Role: Senior Business Analyst RQ09032

Location: Toronto (Hybrid) onsite 3 days a week/87 Sir William Hearst Avenue

7.25 hours per day

Application Deadline: Thursday April 24, 2025 @ 3:00 pm EST

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PLEASE DO NOT APPLY UNLESS YOU MEET ALL THE "MUST HAVE" REQUIREMENTS

Must have:

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.
Reside in Ontario Canada

Nice to have:

Public sector experience

Description Section for Assignment in VMS (Flextrack):

The Ministry is seeking the services of one (1) Business Analyst, Level 3, to work as part of the Project Management \& Program Delivery project team in collaboration with the core project team, solution delivery vendor(s) and other stakeholders as required.

• Provide support during the design, implementation and testing phases of the project.

• Report progress of assignment on a regular basis to Project Management, raise any issue and concerns and propose mitigation strategies.

• Lead and/or participate in teams developing solutions within MTO's Transportation Safety (TS) Division.

• Conduct feasibility analysis, project scoping and provide project work estimates.

• Conduct Joint Requirements Planning and Joint Application Design sessions.

• Analyze and map processes / data for current state and future state.

• Requirements development involving requirements elicitation, elaboration, analysis, specification and validation.

• Use of ministry mandated requirement management tools and templates for requirements

• Review and feedback of technical design documents.

• Conduct and/or participate in walkthroughs at each project milestone.

• Knowledge transfer to TS and I\&IT Cluster at all stages of the assignment.

• Report status to, and follow overall direction from the Project Manager and/or Lead Business Analyst.

Experience and Skill Set Requirements for Assignment in VMS (Flextrack):

• Knowledge with Solutions Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and structured methodologies including agile, waterfall and iterative

• Demonstrable experience with Business Object Oriented Modeling, UML tools and techniques.

• Demonstrable skills and experience with documenting deliverables outlined in Deliverables section

• Work Experience in investigating, analyzing, estimating system applications in a large integrated mainframe and mid-tier environment

• Proven experience with all stages of automated system implementation in complex mainframe, with online and batch transactions

• Proven experience with sprint facilitation, interpretation of business needs to technical requirements, facilitation of project meetings for reviews

• Experience with the Public Sector architecture.

• Demonstrable knowledge of Public Sector applications, databases and systems; demonstrated experience working with legacy infrastructure hosting environments such as mainframe with complex applications; Experience with supporting legacy applications and transformation of legacy solutions using COTS products such as Oracle Siebel

• Demonstrable knowledge and experience working in accordance with policies and procedures of Public Service Sector

• Demonstrable knowledge of Project Management framework in the Public Sector and Architecture Checkpoint requirements

• Excellent analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills.

• Experience in conducting feasibility analysis, project scoping and providing project work estimates

• Experience with requirements development involving requirements elicitation, analysis, specification and validation

• Experience with documenting user stories, planning and managing product backlog, planning and managing sprints, and implementing in an iterative manner

• Demonstrated experience in the facilitation of project meetings for reviews

• Experience in reporting progress of assignment(s) on a regular basis to Project Management and raise any issues / concerns and propose mitigation strategies.

• Can work effectively independently and in a team environment.

• Strong communication, interpersonal, collaboration, and negotiation skills to work seamlessly in an agile cross-functional team, with clients, vendor(s) and other stakeholders.

• Excellent facilitation, presentation, time-management and problem-solving skills.

• Able to build strong and trusting relationships while liaising effectively with internal and external stakeholders and solution delivery vendor(s).

• Strong leadership skills to provide advice and guidance on all aspects of user experience and design, assessing user characteristics, needs, goals, and opportunities.

• Creative, innovative, and can think outside the box to visualize solutions that meet business needs.

• Knowledgeable in design thinking, have a user-centric mindset and attention to detail.

• Knowledge and experience with supporting Public Sector Digital First strategies; experience with working with Digital Service standards including formal submissions for assessments as per official digital standards established

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

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.
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

Business Subject Matter Knowledge and Expertise - 15%

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

Public Sector Experience - 5%

Experience with Public Sector I\&IT Solutions architecture, application design, quality assurance standards, 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 Services

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