Senior Business Analyst in Toronto

About the job RQ09297 - Business Analyst - Senior

Scope:

• Gather and document integration, functional and non-functional requirements.
• Translate business and functional requirements into system specifications.
• Work with various stakeholders to elicit integration requirements between various solutions and product streams.
• Identify and document data mappings and integration specifications for integrating various solutions.
• Review vendor API documentation and assist in update of integration design.
• Prepare questionnaire and conduct discovery sessions with the vendor to understand integration capabilities of the vendor.
• Evaluate business processes, anticipate requirements, uncover areas for improvement.
• Analyze requirements and help project team in solution design and implementation.
• Work with the project team in completing all relevant and required documentation in alignment with OPS standards.
• Handle project co-ordination and end to end project management activities with the project team and with external stakeholders.
• Work with the architecture team in completing project gating documentation and related gating requirements.
• Perform user acceptance testing.
• Conduct JAD sessions with stakeholders to create, review, document and validate any or all of the following for the SCJ/OCJ Digital Transformation:
• Integration Requirements
• Business Requirements
• Functional Requirements
• Non-Functional Requirements
• System Specifications
• Data Mapping
• Integration Design
• Journey Maps
• Process Flow/Mapping and Modelling
• Requirements Traceability Matrix
• Options Analysis
• Costing analysis
• Business Case
• Conduct, assess, evaluate and document stakeholder interests and business needs.
• Create and validate use cases, user stories.
• Produce visual depiction of use cases and process flows; ensure alignment with the program area and associated business architecture, as well as traceability to solution logical and physical architectures.
• Current State / GAP Analysis.
• Final specification and documentation of all reporting requirements for the solution.
• Final Logical/Physical Data Model, Data Dictionary and CRUD Matrix documentation.
• Create, review, provide input and support of Enterprise Architecture artifacts for all checkpoints as needed.
• Assist with system and user interface design and modifications (data & screen) as required.
• Review all test scenarios to ensure the requirements are met; establish traceability matrix to monitor output.
• Assist testing team in the resolution of test defects.
• Ensure alignment and adherence to Ministry processes and standards.
• Research and document comparisons of existing Ontario Government, or COTS systems that will meet the client requirements.
• The consultant resource will interface directly with the program area staff and management and is accountable for ensuring customer satisfaction related to the contracted work items.
• Develop workplan and outline of effort to completion.
• The consultant will provide a detailed list of all work/artifacts completed on the project.
• Track project activities in the project plan, and requirements throughout the project.
• Handle solution design activities with the development team, lead internal team reviews and negotiation with customer on design activities, design issues and design gaps.
• Attend any meetings related to the resolution of any request as required.

Skills Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

Mandatory Requirements:

• Knowledge of courts business processes for criminal justice, family and civil lines of businesses.
• Hands on experience in implementing solutions for criminal justice, family and civil court case management solutions.
• Knowledge of native capabilities of the system that needs to provide the functionality of courts case management.
• Hands on experience on cloud integration technologies such as Spring Integration, Azure and IBM ACE.
• Hands on experience documenting integration specifications for mainframe solutions.
• Experience in structured methodologies for the design, development, implementation and maintenance of applications.
• Hands on experience in various project and product delivery methodologies such as Agile, Waterfall, Iterative Agile, Product management.
• Experience in using technical solution design and prototyping tools to assist in JAD and design sessions with stakeholders.

Nice to Have Requirements:

• Proficiency with Microsoft suite including Word, Excel, Visio and PowerPoint.
• Experience with OPS I&IT Processes, Standards and artifacts.

Desired Skills and Experience:

• Create detailed integration specification documents, business analysis documents, user stories, business case.
• Knowledge of courts business processes for criminal justice, family and civil line of business.
• Hands on experience in implementing solutions for criminal justice, family and civil court case management solutions.
• Knowledge of native capabilities of the system that needs to provide the functionality of courts case management.
• Hands on experience on cloud integration technologies such as Spring Integration, Azure and IBM ACE.
• Hands on experience documenting integration specifications for mainframe solutions.
• Business Analysis experience at the specified level in large IT organizations, preferably within a Public Sector environment.
• Hands on experience in various project and product delivery methodologies such as Agile, Waterfall, Iterative Agile, Product management.
• Excellent facilitation and presentation skills.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Highly developed interpersonal and negotiation skills.
• A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines.

Resumes Evaluation/Criteria:

• Criteria 1: Technical Skills - 35 Points
• Criteria 2: Business Analysis Skills - 30 Points
• Criteria 3: Communication Skills - 30 Points
• Criteria 4: Public Sector Experience - 5 Points

Knowledge Transfer:

• Ensures knowledge transfer to internal staff that is, upon leaving the project, the consultant will transfer over all information/research/documents to the client.
• All related documentation about the application which will include: design, components, process flows, other documentation that was developed/ updated.

This position is currently listed as "Onsite"; however, the Assignment under this request will provisionally be "Hybrid", working 7.25 hours per calendar day, sometime between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM (excluding breaks) Monday to Friday inclusive, otherwise identified. These conditions are subject to change as the OPS reflects on its current situation. During the duration of the assignment, you will be under the discretion of the Hiring Manager's requirements for the Project you are assigned to.