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Business Analyst

Newfound Recruiting
15 hours ago
On-site
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
$65 - $80 USD hourly

Business Analyst

Contract Term:12 months, with possible extension


Location:

  • This role is a hybrid position and must be filled by individuals residing within National Capital Region
  • Work from outside National Capital Region is not permitted.


Hourly Pay

  • $65-80 per hour

(This represents the expected hourly compensation for this role.)

Vacancy Status

  • This posting is for an existing contract vacancy.


Tasks / Deliverables

Key Responsibilities

  • Requirements elicitation and documentation in various formats (i.e., User stories, Business Requirements Document (BRD) etc.) for considered alternatives;
  • Translate business requirements into technical data specifications and analytical models;
  • Perform business analyses of functional requirements to identify information, procedures, and decision flows;
  • Evaluate existing procedures and methods, identify and document items such as database content, structure, integrated application subsystems;
  • Analyze and map the existing business model and the operations, identify areas with scope for improvement;
  • Analyze and evaluate existing business process;
  • Define and document interfaces of manual to automated operations within application subsystems, to external systems, and between new and existing systems;
  • Establish acceptance test criteria with client;
  • Develop and establish service level agreements;
  • Assist in the formalization of business process standards;
  • Support and use the selected organizational methodologies;
  • Assist in the development of organizational methodologies and tools;
  • Analyze and develop of business success "critical success factors";
  • Analyze and develop of architecture requirements design, process development, process mapping and training;
  • Responsible for leading other functional staff to define business strategy and processes in support of transformation and change management activities;
  • Participate in change impact analysis and change management activities;
  • Participate in organizational realignment;
  • Coordinate development of training and coordination with other stakeholders;
  • Create presentations and present to various stakeholders and facilitate meetings and discussions.
  • Document data definitions and ensure alignment with enterprise standards;
  • Clean, transform, and model structured and semi-structured datasets;
  • Validate transformations across Bronze / Silver / Gold layers (Databricks/lakehouse);
  • Perform data reconciliation and identify discrepancies;
  • Create and manage test datasets to support development and testing;
  • Support data quality validation and reconciliation processes;
  • Maintain documentation for dashboards, pipelines, and business rules;
  • Define test scenarios covering business use cases and edge cases including integration and nonfunctional requirements; and
  • Work closely with Delivery/Integration Lead for UAT coordination and readiness. This includes creating test cases, test data creation and conducting UAT
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The Proposed Resource should have the following requirements, at a minimum:
 

  • Previous relevant experience as a Business Analyst;
  • Experience working in Azure DevOps or similar environments;
  • Ability to use Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio to review data; andUnderstanding SQL scripts and PowerShell scripts
  • Experience with Azure DevOps, Databricks, SQL, the Microsoft ecosystem and other enterprise data platform initiatives (large scale data migrations).


Requirements

  • Security Clearance: Must be eligible for Reliability level Federal Security Clearance (generally requires 5 years of residence in Canada)
  • Applicants must be legally eligible to work in Canada


Language Requirements

  • Proficiency in English (spoken and written) is required for this role.


Use of Artificial Intelligence

  • Artificial intelligence may be used in the screening or assessment of applicants for this role.


Additional Information

  • Accommodations are available throughout the recruitment process upon request.


Application Process

  • Qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.
  • Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.


The key duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

 
  • Requirements elicitation and documentation in various formats (i.e., User stories, Business Requirements Document (BRD) etc.) for considered alternatives;
  • Translate business requirements into technical data specifications and analytical models;
  • Perform business analyses of functional requirements to identify information, procedures, and decision flows;
  • Evaluate existing procedures and methods, identify and document items such as database content, structure, integrated application subsystems;
  • Analyze and map the existing business model and the operations, identify areas with scope for improvement;
  • Analyze and evaluate existing business process;
  • Define and document interfaces of manual to automated operations within application subsystems, to external systems, and between new and existing systems;
  • Establish acceptance test criteria with client;
  • Develop and establish service level agreements;
  • Assist in the formalization of business process standards;
  • Support and use the selected organizational methodologies;
  • Assist in the development of organizational methodologies and tools;
  • Analyze and develop of business success "critical success factors";
  • Analyze and develop of architecture requirements design, process development, process mapping and training;
  • Responsible for leading other functional staff to define business strategy and processes in support of transformation and change management activities;
  • Participate in change impact analysis and change management activities;
  • Participate in organizational realignment;
  • Coordinate development of training and coordination with other stakeholders;
  • Create presentations and present to various stakeholders and facilitate meetings and discussions.
  • Document data definitions and ensure alignment with enterprise standards;
  • Clean, transform, and model structured and semi-structured datasets;
  • Validate transformations across Bronze / Silver / Gold layers (Databricks/lakehouse);
  • Perform data reconciliation and identify discrepancies;
  • Create and manage test datasets to support development and testing;
  • Support data quality validation and reconciliation processes;
  • Maintain documentation for dashboards, pipelines, and business rules;
  • Define test scenarios covering business use cases and edge cases including integration and nonfunctional requirements; and
  • Work closely with Delivery/Integration Lead for UAT coordination and readiness. This includes creating test cases, test data creation and conducting UAT
The Proposed Resource should have the following requirements, at a minimum:
 
  • Previous relevant experience as a Business Analyst;
  • Experience working in Azure DevOps or similar environments;
  • Ability to use Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio to review data; andUnderstanding SQL scripts and PowerShell scripts
  • Experience with Azure DevOps, Databricks, SQL, the Microsoft ecosystem and other enterprise data platform initiatives (large scale data migrations).