Business Analyst – Senior
Downtown Toronto – 3 days onsite
Security Level – CRJMC
CRITERIA:
Criteria 1 – Business Analyst Skills (40 Points)
• 8+ years’ experience in business analysis for large scale implementations including exposure to gathering technical requirements and analysis of data migration process
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban) and the proven ability to apply them effectively
• Knowledge of Agile project work tracking tools such as Azure DevOps or JIRA
• Demonstrated experience in creating Business Cases, Business Requirements Document, other Business requirements artefacts, testing documentation, Enterprise architecture artefacts and assist Solution designer/architect in the preparation of technical artefacts including technical design
• Demonstrated experience working on large systems implementation and case management solutions
• Working knowledge of system concepts and development methodologies to support business application
• Demonstrated experience supporting QA teams by creating testing documentation such as Test Cases, Test Plans and Traceability matrix.
Criteria 2 – Technical Skills (30 Points)
• Demonstrated experience in working with technical SMEs and business SMEs in reviewing and analyzing design gaps, provide initial cost and time estimates for change requests and enhancements, assist development team in first level triaging of defects to identify solution gaps and review with business and delivery team
• Demonstrated experience in developing documentation towards production readiness such as support model, SLAs and checklists, and copy books for operational and data migration
• Demonstrated experience in solution design and architecture
• Experience with DevOps project tracking tools such as JIRA or Azure DevOps
Criteria 3 – Communication Skills (25 Points)
• Demonstrated experience to provide leadership in the creation of business requirements documentation, functional and technical design documentation
• Ability to capture data and information needed to document, validate and analyze business processes of existing legacy systems and map them to the future state processes
• Proven ability to support the client in development of presentation materials, briefing notes and Enterprise Architecture artefacts
• Hands on experience in working with business stakeholders on functional design sessions and detailed solution design sessions, negotiating on issues for production
Criteria 4 – Public Sector Knowledge (5 Points)
• Previous experience working in Government or Public Sector organizations.
• Experience in working with Case management applications
Must haves:
Possess at least 10 years of hands on experience in working with business stakeholders on functional design sessions and detailed solution design sessions, and negotiating and triaging issues for production
Possess at least 8 years of experience as an IT Business Analyst, with progressive experience supporting medium to large size projects
Possess at least 5 years of hands on experience in providing first level of triaging support for business and technical SMEs in identifying design gaps from testing cycles and production
Knowledge of Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban) and the proven ability to apply them effectively and project work tracking tools such as Azure DevOps or JIRA
Business analysis skills and demonstrated experience to provide leadership in the analysis and creation of business and functional requirements (e.g. business objects, process models, business service roadmap, user journey map, system user case, user stories, non-functional requirements, state transition diagram, etc) and design documentation and to capture the data and information needed to document, validate and analyze business processes for legacy applications being replaced, and new digital products being built
Experience with traceability matrix, agile and client centric approaches
Solid presentation, facilitation, interview, and workshop skills