sources required to ground AI models for specific business contexts
• Manage and track requirement-related gaps, technical assumptions, and pending business decisions, ensuring clear ownership and target resolution dates to prevent roadblocks during technical sizing
• Maintain rigorous traceability (RTM) from primary rules through to user stories, acceptance criteria, and test cases/UAT evidence using platforms such as Jira and Confluence
• Translate approved business rules into draft user stories and objective acceptance criteria (typically 2–5 test cases per rule), ensuring outputs are clear, binary, and implementation-ready without reliance on interpretation

Our utility client is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to support a portfolio of automation and AI implementation projects including process analysis and eliciting automation opportunities

Candidates must be located in Calgary or Edmonton. Hybrid work model of 2 days in-office and 3 days WFH.

Must Haves

• 7+ years in Business Analysisor Business Systems Analyst supporting automation, workflow, or agentic AI approaches
• Strong Process Analysis and Management skills
• Experience elicit and document automation opportunities, identify and document required inputs
• Experience collaborate with technical teams to define the unstructured data sources required to ground AI models
• Previous experience in Utilities or Energy industry

Nice to Have

• Business Analysis certifications: CBAP, CCBA, PMI-PBA, or ECBA
• Familiar with Microsoft & Google Suite products

Responsibilities

• Elicit and document automation opportunities, current-state scenarios, and business rules using the Scenario + Rule standard, capturing current-state context, explicit IF/THEN logic, and expected system outcomes
• Identify and document required inputs, source systems, data dependencies, data quality rules, and operational constraints (e.g., volumes, SLAs, cutoffs)
• Define comprehensive Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs), including performance, availability, auditability, logging, and security/privacy constraints
• Collaborate with technical teams to define the unstructured data sources required to ground AI models for specific business contexts
• Manage and track requirement-related gaps, technical assumptions, and pending business decisions, ensuring clear ownership and target resolution dates to prevent roadblocks during technical sizing
• Maintain rigorous traceability (RTM) from primary rules through to user stories, acceptance criteria, and test cases/UAT evidence using platforms such as Jira and Confluence
• Translate approved business rules into draft user stories and objective acceptance criteria (typically 2–5 test cases per rule), ensuring outputs are clear, binary, and implementation-ready without reliance on interpretation

Disclaimer:
AI may be used in evaluating candidates.
This posting is for an existing vacancy.