Business Analyst 7491-1615

HM Note: Candidate is required to work onsite 3 days per week (as required) and 2 days from home within Ontario.

Responsibilities: and nbsp;

Provides a comprehensive range of I and amp;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. Prepares and advises on business analysis policies processes best practices and standards to promote a comprehensive and consistent business analysis practice within the organization. and nbsp;

General Skills: and nbsp;

Leads and conducts business analysis in order to assess clients business problems/opportunities and documents the business requirements in such a way that I and amp;IT solutions can be determined. and nbsp;

Applies reengineering concepts to promote business improvements through alternative and cost effective service delivery approaches and nbsp;

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 Develops strategies prepares business cases and costbenefit analysis and conducts feasibility studies for business I and amp;IT initiatives and nbsp;

Develops sound processes for requirements gathering including but not limited to JAD sessions interviews mockups etc. and nbsp;

Conducts business modeling; use case modeling; conceptual and logical data modeling; process and data flow modeling; use case surveys; business rules definition and nonfunctional requirements definitions for assigned projects Monitors progress resolves problems and reports regularly to I and amp;IT management and stakeholders and nbsp;

Develops performance measures and traceability matrices for business analysis evaluation and conducts followup and nbsp;

Experience developing strategies preparing business cases and costbenefit analysis and nbsp;

Experience conducting requirements gathering developing documentation including presentations and briefing notes and conducting stakeholder engagement and nbsp;

Experience in the use of Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools to document conceptual requirements and scope Awareness of emerging I and amp;IT trends and technologies and nbsp;

Excellent analytical problemsolving and decisionmaking skills; verbal and written communication skills; interpersonal and negotiation skills and nbsp;

A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines and nbsp;

Desirable Skills: and nbsp;

Experience in the use of information retrieval packages and nbsp;

Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles concepts policies and practices and nbsp;

Ability to translate business and data requirements into specifications sufficient for designing appropriate technology solutions and nbsp;

Experience with a wide range of methods tools and techniques for business analysis such as: business functional modelling business event modelling business process mapping and nbsp;

Experience in structured object oriented and agile methodologies for user requirements and nbsp;

Experience developing performance measures for business analysis evaluation and subsequent followup and nbsp;

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

Skills

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

10 years of extensive experience in the following:

Business and nbsp;Analyst and nbsp;Experience 50%:

and nbsp;Experience and nbsp;and and nbsp;actual and nbsp;deliverables and nbsp;with and nbsp;a and nbsp;ServiceOriented and nbsp;design and nbsp;related and nbsp;projects

and nbsp;Understanding and nbsp;of and nbsp;systems and nbsp;environments and nbsp;business and nbsp;analysis and nbsp;and and nbsp;change and nbsp;management and nbsp;in and nbsp;projects and nbsp;or and nbsp;programs and nbsp;related and nbsp;to and nbsp;integrated and nbsp;multiministries and nbsp;government and nbsp;services

and nbsp;Knowledge and nbsp;and and nbsp;experience and nbsp;in and nbsp;preparing and nbsp;detailed and nbsp;analysis and nbsp;and and nbsp;recommendations and nbsp;to and nbsp;ensure and nbsp;compliance and nbsp;with and nbsp;appropriate and nbsp;public and nbsp;sector and nbsp;industry and nbsp;and and nbsp;international and nbsp;standards and nbsp;on and nbsp;security and nbsp;privacy and nbsp;and and nbsp;accessibility and nbsp;(must and nbsp;have)

and nbsp;Ability and nbsp;to and nbsp;assist and nbsp;with and nbsp;the and nbsp;security and nbsp;issues and nbsp;that and nbsp;could and nbsp;impact and nbsp;developed and nbsp;frontend and nbsp;and and nbsp;integrated and nbsp;systems

and nbsp;Experience and nbsp;in and nbsp;producing and nbsp;business and nbsp;and and nbsp;technical and nbsp;documentation and nbsp;and and nbsp;agreements

and nbsp;Experience and nbsp;with and nbsp;architectural and nbsp;framework and nbsp;system and nbsp;specifically and nbsp;Zachman and nbsp;Framework (must and nbsp;have)

and nbsp;Checkpoints and nbsp;TRA and nbsp;PIA and nbsp;Component and nbsp;architecture and nbsp;Design and nbsp;patterns and nbsp;(must and nbsp;have)

and nbsp;Thorough and nbsp;experience and nbsp;with and nbsp;Logical and nbsp;and and nbsp;Physical and nbsp;Architecture and nbsp;artifacts and nbsp;(must and nbsp;have)

Experience and knowledge on how to develop user stories based on engagements with program areas and drafting acceptance test criteria for developers and testers.

