Business Analyst - Senior

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

Must Haves:

Experience with Agile project methodology leveraging Jira and/or DevOps

Experience transposing requirements into coherent user stories

Strong communications, consultations and interpersonal skills to determine client needs

Experience working with the business users , IT development teams and external vendors

Strong business relationship skills

General Skills - 40%

Knowledge of cyber-security related practices including safeguards. Experience will be ideal

Lead and conduct business analysis in order to assess client's business problems/opportunities

Experience with Agile project methodology

Experience grooming and assembling requirements into coherent user stories and use cases and managing the Product Backlog Items, refining them and communicate changes to project manager/Team Lead

Lead and conduct business analysis at varying levels of detail appropriate to the

project, aligning with OPS Unified Project Management Methodology, Enterprise Architecture and Gating Process, and OPS Standard

Meet with the Product Owner and end-users to understand the team's work

Act as a proxy Product Owner for the team, where the BA answers questions or facilitates decisions on behalf of an absent Product Owner

Develop strategies, prepare business cases and cost-benefit analysis, and conducts feasibility studies for business I&IT initiatives

Develop sound processes for requirements gathering including but not limited to JAD sessions, interviews, mockups, etc.

Conduct 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

Monitor progress, resolve problems and reports regularly to I&IT management and stakeholders

Develop performance measures and traceability matrices for business analysis

Apply re-engineering concepts to promote business improvements through alternative and cost effective service delivery approaches

Experience in the use of Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools to document conceptual requirements and scope

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

A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines

Technical Knowledge and Expertise - 60%

You have:

Working knowledge of business system technologies to provide technical expertise and advice

Experience with design, develop, test and implement systems solutions, and evaluate software/ hardware

Knowledge of Systems Development Life Cycle Methodologies and Agile project methodology

Experience with advanced application prototyping

Experience in the analysis and design of Microsoft Azure Cloud Based Applications and advanced workflows using Microsoft Flow & Logic Apps

Knowledge in Microsoft Power Platform App

Experience with creating and managing user stories using Microsoft Team Foundation Server and DevOps and/or Jira

knowledge of design methodologies in Internet-based and/or distributed environments

Familiarity with ITIL Processes for Change/Release, relational and hierarchical database technologies, use of information retrieval packages using SQL and other query

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

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

Ability to perform/complete business/systems analysis, consultation, information management, design, development, testing including completion of implementation and installation related tasks

Ability to translate client business requirements into functional and information documentation

experience in creating business process models, user stories, information models and requirements.

Knowledge of IT governance processes (IT Project and Enterprise Architecture related).

Knowledge of rules-based engines based in COTS applications

Knowledge of emerging IT trends and technologies

Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards

Note: Work assets such as laptops are not permitted to be taken out Province of Ontario without written permission from ADM/CIO.

Must Haves:

Experience with Agile project methodology leveraging Jira and/or DevOps

Experience transposing requirements into coherent user stories

Strong communications, consultations and interpersonal skills to determine client needs

Experience working with the business users, IT development teams and external vendors

Strong business relationship skills as cross-functional collaboration is highly desired.

Experience related to cyber security projects within large organizations.

Nice to Have:

Prior experience with Public / OPS organizations.