Business Analyst 6640-11 - Ontario, Canada - Foilcon

Description

HM Note: This hybrid position is three (3) day(s) in office and starts April 1, 2024.

Responsibilities: and nbsp;

Provides a comprehensive range of I and amp;IT business analysis services for clients with diverse business and technological needs. and nbsp;

Interacts with the business stakeholders and subject matter experts in order to understand their requirements through gathering, documenting, and analyzing business needs and requirements. and nbsp;

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:

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

Applies re-engineering 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 and nbsp;

Develops strategies, prepares business cases and cost-benefit analysis, and conducts feasibility studies for business I and amp;IT initiatives 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 non-functional requirements definitions for assigned projects and nbsp;

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 follow-up and nbsp;

Experience developing strategies, preparing business cases and cost-benefit analysis 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 and nbsp;

Awareness of emerging I and amp;IT trends and technologies and nbsp;

Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills; verbal and written communication skills; interpersonal and negotiation skills and nbsp;

A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines

Desirable Skills:

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 follow-up and nbsp;

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

Skills

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

Evaluation

Project Requirements Evaluation Breakdown

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. and nbsp;
• 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

Technical Skills - 15%

• 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 HP 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

Business Analysis Skills - 25%

• 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

Communication Skills - 15%

• 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

and nbsp;Business Subject Matter Knowledge and Expertise - 15%

• Good understanding of program and amp; service concepts, general and best practices, business processes and amp; rules, stakeholders and amp; relationships, service delivery models (incl. self service / digital service), private and amp; public partnership, etc in complex and high-impact critical and nbsp;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 and amp;IT application software delivery

Public Sector Experience - 5%

• Experience with Public Sector I and amp;IT Solutions architecture, application design, quality assurance standards, and nbsp;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 and nbsp;Services