The Business Analyst provides technology planning, business analysis, systems design and client support services. Provides technical and project management expertise for multiple, concurrent, medium sized projects from initiation to completion. Experience with multiple project management methodologies including traditional, scrum and agile, and knowledge of how to use best practices and principles to deliver high quality products and services is an asset. The Business Analyst works with Product Owners to manage expectations and timelines, resolves problems, and removes impediments to support self-organizing teams that are flexible and cross-functional and fully productive.
The ideal candidate is comfortable working on an agile team and works to manage upgrades, deliver cyclical releases, capture enhancements, and solution break fixes. The smaller ministry size can bring broader work to the role which can include process redesign, technology planning, systems design and client support services. This position will use best practices and principles to deliver high quality products and services
Job Requirements:
- Degree in computer science or business field and three years related work experience* OR
- An equivalent combination of education and related work experience may be considered.
*Related work experience must include three (3) or more of the following:
- Experience working within agile software development teams on cyclical sprint releases (ie gathering business requirements, writing tickets for developers, running user acceptance testing).
- Experience in change management processes and project management methodologies.
- Experience providing business analysis, requirements gathering, testing, supporting and or maintaining for complex systems/services which have multi-ministry stakeholders or multiple lines of business.
- Experience leading technical projects, project teams, managing project timelines, contractors and/or consultants.