Senior Systems Analyst in Toronto

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.

General Skills

• 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.

Skills Experience and Skill Set Requirements

• Technical Experience - 50%: Experience and actual deliverables with a Service-Oriented design related projects and complex multi-ministries integrated systems (must have).
• Hands-on, extensive experience with Automation suites (creating, executing, analyzing and reporting the results) (must have).
• Understanding of systems environments, business analysis and change management in projects or programs related to integrated multi-ministries government services (must have).
• Knowledge and experience in preparing detailed analysis and recommendations to ensure compliance with appropriate public sector standards.
• Ability to create automated scripts to uncover issues that could impact developed front-end and integrated systems (must have).
• Experience in preparing test data requirements (must have).
• Experience producing test matrix and test result reports (must have).

• Technical Experience - 25%: Knowledge of theory and principles of systems design and development, programming concepts and languages, and related methods, techniques, practices and standards (must have).
• In-depth knowledge of WCAG 2.0 Standards and AODA Compliancy levels (must have).
• Knowledge and experience working with Wireframes, Use Cases, User Stories (must have).

• Project Experience - 25%: Experience with Driver, Vehicle and Digital Dealership registry in ServiceOntario portal (must have).
• Experience with Canada Post module and Payment Gateways (must have).