Business Analyst - Senior

We do have a job opening for Business Analyst - Senior for our direct client Province of Ontario. The position details are given below: Job Details: Job ID: RQ11111 - Business Analyst - Senior Location : 87 Sir William Hearst Ave., Toronto, Ontario M3M 0B4 / 301 St Paul St, St. Catharines, ON L2R 3M8 Duration: 12 Months + Extension Type: Onsite Job Description: The Ministry is seeking the services of 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. Must Have Skills: 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. Excellent communication skills 8+ year of experience in BA Experience and Skill Set Requirements: 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 Public Sector Digital Service Standard and Digital assessment processes Experience with the Zachman framework , Public Sector Architecture Governance Points and deliverables Experience with Public Sector I&IT Solutions architecture, application design, quality assurance standards, project delivery methodologies, and practices Technical Skills - 15% 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