Senior Systems Analyst in Toronto

Seeking senior systems analyst to work on the Vital Events Product portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior technical expertise, project leadership and coordination of activities in the development, implementation and maintenance of a diverse range of cost effective I&IT solutions.
• Provide technical advice to clients and leverage OPS I&IT solutions and applications to meet program/service goals and objectives ensuring efficiency.
• Provides specialized technical expertise in the overall analysis of the design and architecture of systems solutions.
• Ability to evaluate recommendations and ensures all recommended solutions for improvement are congruent with the project goals and objectives.
• Identifies short and long-term project goals/objectives, and as a senior technical expert, defines and identifies program and service delivery requirements in support of the development and/or acquisition of client applications.
• Leads the analysis, development and documentation of design and architecture of systems solutions.
• Leads the development of testing, integration and implementation of systems solutions into the clients applications.
• Guides the feasibility studies and cost effective analyses of proposed client I&IT initiatives, ensures all studies and analyses are documented.
• Leads the technical aspects of projects related to the development and/or acquisition of a diverse range of client applications through all stages of the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Demonstrated experience gathering requirements, translating business documents into technical specifications.
• Experience leading development/support teams supporting multi-dimensional and relational databases and their applications for effective planning, budgeting, strategizing and forecasting procedures.
• Demonstrated experience designing and developing complex applications utilizing relational and multi-dimensional databases.
• Ability to provide implementation and post implementation support as required.
• Oversees the research and evaluation of the technical components in the acquisition of software, hardware, technology, systems and products.
• Recommends and directs the measurement and improvement of tools, techniques, standards and performance criteria to control the quality of application development initiatives.
• Provides coaching and direction to junior analysts throughout the project, related to the development and/or acquisition of a diverse range of client applications through all stages of the Systems Development Life Cycle.

Desirable Skills

• Knowledge and experience in rapid application development (RAD) methodologies.
• Knowledge and experience with middleware and gateways.
• Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices.
• Experience with development/maintenance of documentation as per Methodology.
• Good working knowledge of Dimensions and Facts.
• Knowledge of multidimensional structures (cubes).
• Ability to gather, review and provide feedback to business requirements.

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

• Have excellent knowledge of OO Systems Analysis & Design.
• Experience designing solution with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud Platform; Knowledge of all cloud service models: SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS.
• Experience performing S&D for Case Management, Document Management System (DMS), Large Systems of Record.
• Proficiency in Security solutions including oAuth2, SAML, Multifactor Authentication (MFA), B2C and B2B Authentication, API Keys, Single Sign On (SSO), Assure AD.
• Experience designing solution components including web and business logic modules, Micro Services, Business Reports.
• Experience Analyzing/Designing Systems integration solutions including Session EJB, SOAP WS, RESTFul Webservices, SFTP server integrations.
• Experience performing Solution Gap Analysis, ETL Data transformation requirements, and Data Migration Plans.
• Have excellent DBA experience with database modeling including Conceptual, Logical, and Physical data model.
• Have extensive hands-on experience developing DB objects in Oracle, including Tables, Views, Sequences, Triggers, Store Procedures.
• Excellent practical experience writing and executing SQL queries analyzing.
• Expert knowledge in reverse engineering Physical Data Models creating Entity Relationship Models (ERD) and Metadata Reports.
• Experience with Performance metrics for a DATABASE using Apache JMETER and other Load Testing tools.
• In-depth knowledge of Web Design principles.
• Sound understanding and experience with AODA and knowledge of Accessibility compliance principles as presented in WCAG 2.0.
• Hands-on experience in Quality Assurance preparing Test Plans, Test Cases and executing and monitoring unit, integration and UAT testing while working directly with clients.
• Proven experience with JAD facilitation and interpretation of business needs into system design requirements.
• Extensive experience within all project cycles from Analysis, Design to Development, Testing and Implementation, including Project Management assignments.
• Ability to participate in TRA process and prepare appropriate documents.
• Provide guidance to developers in the initial phases on the implementation of a solution.
• Experience with Figma, Balsamiq and other mock-up design tools.
• Experience developing architecture artifacts including: Solution Requirements Document (SRD), Business Architecture Document (BAD), Information Architecture Document (IAD), Solution Architecture Document (SAD), Architecture review presentations; Prepare presentations for Corporate Architecture Committees.
• Expertise developing Technology Options Analysis including qualitative and quantitative analysis.
• Perform other project related activities as required.
• Work independently and is also a Team player.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills in both oral and written.
• Experience in preparing technical presentations.

Systems Analysis Experience - 40%

• 10+ years of System Analysis and Design experience, preferably in a large, complex business environment.
• Expert knowledge in reverse engineering Physical Data Models creating Entity Relationship Models (ERD) and Metadata Reports.
• Demonstrated experience within all project cycles from Analysis, Design to Development, Testing and Implementation.
• Knowledge and experience related to TRA (Threat, Risk, Assessment) process and prepare appropriate documents.
• Experience preparing architecture artifacts, including TRA artifacts.

Business, Testing & Integration Experience - 20%

• 10+ years of Business Analysis experience including running JAD sessions, UAT and gathering requirements.
• 10+ years of system testing, integration testing experience.
• Demonstrated experience with system Integration experience including ability to understand different systems and pick up new technologies quickly.
• Extensive experience in Quality Assurance preparing Test Plans, Test Cases and executing and monitoring unit, integration and UAT testing while working directly with clients.
• Proven experience with requirement elicitation techniques such as User interviews, Workshops, JAD facilitation and interpretation of business needs into system design requirements.
• Manual system testing and integration testing experience including creating test cases and test plans.

Public Sector experience - 5%

• Knowledge of GO-IT Standards(GO-ITS) and Enterprise Architecture within the RGDMS system.

AODA Experience - 5%

• Hands-on experience with AODA and knowledge of accessibility compliance principles as presented in WCAG 2.0, level AA.

Closing Date: 2024-10-28, 2:00 p.m. EST. Max submission: 1 (one). Hybrid - 3 days onsite / 2 days remote.

MUST HAVE:

• 10+ years of System Analysis and Design experience, preferably in a large, complex business environment.
• Experience in database modeling (logical, physical and conceptual modeling).
• Experience in programming with object-oriented programming languages - JAVA (required), Angular.
• Strong Communication skills - Verbal and Presentation skills.