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RQ10614 - Business Analyst - Senior

Maarut
1 month ago
Contract
On-site
Toronto, Toronto, Canada

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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.
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  • Provide support during the design, implementation and testing phases of the project.
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  • Report progress of assignment on a regular basis to Project Management, raise any issue and concerns and propose mitigation strategies.
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  • Lead and\/or participate in teams developing solutions within MTO's Transportation Safety (TS) Division.
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  • Conduct feasibility analysis, project scoping and provide project work estimates.
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  • Conduct Joint Requirements Planning and Joint Application Design sessions.
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  • Analyze and map processes \/ data for current state and future state.
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  • Requirements development involving requirements elicitation, elaboration, analysis, specification and validation.
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  • Use of ministry mandated requirement management tools and templates for requirements
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  • Review and feedback of technical design documents.
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  • Conduct and\/or participate in walkthroughs at each project milestone.
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  • Knowledge transfer to TS and I&IT Cluster at all stages of the assignment.
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  • Report status to, and follow overall direction from the Project Manager and\/or Lead Business Analyst.
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    The Deliverables include (but are not limited to):
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    • Business Cases and Request for Bids
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    • Business requirements \/ rules
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    • Business process models
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    • System Requirements specifications
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    • Business \/ Data Glossary
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    • Business and System use cases
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    • User epics, stories and themes \/ Product backlog and sprint plans
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    • Data requirements \/ models (conceptual \/ logical)
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    • Functional and Non\-functional requirements
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    • Requirements Traceability Matrices
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    • User Interface specifications, low and high fidelity prototypes
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    • Report specifications
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    • Test plan\/strategies, test cases
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    • Risks and Issues
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    • Status reports
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    • Work plans, e.g. requirements management plan
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    • Artefacts\/documents required for enterprise architecture development from a business needs point\-of\-view (contextual and conceptual), as required for the Architecture Governance Point review process
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    • Other artefacts as determined by the project
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      Support to Development and Test teams in following areas (but are not limited to):
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      • Building and testing support to development team
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      • Reviewing test strategy, test plan and cases
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      • Management of defect logs
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      • Testing Applications
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      • Supporting end\-user inquiries
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      • Defining the integration test plan
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      • Defining the user acceptance test plan
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      • Identification and resolution of problems\/issues
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      • Document and manage risks and liaise with other project teams to coordinate project interdependencies.
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      • Documentation of all artefacts in a shared project library.
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        Requirements<\/h3>

