Senior Business Analyst

Duration: 6 months Contract with Possibility of ExtensionLocation: Peterborough or Toronto, ON HybridCandidate will be picking up the laptop from the office 300 Water PeterboroughJob DescriptionMust haves:Experience leading technical needs assessment for multi-stakeholder, geospatial solution discovery projectsExperience fostering engagement, and developing effective requirement gathering strategiesNice to haveStrong BAExperience and Skill Set RequirementsBusiness Needs Assessment - 40Experience leading technical needs assessment for multi-stakeholder, geospatial solution discovery projectsExperience fostering engagement, and developing effective requirement gathering strategiesExperience with business and use case modelling, conceptual and logical data modellingExperience rapidly and succinctly documenting discovery outcomesExperience assessing client business requirements and identifying best technology solutions from among alternatives to help ensure clients' expectations are satisfied in a cost-effective mannerExperience identifying, researching, developing and assessing information related to architecture and data management options, policies, standards and methods for the purpose of making business recommendationsExperience evaluating directions, trends, standards and policies in a complex and evolving environment using multiple sources of guidanceCommunication Experience - 30Experience communicating, presenting, facilitating, and leading client dialogues to reach agreement on technological requirements to meet established business (functional) needs, and design solution frameworksExperience providing advice, leading workshops, developing, and delivering presentations to clients and senior managementExperience establishing successful working relationships with management, staff and clientsExperience participating in committees and contributing to project status meetingsExperience resolving conflictExperience communicating technical concepts to lay audiencesExperience negotiating to achieve consensusTechnical Experience - 25Knowledge and experience of geospatial data and development, or related experience.Experience leading geospatial based projectsExperience leading IT Infrastructure modernization and maintenance focused projectsExperience with ArcGIS Portal and/or ArcGIS OnlineExperience with business analysis processes, tools, technology, methodologies, and modelling expertise to undertake option analysis, process re-engineering assignments, research, test and implement systemsExperience identifying and assessing the impacts of new solutions or enhancements on existing services and infrastructure for performance, sustainability and robustnessExperience with the product management life cycle, developing a product vision and strategy, and have led multi-disciplinary teams to achieve that vision from concept to launch using such methods as agileExperience integrating product objectives, goals, and metrics in order to oversee the development and implementation of large-scale projectsExperience 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 planningExperience with industry trends in user experience design, integrated systems, solutions and infrastructureIT Public Sector Experience - 5#MON

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