Rq05866 - Business Analyst - Senior

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• Updated Resume in word format (Mandatory)
• Expected hourly rate (Mandatory)

Job Title:RQ05866 - Business Analyst - Senior

Client: Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services

Work Location:315 Front Street, 3rd floor, Toronto, Ontario, Hybrid

Estimated Start Date: 2023-09-01

Estimated End Date: 2024-03-31

#Business Days: 143.00

Extension: Probable after the initial mandate

Hours per day or Week: 7.25 hours per day

Security Level: CRJMC

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Must haves:

• Experience in conceptual design of enterprise data warehouses and extensive experience in data management supporting development teams - working on requirements gathering and design documentation.
• Led/managed business transformation/solution design initiatives, with a focus on business architecture and user interation/experience design (UI/UX).
• Knowledge of enterprise architectural concepts and processes, specifically in the area of business architecture for data warehouses, marts, lakes (in Azure platform).
• Experienced in requirement elicitation, documentation, gap analysis, evaluation of alternative solutions, user interation/experience design (UI/UX) and making recommendations.
• Experience facilitating sessions with a diverse audience for requirements discovery and analysis using a variety of methodologies (e.g. Agile/Waterfall/Hybrid).
• Experience in writing user stories in Azure DevOps.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of front end, web-based technologies and data-mining/reporting-based COTS tools encompassing feasibility studies, requirements definition, analysis, prototyping, system design, implementation, testing and maintenance.

Description

• Provides a comprehensive range of I&IT business analysis services for clients with diverse business and technological needs.
• Prepares and advises on business analysis policies, processes, best practices and standards to promote a comprehensive and consistent business analysis practice within the organization.
• Interacts with the business stakeholders and subject matter experts in order to understand their requirements through gathering, documenting, and analyzing business needs and requirements.

General Skills:

• A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines
• Experience conducting requirements gathering, developing documentation, including presentations and briefing notes and conducting stakeholder engagement
• Experience developing strategies, preparing business cases and cost-benefit analysis
• Leads and conducts business analysis in order to assess client’s business problems/opportunities and documents the business requirements in such a way that I&IT solutions can be determined
• Experience in the use of Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools to document conceptual requirements and scope
• Develops strategies, prepares business cases and cost-benefit analysis, and conducts feasibility studies for business I&IT initiatives
• Develops sound processes for requirements gathering including but not limited to JAD sessions, interviews, mockups, etc.
• Leads and conducts business analysis at varying levels of detail appropriate to the project and phases of project, aligning with OPS Unified Project Management Methodology, Enterprise Architecture and Gating Process, and OPS Standard Systems Development Methodologies
• Applies re-engineering concepts to promote business improvements through alternative and cost effective service delivery approaches
• Awareness of emerging I&IT trends and technologies
• Develops performance measures and traceability matrices for business analysis evaluation and conducts follow-up
• Monitors progress, resolves problems and reports regularly to I&IT management and stakeholders
• Conducts business modeling; use case modeling; conceptual and logical data modeling; process and data flow modeling; use case surveys; business rules definition and non-functional requirements definitions for assigned projects
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills; verbal and written communication skills; interpersonal and negotiation skills

Desirable Skills:

• Prepares and advises on business analysis policies, processes, best practices and standards to promote a comprehensive and consistent business analysis practice within the organization.
• Experience with a wide range of methods, tools and techniques for business analysis such as: business functional modelling, business event modelling, business process mapping
• Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards
• Ability to translate business and data requirements into specifications sufficient for designing appropriate technology solutions
• Experience in the use of information retrieval packages
• Experience in structured, object oriented and agile methodologies for user requirements
• Provides a comprehensive range of I&IT business analysis services for clients with diverse business and technological needs. Interacts with the business stakeholders and subject matter experts in order to understand their requirements through gathering, documenting, and analyzing business needs and requirements.
• Experience developing performance measures for business analysis evaluation and subsequent follow-up
• Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices

Experience And Skill Set Requirements

Business Analysis and Problem-Solving Skills - 35%

• Work with stakeholders (internal and external) across the program to develop clearly defined epics and user stories.
• Gather information on client problems, services and business goals/objectives
• Help program understand their needs and translate to design models and concepts
• Recommend approaches and discuss with team and stakeholders
• Work with stakeholders (internal and external) across the program to develop clearly defined epics and user stories.
• Evaluate requirements and review options for solution, assess cost/benefit of options, evaluate alternative conceptual systems designs and potential impact of proposed system changes on existing service delivery
• Translate from technical terminology to business terms
• 7+ years of experience as a Technology Business Analyst

Technical Knowledge and Expertise - 25%

• Knowledge of Systems Development Life Cycle Methodologies, familiarity with ITIL Processes for Change/Release Management, relational data base technologies, use of information retrieval packages using SQL and other query languages.
• Provide consultation on source to target mapping to ensure business and technical alignment
• Knowledge of accessibility compliance requirements e.g AODA, WCAG 2.0 AA
• Understand data warehouse modeling concepts and design principles (Kimball and Inmon)
• Advanced technical knowledge of large hardware and software operations and utilities, productivity tools, online processing systems, web-based technologies and database management systems
• Knowledge of emerging IT trends and technologies - cloud computing, enterprise data warehousing, etc.

Organizational and Project Management Skills - 20%

• Development of documentation and materials as part of a review and knowledge transfer to other members
• Development of specific activities as part of a review (hand over to ministry staff)and building block approach which, build on knowledge transfer and skills development from the previous stage to the next
• Plan, develop, manage, control projects and resolve complex technical design problems
• Hands-on experience working in an Agile environment.
• Knowledge of project management and in-depth knowledge of task estimation, scheduling and control

Communication and Interpersonal Skills - 20%

• Prepare business cases, systems documentation, user manuals and guidelines
• Clarify and discuss systems development options with clients
• Gather information, clarify needs and desired system changes, explain system development recommendations, explain and provide instruction on new/modified systems and technology

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