        Experience and Skill Set Requirements:<\/span><\/u><\/b>
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        Must Haves:<\/span><\/u><\/b>
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        • 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. 
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        • Ability to document requirements using story boarding utilizing tools such as Azure DevOps and Jira
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        • Experience with engaging business and IT stakeholders, understand requirements for new functionality or changes to existing ones and providing high level and detailed estimates
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        • 5+ years of exp in BA
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          Skill Set Requirements:<\/span><\/u><\/b>
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          • Knowledge with Solutions Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and structured methodologies including agile, waterfall and iterative
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          • Demonstrable experience with Business Object Oriented Modeling, UML tools and techniques.
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          • Demonstrable skills and experience with documenting deliverables outlined in Deliverables section
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          • Work Experience in investigating, analyzing, estimating system applications in a large integrated mainframe and mid\-tier environment
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          • Proven experience with all stages of automated system implementation in complex mainframe, with online and batch transactions
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          • Proven experience with sprint facilitation, interpretation of business needs to technical requirements, facilitation of project meetings for reviews
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          • Experience with the Public Sector architecture.
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          • 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
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          • Demonstrable knowledge and experience working in accordance with policies and procedures of Public Service Sector
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          • Demonstrable knowledge of Project Management framework in the Public Sector and Architecture Checkpoint requirements
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          • Excellent analytical, problem solving and decision\-making skills.
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          • Experience in conducting feasibility analysis, project scoping and providing project work estimates
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          • Experience with requirements development involving requirements elicitation, analysis, specification and validation
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          • Experience with documenting user stories, planning and managing product backlog, planning and managing sprints, and implementing in an iterative manner
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          • Demonstrated experience in the facilitation of project meetings for reviews
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          • Experience in reporting progress of assignment(s) on a regular basis to Project Management and raise any issues \/ concerns and propose mitigation strategies.
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          • Can work effectively independently and in a team environment.
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          • Strong communication, interpersonal, collaboration, and negotiation skills to work seamlessly in an agile cross\-functional team, with clients, vendor(s) and other stakeholders.
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          • Excellent facilitation, presentation, time\-management and problem\-solving skills.
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          • Able to build strong and trusting relationships while liaising effectively with internal and external stakeholders and solution delivery vendor(s).
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          • Strong leadership skills to provide advice and guidance on all aspects of user experience and design, assessing user characteristics, needs, goals, and opportunities.
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          • Creative, innovative, and can think outside the box to visualize solutions that meet business needs.
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          • Knowledgeable in design thinking, have a user\-centric mindset and attention to detail.
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          • 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
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          • Creative, analytical approach and strong understanding of interaction design principles, including ability and experience to deliver mock\-ups using advanced tools
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          • Able to resolve issues in a timely manner, provide options and recommendations.
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          • Thrive on feedback and comfortable transforming ideas generated through user research and analysis to create elegant, effective designs for diverse audiences.
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          • Understand business metrics and able to translate business goals and objectives into digital experiences.
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          • Able to prioritize change requests from clients and guide the team in determining how best to address them.
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          • Knowledge to ensure compliance with requirements for accessibility and user centric design including Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and Simpler, Better, Faster Services Act
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          • Strong research skills to perform industry research, provide options and make recommendations for solution improvements.
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            Modeling and Methodologies:<\/b>
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            • 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. 
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            • Demonstrated experience with Business Object Oriented Modelling, UML tools and techniques
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            • Demonstrated experience with Public Sector Digital Service Standard and Digital assessment processes
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            • Experience with the Zachman framework , Public Sector Architecture Governance Points and deliverables
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              Technical Skills:<\/b>
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              • Proven experience in investigating, analyzing and estimating system applications in a large integrated mainframe and mid\-tier environment
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              • Experience with all stages of automated system implementation in complex mainframe, with online batch, and Financial reconciliation transactions
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              • Experience working with legacy infrastructure hosting environments such as mainframe with complex applications; Experience with supporting legacy applications and modernizing
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              • Demonstrated experience with implementation of business solutions using Custom off the Shelf solution implementations such as Oracle Siebel based systems and photo comparison technologies
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              • Ability to document requirements using story boarding utilizing tools such as Azure DevOps and Jira
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              • Demonstrated experience with HP ALM (Quality Center) to support test activities
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              • Experience with prototyping tools to deliver high quality prototypes and mock\-ups
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              • Experience with submitting and managing project collateral (conceptual and logical) in repository tools such as PowerDesigner
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              • Experience with reporting tools such as Microsoft Power BI
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                Business Analysis Skills:<\/b>
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                • Experience with engaging business and IT stakeholders, understand requirements for new functionality or changes to existing ones and providing high level and detailed estimates
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                • Ability to write high quality business cases, working with corporate governance bodies and navigating approvals
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                • 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.)
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                • Demonstrated experience with JAD\/Sprint session facilitation and the ability to interpret business needs to technical requirements
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                • Demonstrated ability in conducting feasibility analysis, project scoping and providing project work estimates
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                • Experience with requirements development involving requirements elicitation, analysis, specification and validation
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                  Communication Skills:<\/b>
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                  • Excellent analytical, problem solving and decision\-making skills
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                  • Excellent communication skills
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                  • Demonstrated experience in the facilitation of project meetings for reviews
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                  • Experience in reporting progress of assignment on a regular basis to Project Management and raise any issues \/ concerns and propose mitigation strategies
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                  • Experience with creating automated information and status reporting
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                     Business Subject Matter Knowledge and Expertise:<\/b>
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                    • 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
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                      Public Sector Experience:<\/b>
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                      • Experience with Public Sector I&IT Solutions architecture, application design, quality assurance standards, project delivery methodologies, and practices
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                      • 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
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                      • Experience working in accordance with Acts, Policies and Procedures of Public Sector Services
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