Business Analyst 7740-0915
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HM Note: This hybrid role will be onsite as per the guidelines of the HM and commences October 21 2024. and nbsp;
Hybrid work arrangements are supported. Successful candidates will need to report to either the Peterborough or Toronto MNR office in order to both receive and return an Ontario Public Service imaged laptop.
- 300 WATER STREET NORTH TOWER FLOOR 4 PETERBOROUGH ONTARIO
- 40 ST CLAIR AVENUE WEST FLOOR 11 TORONTO ONTARIO
Description:
In this role the successful candidate will be required to and nbsp;lead short business needs analysis for 5 projects under the Geospatial Ontario IT Program and nbsp;(please see attachments for more information):
- Intake item #197 LIO Modernize Data Maintenance (LIO Editor) (27.3% allocation or 30 days of effort)
- This project aims to review the data editing and maintenance requirements of users and data owners across the province. Results should be combined with the discovery outcomes of items 204 and 205 to design a replacement for the legacy LIO Editor/Mapper/Reporter toolset; i.e. recommend new Geospatial Ontario data maintenance solution(s).
- Intake item #204 Providing Access to OPS GIS to LIO Warehouse (13.6% allocation or 15 days of effort)
- This project aims to review the Geospatial Ontario Warehouse (authoritative geospatial data database) data access solutions against the needs of their users. The objective is to identify solutions available for decommissioning design recommended solutions for development as well as inform the development of new data modelling standards and/or the new data maintenance solution(s) (LIO Editor/Mapper/Reporter replacement).
- Intake item #205 LIO Data Modelling Standards (13.6% allocation or 15 days of effort)
- This project aims to understand data owner required data model control what and how those data models need to change and how those changes can support future user data access and data maintenance (LIO Editor/Mapper/Reporter replacement) solutioning.
- Intake Item #289 GIS Delivery Platform Modernization FY2425 (18.2% allocation or 20 days of effort)
- This is an ad hoc modernization project for the GIS Delivery Platform (GDP). Work this fiscal will focus on analyzing platform monitoring analytics and operational management modernization requirements then implementing recommendations.
- Intake Item #321 ArcGIS Portal (27.3% allocation or 30 days of effort)
- This is a new highpriority project for multiple ministries. Following business needs analysis in conjunction with Esri last fiscal work this fiscal focuses on finalizing that discovery formalizing infrastructure design canvas provisioning required resources configuring then deploying a Portal for ArcGIS Enterprise deployment site (multiple environment) for multiministry shared usage. Esri is being brought in to support project work.
The successful candidate maybe redeployed to other Geospatial Ontario IT Program projects:
- Intake Item #288 GIS Delivery Platform Planned Maintenance FY2425
- This is an annually reoccurring maintenance project for the GIS Delivery Platform (GDP). Work this fiscal will focus on software patching Portal for ArcGIS implementation Geocortex to VertiGIS migration Cyber Security analysis/mitigations and platform architecture review/documentation.
The GDP is a comprehensive suite of interconnected GIS related infrastructure. It includes the hardware software and networking components required to deliver corporate applications web services data and geomatics tools. and nbsp;
As of June 2024 LIO or Land Information Ontario is now known as GEO or Geospatial Ontario.
All Geospatial Ontario IT Program projects are composed of both IT Source FeeForService and Full Time Employee resources.
Projects will maintain independent as well as Program and Corporate level governance.
Responsibilities :
- Provides a comprehensive range of I and amp;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.
General Skills:
- Leads and conducts business analysis in order to assess clients business problems/opportunities and documents the business requirements in such a way that I and amp;IT solutions can be determined.
- Applies reengineering 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 costbenefit analysis and conducts feasibility studies for business I and amp;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 nonfunctional requirements definitions for assigned projects.
- Monitors progress resolves problems and reports regularly to I and amp;IT management and stakeholders.
- Develops performance measures and traceability matrices for business analysis evaluation and conducts followups.
- Experience developing strategies preparing business cases and costbenefit analysis.
- Experience conducting requirements gathering developing documentation including presentations and briefing notes and conducting stakeholder engagement.
- Excellent analytical problemsolving and decisionmaking skills; verbal and written communication skills; interpersonal and negotiation skills.
- A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines.
Desirable Skills:
- Experience and nbsp;leading discovery on projects involving and nbsp; and nbsp;Esribased geospatial solutions ArcGIS Portal ArcGIS Online ArcGIS Server ArcGIS Image Server and nbsp;GIS infrastructure middleware maintenance services applications databases monitoring and tools
- Experience and nbsp;leading discovery on projects involving and nbsp;integrated networking technologies Microsoft Azure Oracle Spatial MS Fabric midrange server enterprise storage and personal computer system technologies
- 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 requirement assessments.
- Experience developing performance measures for business analysis evaluation and subsequent followups.
- Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards.
Skills
Experience and Skill Set Requirements
Business Needs Assessment 40
- Experience leading technical needs assessment for multistakeholder geospatial solution discovery projects
- Experience fostering engagement and developing effective requirement gathering strategies
- Experience with business and use case modelling conceptual and logical data modelling
- Experience rapidly and succinctly documenting discovery outcomes
- Experience assessing client business requirements and identifying best technology solutions from among alternatives to help ensure clients expectations are satisfied in a costeffective manner
- Experience identifying researching developing and assessing information related to architecture and data management options policies standards and methods for the purpose of making business recommendations
- Experience evaluating directions trends standards and policies in a complex and evolving environment using multiple sources of guidance
Communication Experience 30
- Experience communicating presenting facilitating and leading client dialogues to reach agreement on technological requirements to meet established business (functional) needs and design solution frameworks
- Experience providing advice leading workshops developing and delivering presentations to clients and senior management
- Experience establishing successful working relationships with management staff and clients
- Experience participating in committees and contributing to project status meetings
Technical Experience 25
- Experience leading geospatial (Esri) based projects e.g. ArcGIS Portal and/or ArcGIS Online
- Experience leading IT solution discovery e.g. On premises vs. cloud provider based solutions.
- Experience with and nbsp;business analysis processes tools technology methodologies and modelling expertise to undertake option analysis process reengineering assignments research test and implement systems
- Experience identifying and assessing the impacts of new solutions or enhancements on existing services and infrastructure for performance sustainability and robustness
- Experience with the product management life cycle developing a product vision and strategy and have led multidisciplinary teams to achieve that vision from concept to launch using such methods as agile
- Experience integrating product objectives goals and metrics in order to oversee the development and implementation of largescale projects
- Experience with software development life cycles software design development and integration reporting tools database concepts user interface design principles change management quality assurance risk management disaster recovery planning and business continuity planning
- Experience with industry trends in user experience design integrated systems solutions and infrastructure
IT Public Sector Experience 5
- Experience supporting discovery projects in the Land and Resources I and amp;IT Cluster (LRC)
- Experience navigating the Ontario Government to efficiently and successfully engage with multidiscipline stakeholders
- Experience supporting the discovery and design of new IT solutions within the Ontario Government
- Experience with policies directives guidelines and procedures related to service delivery processes enterprise business architecture and current trends and technologies related to businessdriven IT solutions
Must haves:
- Experience leading technical needs assessment for multistakeholder geospatial solution discovery projects
- Experience fostering engagement and developing effective requirement gathering strategies
Nice to have:
- Strong skills on business analyst
Employment Type
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