Senior IT Technical Business Analyst - Remote / Telecommute

Cynet Systems Inc; Edmonton; Remote; CAD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Business Analyst to facilitate requirements gathering and document business processes. This role involves collaborating with stakeholders to translate business needs into technical requirements, ensuring effective IT solutions through user acceptance testing. The ideal candidate will thrive in an Agile environment, employing tools like JIRA to enhance project outcomes. Join a dynamic team focused on continuous improvement and impactful program delivery, where your expertise will drive meaningful change and innovation.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience translating business requirements into technical requirements.
• Proven ability to document user requirements and workflows effectively.
• Experience in facilitating business process development workshops.

Responsibilities

• Gather and analyze requirements through sessions and walkthroughs.
• Create and validate business and functional requirements documents.
• Support user acceptance testing and monitor implemented services.

Skills

Agile Framework (SCRUM)

Business Analysis

User Acceptance Testing

Documentation Skills

Stakeholder Engagement

Education

Bachelor's Degree in IT or Related Field

Tools

JIRA

Job description

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

• Facilitate requirements gathering sessions and conduct process walkthroughs.
• Identify goals and pain points through gap analysis on current state and future state business processes.
• Create, review and update user stories, personas and journey maps, as applicable.
• Create system use cases, flow diagrams and interactive mock-ups outlining functional requirements, as required.
• Document and validate results with subject matter experts and drive the creation of detailed business and functional requirements specification documents.
• Work with the technical team to design IT solutions that meet the business requirements and validate the proposed solutions through user acceptance testing (UAT) and ensure they meet the predefined criteria.
• Support development of necessary system (non-technical) documentation as well as make recommendations for policy and/or procedural manuals.
• Support change management and training to ensure delivery of complex program changes.
• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of implemented services, conduct post implementation reviews, assessing opportunities for backlog refinement and for continuous improvement.
• Liaise with security and privacy teams to complete security threat risk assessments and privacy impact assessments as required.
• Assist with project planning, scheduling and status reporting as required.
• Analyze existing documentation and engage with subject matter experts to identify, define, and document business rules and decision logic for the submission, examination, and registration of land title documents.

Qualifications:

• An understanding of Agile framework (SCRUM) through demonstrated experience.
• A results driven mindset and able to function independently, while engaging with other stakeholders and team members as required to deliver outcomes.
• A thorough understanding and experience using an Agile/Hybrid approach. Experience with tools such as JIRA is preferred.
• Knowledge of and the ability to apply and interpret complex legislations/regulations, policies, and standards.
• Ability to work collaboratively and productively to achieving outcomes

Scoring Methodology:

• Financial/Pricing: 20%
• Resource Qualifications: 30%
• Interview Process: 50%

Must Have:

• Experience as a business analyst translating business requirements into detailed technical requirements in an enterprise IT environment. 4 years
• Experience documenting user requirements, business processes, and workflows. 4 years
• Experience in facilitating and managing business process development and process re-engineering workshops and sessions. 3 years
• Experience with user acceptance testing including creation of user acceptance plan, status reporting, and managing assigned tasks. 3 years
• Experience with written and verbal communications including specific experience in drafting strategic business and technical documentation. 3 years
• Experience working within an agile development environment. 2 years

Nice to Have:

• Bachelor degree in IT or related field of study. Yes/No
• Experience assisting in reviewing, evaluating and providing test input during business requirements gathering and detailed design specifications. 2 years
• Experience evaluating policies, programs, and initiatives using program development principles. 2 years
• Experience exploring multiple design solutions to a given problem or feature, and communicating those solutions visually through sketches, user flows, wireframes, functional prototypes, and/or high-Client designs, as necessary. 2 years
• Experience in analyzing process maps, descriptions, and data flow diagrams of complex business processes to understand records that are produced. 2 years
• Experience in gathering requirements from a diverse group of stakeholders across ministries or departments. 2 years
• Experience in the design, development and implementation of complex IT solutions. 2 years
• Experience in the development of project documents for a wide variety of initiatives and projects (strategic, business improvement, information technology, etc.). 2 years