Senior Business Analysts – Federal Government

Maplesoft Group, an SEB Company; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 83,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

Maplesoft Group is seeking experienced Senior Business Analysts to support major IM/IT projects within federal government environments in Ottawa. The roles involve analyzing business needs, documenting requirements, modeling processes, and acting as a liaison between business stakeholders and technology teams.

Candidates should have extensive BA experience, government project exposure, and the ability to work onsite in the National Capital Region. Top Secret eligibility is required.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant professional experience.
• 10+ years as a Senior Business Analyst or similar role.
• Experience with requirements elicitation, analysis, validation, documentation and prioritization.
• Experience developing BRDs, business cases, process maps and acceptance criteria.
• Experience supporting User Acceptance Testing (UAT).

Responsibilities

• Analyze functional requirements, procedures, information flows and decision processes.
• Engage stakeholders and SMEs to understand needs and opportunities.
• Elicit, analyze, validate, document and prioritize requirements.
• Develop BRDs and high-level/detailed business requirements.
• Create requirements traceability matrices and process models.
• Develop current-state and future-state process maps.
• Produce business cases, use cases, data dictionaries and diagrams.
• Define and document acceptance criteria and support UAT.

Skills

Ten plus years experience

Senior BA experience

Requirements management

IT project experience

Executive briefing material

Education

University degree or college diploma in a relevant discipline

CBAP, CCBA or PMI-PBA certification

Job description

Job ID: 14384

Job Title: Senior Business Analysts – Federal Government

Contract Length: Contract – Full-Time, Part-Time or As-and-When Required

Location: Ottawa, Ontario – Primarily On-Site within the National Capital Region

Federal Government Clearance Level Required: Top Secret Clearance – must be eligible to obtain

Vacancy Type

• New Position

About Us

Maplesoft Group is an established Canadian consulting and staffing firm specializing in providing highly skilled technology and professional resources to public and private sector organizations.

We are continuously seeking Senior Business Analysts with strong business analysis, requirements management and IT project experience for current and upcoming federal government opportunities.

These resources may support major and complex Information Management/Information Technology (IM/IT) initiatives, working closely with business stakeholders, subject-matter experts and technology teams.

Position Summary

Maplesoft Group is looking for experienced Senior Business Analysts to support major and complex IM/IT projects within federal government environments.

The successful candidates will analyze business needs, document requirements, model business processes and act as a key liaison between business stakeholders and technology teams.

We are interested in candidates whose experience aligns with the requirements below.

Specific project requirements, work arrangements, contract durations and start dates may vary depending on the opportunity.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze functional requirements, procedures, information flows and decision processes.
• Engage business stakeholders and subject-matter experts to understand business needs, problems and opportunities.
• Elicit, analyze, validate, document and prioritize business requirements.
• Develop high-level and detailed business requirements and Business Requirements Documents (BRDs).
• Create requirements traceability matrices and business process models.
• Develop current-state and future-state process maps.
• Produce business cases, use cases, data dictionaries, options analyses and context/interdependency diagrams.
• Define and document acceptance criteria.
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities.
• Evaluate existing procedures, applications, system interfaces and manual-to-automated processes.
• Identify opportunities for business-process improvement, standardization and automation.
• Facilitate workshops and working sessions with business and technical stakeholders.
• Support multiple projects and initiatives concurrently where required.
• Prepare status reports, presentations and briefing materials for senior management and stakeholders.
• Translate business needs into clear requirements and actionable recommendations for technology teams.
• Support project teams throughout the requirements, design, testing and implementation lifecycle.

Required Qualifications

• Current Government of Canada Secret clearance.
• Must be eligible to obtain a Government of Canada Top Secret security clearance.
• CBAP, CCBA or PMI-PBA certification.
• 10+ years of relevant professional experience.
• 10+ years of experience working as a Senior Business Analyst, Senior Consultant or in a comparable role.
• 10+ years of business analysis and requirements-gathering experience using recognized analysis techniques.
• At least 5 years of experience working specifically as an Information Technology Business Analyst.
• Experience developing presentations and briefing materials for executives, senior management and stakeholders.
• Strong experience with requirements elicitation, analysis, validation, documentation and prioritization.
• Experience developing Business Requirements Documents (BRDs).
• Experience developing business cases, process maps, use cases and acceptance criteria.
• Experience with requirements traceability and requirements management.
• Experience with business process modelling and current-state/future-state analysis.
• Experience facilitating workshops and discussions with business and technical stakeholders.
• Experience acting as a liaison between business stakeholders and technology teams.Experience supporting User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• University degree or college diploma in a relevant discipline; equivalent progressive IT/business-analysis experience may also be considered.
• Ability to provide the required residency history for federal government security screening.
• Ability to work primarily onsite within the National Capital Region when required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience supporting Government of Canada IM/IT initiatives.
• Experience working on major or complex federal government projects.
• Experience delivering several projects concurrently.
• Experience with Agile and traditional project-delivery methodologies.
• Experience working with senior executives and multiple levels of stakeholders.
• Experience supporting large-scale business transformation, technology modernization or digital transformation initiatives.

Compensation

Competitive hourly/daily rates based on experience and project requirements

What We're Looking For

We are continuously building a pipeline of Senior Business Analysts for federal government opportunities.

We Are Particularly Interested In Professionals Who Have

• Strong senior-level Business Analysis experience.
• Experience in complex IT/IM environments.
• Government of Canada experience and/or federal government security clearance.
• Strong requirements-management and business-process analysis skills.
• Experience working between business and technical teams.
• Experience producing formal documentation and executive-level presentations.

Recruitment Process

Our recruitment process is led by human recruiters who review all applications and make the final hiring decisions. We use AI-assisted tools to help screen and organize applications. These tools do not replace human judgment, and all hiring decisions are made by people.

Please note that data collected by the Company may be stored or processed on servers located outside of Canada.

Equal Opportunity

Maplesoft is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates. Accommodations are available upon request throughout the recruitment process.