RQ09016 - Business Analyst - Senior

Description

A Note on Assignment Type:

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, unless 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.

Scope

• Provides a comprehensive range of I&IT business analysis services for clients with diverse business and technological needs.
• Interacts with the business stakeholders and subject matter experts in order to understand their requirements through gathering, documenting, and analyzing business needs and requirements.
• Prepares and advises on business analysis policies, processes, best practices and standards to promote a comprehensive and consistent business analysis practice within the organization.

Assignment Deliverables

• Leads and conducts business analysis in order to assess clients business problems/opportunities and document the business requirements in such a way that I&IT solutions can be determined
• Applies re-engineering concepts to promote business improvements through alternative and cost effective service delivery approaches
• 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
• Develops strategies, prepares business cases and cost-benefit analysis, and conducts feasibility studies for business I&IT initiatives
• Develops sound processes for requirements gathering including but not limited to JAD sessions, interviews, mockups, etc.
• 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
• Monitors progress, resolves problems and reports regularly to I&IT management and stakeholders
• Develops performance measures and traceability matrices for business analysis evaluation and conducts follow-up
• 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
• Experience in the use of Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools to document conceptual requirements and scope
• Awareness of emerging I&IT trends and technologies
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills; verbal and written communication skills; interpersonal and negotiation skills
• A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines

SkillsExperience and Skill Set Requirements

A Note on the VOR Master Service Agreement:

The VOR Master Service Agreement which expires on April 5, 2026, leaves some Contracts with funding unassigned for fiscal 2026-27. If the current statement of work expires on March 31, 2026, the remaining funds can be used to exercise an option to extend the SOW beyond March 31, 2026, based on business case approvals. Such extensions will be allowable, only if the Master Service Agreement is extended beyond April 5, 2026, and be upon the same terms, conditions, and covenants contained in the SOW.

The start date is subject to change based on security clearances and contract signing timelines.

Experience and Skillset Requirements

Mandatory Requirements

• 8+ years experience in business analysis
• Demonstrated experience facilitating JAD sessions
• BABOK (Business Analysis Body of Knowledge) certification and/or demonstrated knowledge with the key BABOK concepts, tasks, techniques and skills
• Demonstrated experience in creating Business Cases, Business Requirements Document, other Business requirements artefacts and testing documentation
• Demonstrated experience in data migration, including mapping between source and target systems, analysis of data fields required to migrate data, exchange data or to provide a data feed between internal systems and third-party applications
• Demonstrated experience in producing quality analysis of data sets and outputs such as detailed data maps, data dictionary, business rules, mapping rules, functional specifications, interface specifications, use cases, test cases etc

Desired Skills and Experience

• Creating detailed business analysis documents, user stories, business case
• Knowledge of native capabilities of the system that needs to provide the functionality of courts case management
• Business Analysis experience at the specified level in large IT organizations, preferably within an OPS environment
• Hands on experience in various project and product delivery methodologies such as:
  • Agile
  • Waterfall
  • Iterative Agile
  • Product management
• Budgeting and Forecasting

Resumes Evaluation/Criteria:

Criteria 1: Business Analyst Skills - 30 Points

• 8+ years experience in business analysis
• Demonstrated experience facilitating JAD sessions
• BABOK (Business Analysis Body of Knowledge) certification and/or demonstrated knowledge with the key BABOK concepts, tasks, techniques and skills
• Demonstrated experience in creating Business Cases, Business Requirements Document, other Business requirements artefacts and testing documentation
• Demonstrated experience working on large systems implementation
• Working knowledge of system concepts and development methodologies to support business applications
• Demonstrated experience in project co-ordination and project management activities

Criteria 2: Architecture Knowledge / Experience - 35 Points

• Demonstrated experience in data migration, including mapping between source and target systems, analysis of data fields required to migrate data, exchange data or to provide a data feed between internal systems and third-party applications
• Demonstrated experience in producing quality analysis of data sets and outputs such as detailed data maps, data dictionary, business rules, mapping rules, functional specifications, interface specifications, use cases, test cases etc.
• Demonstrated experience in developing documentation towards production readiness such as support model, SLAs and checklists
• Demonstrated experienced in system and user acceptance testing
• Demonstrated experience in solution design and architecture
• Demonstrated experience in end to end handling project financials and resource management
• Demonstrated experience in defect identification and documentation using defect management tools
• Demonstrated experience with technical solution design and prototyping tools to facilitate JAD and design sessions
• Hands on experience in various project and product delivery methodologies such as:
  • Agile
  • Waterfall
  • Iterative Agile
  • Product management

Criteria 3: Communication - 30 Points

• Demonstrated experience in negotiating with business stakeholders on functional design issues and detailed solution design sessions, negotiating on issues for production
• Experience in documenting project status reports, project tracking for resources, finances, progress, issues and risks

Criteria 4: Public Sector Experience - 5 Points

• Demonstrated experience working within an organization of equivalent size and complexity to the Ontario Public Service
• Experience in working with Architectural artifacts within the OPS would be an asset

Knowledge Transfer

What needs to be KT

• All documentation relating to the application /functional and technical specifications for systems development. Which include: design, components, process flows, other documentation that was developed/ updated

To whom

• Manager / Project Manager / Team members

When

• Knowledge Transfer to occur throughout the project life cycle.
• 1:1 meetings / team meetings / documentation on SharePoint site

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, unless 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.

• 8+ years experience in business analysis
• Demonstrated experience facilitating JAD sessions.
• BABOK (Business Analysis Body of Knowledge) certification and/or demonstrated knowledge with the key BABOK concepts, tasks, techniques, and skills.
• Demonstrated experience in creating Business Cases, Business Requirements Document, other Business requirements artefacts and testing documentation.
• Demonstrated experience in data migration, including mapping between source and target systems, analysis of data fields required to migrate data, exchange data or to provide a data feed between internal systems and third-party applications.
• Demonstrated experience in producing quality analysis of data sets and outputs such as detailed data maps, data dictionary, business rules, mapping rules, functional specifications, interface specifications, use cases, test cases etc