senior business analyst.

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Business Analyst to join our team in Toronto for a 12-month contract. This role is essential for driving the delivery of complex, high-impact public service applications. You will be responsible for bridging the gap between business stakeholders and technical teams, managing the end-to-end requirements lifecycle, and supporting modernization efforts for legacy mainframe and mid-tier environments.

Duration: 12-month contract
Location: Toronto, ON (Onsite)

Rate: $525.36-$561.43/hr.

Advantages
High-Visibility Projects: Lead modernization efforts for critical public infrastructure used by millions.

Professional Growth: Gain deep experience in Public Sector Architecture Governance and Digital Assessment processes.

Collaborative Environment: Work in a multidisciplinary team alongside UX designers, product managers, and cloud architects.

Technical Variety: Engage with a diverse tech stack ranging from legacy mainframes to modern cloud-native and COTS implementations.

Responsibilities
Requirements Management: Lead elicitation, analysis, and validation of functional and non-functional requirements. Utilize storyboarding in Azure DevOps and Jira to define user epics and stories.

Strategic Planning: Author high-quality business cases, conduct feasibility analyses, and provide detailed project work estimates for corporate governance approvals.

Modeling & Design: Develop Business Process Models, Data Models (conceptual/logical), and System Use Cases using UML techniques and tools like PowerDesigner.

Agile Leadership: Facilitate JAD/Sprint sessions and lead sprint planning and backlog refinement within Agile and iterative delivery frameworks.

Modernization Support: Analyze and document requirements for modernizing legacy mainframe systems and implementing COTS solutions (e.g., Oracle Siebel).

Testing & QA Support: Collaborate with QA teams to review test strategies, define integration and User Acceptance Test (UAT) plans, and manage defect logs using HP ALM.

Stakeholder Engagement: Facilitate project walkthroughs at key milestones and act as a liaison between business units, IT clusters, and vendor partners.

Reporting: Create automated status reports and performance dashboards using Microsoft Power BI.

Qualifications
Core Experience: Extensive background as a Senior BA in large-scale enterprise or public sector environments.

Methodologies: Mastery of the SDLC, including Waterfall, Agile, and the Zachman Framework. Familiarity with Public Sector Digital Service Standards is highly preferred.

Technical Proficiency: Hands-on experience with Jira, Azure DevOps, HP ALM, PowerDesigner, and Power BI.

Legacy Systems: Proven experience working with integrated mainframe environments, online batch processing, and financial reconciliation transactions.

Artifact Development: Demonstrated ability to produce a wide range of deliverables, including BRDs, FSDs, Requirements Traceability Matrices (RTM), and Request for Bids (RFB).

Specialized Knowledge: Understanding of public services related to licensing, registration, enforcement, and fraud prevention is a significant asset.

Soft Skills: Exceptional analytical problem-solving skills and the ability to present complex technical information to non-technical stakeholders.

Summary
If you are a strategic thinker with a deep technical toolkit and a track record of delivering complex software solutions in the company, we encourage you to apply today!

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

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