Senior Business Systems Analyst

Job Title: Senior Business Systems Analyst

Location: Toronto, ON

Estimated Duration: 6 Months

Description of Assignment
Transportation Services is looking for an experienced Business Systems Analyst
to work with Road Allowance and Control System (RACS) Modernization Project
team, who can document the requirements, present implementation options and,
if required, take lead role during the implementation at Business Requirements &
Analysis stage in collaboration with various subject matter experts from the
Transportation Services Division and the I&T Division.
Road Allowance and Control System (RACS) Modernization Project is aimed to
replace the 25-year-old legacy system and its interfaces with a modernized tool
that will address increased operational demands, have enhanced functionality, and be compliant with the legislative and security (CISO) requirements. It will allow Permits & Enforcements staff to provide the services more efficiently when issuing and processing approx. 45,000 permits and facilitating city’s revenue generation annually. 

Assignment Duties 
The Business Systems Analyst will work as a part project team to provide business and technical services in support of the project performing duties during
Requirements Gathering and Analysis Stage (in SDLC) and COTS Procurement assigned as per the following:
1. Gather and document business and systems requirements and/or specifications. Validate any existing business and systems requirements and/or specifications. Identify opportunities for business process
improvements in consultation with business and technical stakeholder.
2. Document any changes to business and systems requirements and/or specifications, business procedures, processes, roles and responsibilities; validate the requirements and participate in fit-gap analysis for new COTS product or SaaS.
3. Document functional and non-functional requirements, compose
functional design specification and others supplementary specifications including screens mock-ups, report layouts, data flows, ETL
Specifications, etc.
4. Develop use case models, business processes ‘as is’ and ‘to be’,
activity diagrams, and entity relationship diagrams by using Business Processes Modeling (BPM)/its Notation (BPMN)/ Unified Modeling
Language (UML);
5. Participate in project activities related to documenting the needs and requirements in areas of user experience (e.g. wireframes and UI/UX prototyping)
6. Provide business and technical services to meet project objectives including business process reviews related to system architecture, application design, analysis, data work/ETL, development, testing, training and implementation.
7. Prepare technical reports and assessments by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.
8. Communicate, collaborate and co-ordinate with management, business groups and the project team to facilitate and/or deliver project documentation and Knowledge Transfer.
9. Conduct studies on the feasibility of integrating technology and
processes to deliver a range of services to the client if required.
10. Work closely with the project team to deliver information software solutions (COTS) or SaaS;
11. Prepare business operational procedures, training materials and deliver training.
12. Facilitate rollout and support others environment/release management activities.
13. Track and resolve project problems, defects and issues;
14. Perform other project duties as required

It is important that the Services be undertaken by a Business Systems Analyst who can demonstrate specific knowledge of, and experience in performing similar work for projects of comparable nature, size and scope and producing project deliverables as detailed below.
Qualifications and Experience:
? University degree in computer science or related discipline, and 7+ years of progressively more responsible experience working on large-scale information technology projects or the approved equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
? 7+ years extensive experience and ability to perform requirements gathering, impact analysis, interview subject matter experts, conduct working sessions, facilitate joint-application-design sessions and mapping of business processes;
? Demonstrated experience to lead the business requirements definition process, analyze and document proposals and requirements relative to the design and development solutions.
? 7+ years working experience in preparing project documentation such as business, functional and non-functional requirements, business process workflow, data modeling blueprints, architecture diagrams, supporting technical design specification documentation.
? 3+ years working experience in evaluating digital solutions, delivering jurisdictional scan documentation, feasibility studies, and evaluations, recommending architecture options, providing technical consultation on recommended solutions.
? Experience in a government/public sector setting on modernization and replacement legacy system projects.
? Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain an effective working relationship with clients and projects stakeholders with a strong customer service orientation; have highly developed interpersonal skills and communication ability to interact and work effectively.

Technical Capabilities:
? 7+ years of working experience in similar or larger initiatives with extensive usage of Business Processes Modeling (BPM)/its Notation (BPMN)/ Unified
Modeling Language (UML);
? 7+ years working experience in preparing project documentation such as business requirements, use cases, business rules repository, requirements traceability matrix, functional and non-functional requirements and specifications, context diagram, blueprints, architecture diagrams, supporting technical design specification documentation.
? 5+ years working experience in evaluating digital solutions, delivering jurisdictional scan documentation, feasibility studies, and evaluations, recommending architecture options, providing technical consultation on recommended solutions;
? Working experience in supporting new software product procurements (COTS) /RFx
? Working experience with technical and business teams in supporting Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), Security Threat and Risk Assessment (STRA), Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA)

Deliverables
? Business Requirements Document(s)
? Business Processes ‘as is’ and ‘to be’ (Visio/ BPMN)
? Functional and Non-Functional requirements (incl. Data and ETL
Requirements, Business Rules Table, Reporting Requirements, etc.)
? Business Rules Repository
? Requirements Traceability Matrix
? Functional Design Specification Document including Systems Integration and ETL
? Use Cases
? Develop Data Migration Plan/Requirements materials
? Optional Analysis and/or Environmental Tech Assessment Document(s)