Ability to work with DevOps and agile concepts. and nbsp;(must and nbsp;have)

Technical and nbsp;Experience and nbsp; and nbsp;20%:

and nbsp;Knowledge and nbsp;of and nbsp;theory and nbsp;and and nbsp;principles and nbsp;of and nbsp;systems and nbsp;design and nbsp;and and nbsp;development and nbsp;programming and nbsp;concepts and nbsp;and and nbsp;languages and nbsp;and and nbsp;related and nbsp;methods and nbsp;techniques and nbsp;practices and nbsp;and and nbsp;standards

and nbsp;Indepth and nbsp;knowledge and nbsp;of and nbsp;WCAG and nbsp;2.0 and nbsp;Standards and nbsp;and and nbsp;AODA and nbsp;Compliancy and nbsp;levels

and nbsp;Knowledge and nbsp;and and nbsp;experience and nbsp;creating and nbsp;Wireframes and nbsp;Use and nbsp;Cases and nbsp;User and nbsp;Stories and nbsp;(must and nbsp;have)

Project and nbsp;Experience 30%:

Experience and nbsp;with and nbsp;Driver and nbsp;and and nbsp;Vehicle and nbsp;ServiceOntario and nbsp;portal and nbsp;services and nbsp;(nice and nbsp;to and nbsp;have)

Minimum and nbsp;5 and nbsp;years and nbsp;experience and nbsp;in and nbsp;creating and nbsp;enterprise and nbsp;architecture and nbsp;documentation; and nbsp;expert and nbsp;level and nbsp;in and nbsp;architectural and nbsp;deliverables and nbsp;including and nbsp;the following and nbsp;must and nbsp;haves and nbsp;below:

Checkpoint/Gating and nbsp;Matrix

Logical and nbsp;and and nbsp;Physical and nbsp;Documentation

Logical and nbsp;and and nbsp;Physical and nbsp;Deployment and nbsp;Models

Business and nbsp;Architecture and nbsp;Approach

Sequence and nbsp;Diagram

Data and nbsp;Flow and nbsp;Diagram

Architectural and nbsp;documents and nbsp;for and nbsp;ACT and nbsp;and and nbsp;ARB and nbsp;approvals

Must Haves:

• Knowledge and experience in preparing detailed analysis and recommendations to ensure compliance with appropriate public sector industry and international standards on security privacy and accessibility
• Checkpoints and nbsp;TRA and nbsp;PIA and nbsp;Component and nbsp;architecture and nbsp;Design and nbsp;patterns
• Thorough and nbsp;experience and nbsp;with and nbsp;Logical and nbsp;and and nbsp;Physical and nbsp;Architecture and nbsp;artifacts and nbsp;
• Knowledge and nbsp;and and nbsp;experience and nbsp;creating and nbsp;Wireframes and nbsp;Use and nbsp;Cases and nbsp;User and nbsp;Stories
• Minimum and nbsp;5 and nbsp;years and nbsp;experience and nbsp;in and nbsp;creating and nbsp;enterprise and nbsp;architecture and nbsp;documentation; and nbsp;expert and nbsp;level and nbsp;in and nbsp;architectural and nbsp;deliverables and nbsp;including and nbsp;the following and nbsp;must and nbsp;haves and nbsp;below:

1. Checkpoint/Gating and nbsp;Matrix
2. Logical and nbsp;and and nbsp;Physical and nbsp;Documentation
3. Logical and nbsp;and and nbsp;Physical and nbsp;Deployment and nbsp;Models
4. Business and nbsp;Architecture and nbsp;Approach
5. Sequence and nbsp;Diagram
6. Data and nbsp;Flow and nbsp;Diagram
7. Architectural and nbsp;documents and nbsp;for and nbsp;ACT and nbsp;and and nbsp;ARB and nbsp;approvals

Nice to Have:

• Experience and nbsp;with and nbsp;Driver and nbsp;and and nbsp;Vehicle and nbsp;Service Ontario and nbsp;portal and nbsp;services.