Title: RQ08766 - Business Analyst - Senior
Client: Ministry of Transportation
Period: 12 months
Start Date: 2025-04-01
End Date: 2026-03-31
Working Hrs.: 7.25 Hrs. / day
Hybrid role - Candidate is required to come in office - 3 days a week/2 day remote
MUST HAVES: Demonstrated experience with the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and methodologies such as waterfall and Agile methods with a focus on iterative development and delivery with proven ability to lead sprints
Description:
General Skills:
Skill Set Requirements
- Knowledge with Solutions Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and structured methodologies including agile, waterfall and iterative
- Demonstrable experience with Business Object Oriented Modeling, UML tools and techniques.
- Demonstrable skills and experience with documenting deliverables outlined in Deliverables section
- Work Experience in investigating, analyzing, estimating system applications in a large integrated mainframe and mid-tier environment
- Proven experience with all stages of automated system implementation in complex mainframe, with online and batch transactions
- Proven experience with sprint facilitation, interpretation of business needs to technical requirements, facilitation of project meetings for reviews
- Experience with the Public Sector architecture.
- Demonstrable knowledge of Public Sector applications, databases and systems; demonstrated experience working with legacy infrastructure hosting environments such as mainframe with complex applications; Experience with supporting legacy applications and transformation of legacy solutions using COTS products such as Oracle Siebel
- Demonstrable knowledge and experience working in accordance with policies and procedures of Public Service Sector
- Demonstrable knowledge of Project Management framework in the Public Sector and Architecture Checkpoint requirements
- Excellent analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills.
- Experience in conducting feasibility analysis, project scoping and providing project work estimates
- Experience with requirements development involving requirements elicitation, analysis, specification and validation
- Experience with documenting user stories, planning and managing product backlog, planning and managing sprints, and implementing in an iterative manner
- Demonstrated experience in the facilitation of project meetings for reviews
- Experience in reporting progress of assignment(s) on a regular basis to Project Management and raise any issues / concerns and propose mitigation strategies.
- Can work effectively independently and in a team environment.
- Strong communication, interpersonal, collaboration, and negotiation skills to work seamlessly in an agile cross-functional team, with clients, vendor(s) and other stakeholders.
- Excellent facilitation, presentation, time-management and problem-solving skills.
- Able to build strong and trusting relationships while liaising effectively with internal and external stakeholders and solution delivery vendor(s).
- Strong leadership skills to provide advice and guidance on all aspects of user experience and design, assessing user characteristics, needs, goals, and opportunities.
- Creative, innovative, and can think outside the box to visualize solutions that meet business needs.
- Knowledgeable in design thinking, have a user-centric mindset and attention to detail.
- Knowledge and experience with supporting Public Sector Digital First strategies; experience with working with Digital Service standards including formal submissions for assessments as per official digital standards established
- Creative, analytical approach and strong understanding of interaction design principles, including ability and experience to deliver mock-ups using advanced tools
- Able to resolve issues in a timely manner, provide options and recommendations.
- Thrive on feedback and comfortable transforming ideas generated through user research and analysis to create elegant, effective designs for diverse audiences.
- Understand business metrics and able to translate business goals and objectives into digital experiences.
- Able to prioritize change requests from clients and guide the team in determining how best to address them.
- Knowledge to ensure compliance with requirements for accessibility and user centric design including Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and Simpler, Better, Faster Services Act
- Strong research skills to perform industry research, provide options and make recommendations for solution improvements.
Experience and Skill Set Requirements
Modeling and Methodologies - 25%
- Demonstrated experience with the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and methodologies such as waterfall and Agile methods with a focus on iterative development and delivery with proven ability to lead sprints.
- Demonstrated experience with Business Object Oriented Modelling, UML tools and techniques
- Demonstrated experience with Public Sector Digital Service Standard and Digital assessment processes
- Experience with the Zachman framework , Public Sector Architecture Governance Points and deliverables
- Proven experience in investigating, analyzing and estimating system applications in a large integrated mainframe and mid-tier environment
- Experience with all stages of automated system implementation in complex mainframe, with online batch, and Financial reconciliation transactions
- Experience working with legacy infrastructure hosting environments such as mainframe with complex applications; Experience with supporting legacy applications and modernizing
- Demonstrated experience with implementation of business solutions using Custom off the Shelf solution implementations such as Oracle Siebel based systems and photo comparison technologies
- Ability to document requirements using story boarding utilizing tools such as Azure DevOps and Jira
- Demonstrated experience with Client ALM (Quality Center) to support test activities
- Experience with prototyping tools to deliver high quality prototypes and mock-ups
- Experience with submitting and managing project collateral (conceptual and logical) in repository tools such as PowerDesigner
- Experience with reporting tools such as Microsoft Power BI
- Experience with engaging business and IT stakeholders, understand requirements for new functionality or changes to existing ones and providing high level and detailed estimates
- Ability to write high quality business cases, working with corporate governance bodies and navigating approvals
- Experience with documenting deliverables (Functional and Non-functional requirements, System Requirements Specifications, Business requirements / rules, Business Process Models, Data Requirements / Models (conceptual / logical), Risks and Issues, Business and System Use Cases, Requirements Traceability Matrices, Status Reports, Test Plan / Strategies, Test Cases etc.)
- Demonstrated experience with JAD/Sprint session facilitation and the ability to interpret business needs to technical requirements
- Demonstrated ability in conducting feasibility analysis, project scoping and providing project work estimates
- Experience with requirements development involving requirements elicitation, analysis, specification and validation
- Excellent analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Demonstrated experience in the facilitation of project meetings for reviews
- Experience in reporting progress of assignment on a regular basis to Project Management and raise any issues / concerns and propose mitigation strategies
- Experience with creating automated information and status reporting
Business Subject Matter Knowledge and Expertise - 15%
- Good understanding of program & service concepts, general and best practices, business processes & rules, stakeholders & relationships, service delivery models (incl. self service / digital service), private & public partnership, etc in complex and high-impact critical Public services related to licensing, registration, permit, enforcement, safety inspection, photo identification and related fraud prevention line of businesses, services, or functional areas, in relation to I&IT application software delivery
- Experience with Public Sector I&IT Solutions architecture, application design, quality assurance standards, project delivery methodologies, and practices
- Demonstrable knowledge of Public Sector applications, databases and systems while developing cross cluster, multi-year business solutions including knowledge of Custom off the Shelf product implementations with third party vendors
- Experience working in accordance with Acts, Policies and Procedures of Public Sector Services