Rq05931 - Business Analyst - Senior

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If you are interested kindly send the following documents to [email protected] by Thursday, September 14 at 10:00 AM EST if that interests you and matches your profile.

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• Skills Matrix and References (Mandatory)
• Updated Resume in word format (Mandatory)

Job Title: RQ05931 - Business Analyst - Senior

Client: Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services

Work Location: 5700 Yonge street, Toronto, Ontario, Hybrid

Estimated Start Date: 2023-09-18

Estimated End Date: 2024-03-31

#Business Days: 140.00

Extension: Probable after the initial mandate

Hours per day or Week: 7.25 hours per day

Security Level: CRJMC

Must Haves:

• 5+ years of experience in database concepts
• 5+ years of experience Strong communications, consultations and interpersonal skills to determine client needs
• 5+ years of experience with Agile project methodology leveraging Jira and/or DevOps
• 5+ years of experience working with both the business users and IT development teams
• 5+ years of experience transposing requirements into coherent user stories

Nice to have:

• Hands on experience with Curam

Description

Responsibilities:

• Uses requirements traceability matrix to link users’ requirements, business rules and conditions to systems use cases and test cases
• Contributes to writing test cases for application, system, usability and user acceptance testing
• Provide guidance to organization with regard to information management & IT technology, IT infrastructures and the enablement of major business processes through enhancements to IT
• Provide systems analysis and design expertise in the development and maintenance of the Ministry application systems
• Establish the backlog as a source of truth from which the team can deliver
• Analyze user requirements, generation of prototypes for user consultation and the design, testing, documentation, implementation and maintenance of applications.
• Responsible for, but not limited to ensuring the team is proactive in completing priorities and deliverables as well as ensuring requirements are well-understood, documented, and accurate.
• Participates in planning application development activities, provides direction, guidance and support to technical staff
• Consult with clients on the changes/modifications, recommend and develop training plans,
• Is able to identify constraints and assumptions and then documents and present them to project teams
• Work in partnership with clients, advising them on information technology in order to meet their business objectives or overcome problems, work to improve structure and efficiency of an organization’s I&IT systems.
• Facilitate and lead in-depth workshops to elicit, review and confirm business requirements, business models, business rules, user, interface design

Experience And Skill Set Requirements

Core Skills - 35%

• Explain and present very complex technical analyses, options, proposals, reports and recommendations to clients
• Experience assembling requirements into coherent user stories and use cases
• Meets with the Product Owner and end-users to understand the team’s work
• Experience in managing the Product Backlog Items, refining them and communicate changes to project manager/Team Lead
• Experience with user acceptance testing; working with UI/UX designer and business analyst to plan usability and user acceptance testing sessions including screening and recruiting, facilitate user testing sessions, document and present research findings
• Experience to feed work to the team and dedicated to looking ahead at upcoming work and grooming requirements so that they’re well-understood, documented, and ready to go
• Act as a proxy Product Owner for the team, where the BA answers questions or facilitates decisions on behalf of an absent Product Owner
• Experience documenting requirements in the format of concise and clear user stories
• Breaks epics down into stories and defines acceptance criteria in each story
• Experience with Agile project methodology

Technical Knowledge and Expertise - 30%

• Knowledge with ITIL Processes for Change/Release, relational and hierarchical data base technologies, use of information retrieval packages using SQL and other query
• Experience in the analysis and design of Microsoft Azure Cloud Based Applications and advanced workflows using Microsoft Flow & Logic Apps
• Experience with creating and managing user stories using Microsoft Team Foundation Server and DevOps and/or Jira
• Knowledge of Systems Development Life Cycle Methodologies and Agile project methodology
• Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards
• Experience with design, develop, test and implement systems solutions, and evaluate software/ hardware
• Knowledge of emerging IT trends and technologies
• Knowledge in Microsoft Power Platform App (
• Knowledge of rules-based engines based in COTS applications like Cúram
• Working knowledge of business system technologies to provide technical expertise and advice
• Advanced technical knowledge of large hardware and software operations and utilities, productivity tools, client server architecture, online processing systems, web-based technologies, Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) and database management systems
• 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
• Experience with advanced application prototyping
• Knowledge of design methodologies in Internet-based and/or distributed environments

Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills - 15%

• You can recommend approaches and discuss with clients and project stakeholders
• You can 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
• You can gather information on client problems, services and business goals/objectives

Project Management and Communication Skills - 20%

• Knowledge of project management and in-depth knowledge of task estimation, scheduling and control
• Can help plan, develop, manage, control projects and resolve complex technical design problems
• Can gather information, clarify needs and desired system changes, explain system development recommendations, explain and provide instruction on new/modified systems and technology
• Can prepare business cases, systems documentation, user manuals and guidelines
• Can clarify and discuss systems development options with clients
• Can solicit requirements from business end-users, partners and stakeholders and communicate them to project teams

Note:

This position is currently listed as "Hybrid" however, the consultant will be remote due to COVID-19 related Work from Home (WFH) direction. Once the I&IT cluster staff are required to return to the office, the resource under this request will be required to work onsite as well.

• This role is part of a Hybrid Work Arrangement and resource(s) will be required to work at a minimum of 2-3 days per week at 5700 Yonge St.

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