Senior Business Analyst

About the role

Requirements: What you'll need

Skills, Knowledge, Experience, and Qualifications:

Desirable Skills:

Experience in the use of information retrieval packages

Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices

Ability to translate business and data requirements into specifications sufficient for designing appropriate technology solutions

Experience with a wide range of methods, tools and techniques for business analysis such as: business functional modelling, business event modelling, business process mapping

Experience in structured, object oriented and agile methodologies for user requirements

Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

Lead and conducts business analysis in order to assess client’s business problems/opportunities and documents the business requirements in such a way that I&IT solutions can be determined.

Defining/Clarifying requirements to clarify any ambiguities and ensure stories are well-defined, prioritized, and ready for development

Supporting the Product Owner as a bridge between the product owner and development team

Participating in backlog refinement; prioritize tasks, ensure alignment with business objectives

Support Stakeholder communication - keep stakeholders informed on progress, changes, and any issues that arise

Experience with working in an Agile project environment.

Participate/Lead Sprint Ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, and Sprint Retrospectives

Validate Deliverables - ensure that developed features meet business needs and acceptance criteria

Assist in user acceptance testing (UAT) or review use cases

Experience with public sector activities including information, workflows and approvals related to permitting, inspections, incidents and legal actions (investigations, prosecutions, convictions).

Experience with working with business area stakeholders and IT staff to review business needs, requirements elaboration, documentation related to current state and future state.

Experience with data analysis to uncover insights into current use of key business functions connecting to and querying Oracle databases

Experience with tools like DevOPS for backlog management and documenting requirements.

Must Have:

Lead and conducts business analysis in order to assess client’s business problems/opportunities and documents the business requirements in such a way that I&IT solutions can be determined.

Experience with working in an Agile project environment.