Senior IT Business Analyst

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Job Title: RFS-1016035 – Senior IT Business Analyst – 3 Resources

Contract: 1 Year

Working Status:Onsite

Location: Regina, Sask

Planned Start date: 04/28/2025

Planned End date: 03/31/2026

Position and Project Description

Looking for IT Business Analysts to assist with the requirements management and implementation of systems with the SaskNuclear IT Program.

Desired Education/Certifications:

CBAP Certification

Mandatory Experience:

8+ years of experiencePrevious experience with large system implementations of COTS and custom applications as senior business analyst/lead.

Desired Experience:

Experience with agile frameworks and user centered design

Deliverables:

Requirements ManagementRequirements elicitationUser Story documentationBusiness Process Workflow ModelingTest PlanningRequirements TraceabilityTechnical and non technical documentationWorkshop facilitationJourney MappingCapability MappingProduct support designOther tasks as assigned by the SaskNuclear IT Program

Qualification and Experience

General

Working knowledge of PM best practicesAbility to understand complex processes and complex business rules.Ability to translate technical processes into business language.Possesses general understanding in the areas of application programming, database, and system design.Proven testing skills and techniquesProven documentation skillsProven communication and facilitation skillsStrong analytical and problem-solving skillsExperience with SDLC best practices.Able to function within a high level of activity (working with deadlines on several concurrent initiatives).Experience writing and maintaining test strategies and test plans.Experience creating and prioritizing test scenarios to ensure proper test coverage.Experience creating/identifying/reviewing and executing manual test scripts.Experience logging defects and enhancements.Procurement Document Experience

RESPONSIBILITIES (included but not limited to):

To elicit requirements from SaskPower internal users and develop detailed requirements for system acquisition, development, or enhancement projects / work orders.Work closely with the Business, Project Managers, Solution Architects, Developers and other IT&S resources and 3rd party representatives as applicable to develop the Deliverables listed below.Write and maintain test Approach (strategy/plan for functional, integration and user acceptance testing)Create complete set of test scenarios and prioritize test scenarios to ensure proper test coverage.Create/identify/review and execute manual test scripts.Lead test data requirements and test data creation.Lead test team and defect meetings (confirm that problems are tracked and addressed)Produce status reports and final test phase reports.Includes activities such as:Business Analysis Planning and MonitoringElicitationRequirements Management and CommunicationEnterprise AnalysisRequirements AnalysisSolution Assessment and ValidationTesting (General) – not in the BABOKTest Case Development (not in the BABOK)Business Process Analysis and ModelingUser AcceptanceOrganizational Change ManagementAnalysisIdentify enhancement requirements from a business perspective.Facilitate with approved SaskPower users in requirements definition (functional and non-functional) activities for proposed enhancements and business process redesign.Collect demand for enhancements.Contribute to forecasting enhancement development requirements (functional and non-functional) and identify implementation priorities with established funding limits.Analyze and refine business requirements provided by SaskPower users.Provide suggestions to enhance those business requirements that have been received and offer options and provide project documentation for approval as per the T&S process.Coordinate agreement on a single requirements definition for applications shared by multiple groups.Awareness of business best practices to leverage and enhance business operations.Develop/update benefits document that supports the new or enhanced solutions.Detailed Requirements Definition (design)Prepare detailed application, data conversion, Interface design and technical software application requirements, as required.Perform peer review of design documents.Define the criteria for acceptance of the requirements.Identify any negative impacts on existing operations, maintenance, and service levels.Ensure that all data processing, all output requirements (e.g. restart and reprocessing needs) as well as backup and restoration are maintained.Test Case DevelopmentDevelopment and documentation of system integration test cases and user acceptance test cases.Facilitate User Acceptance testing including defect management.Where applicable, work with other parties (e.g. SaskPower’s users, 3rd Parties) to develop test cases.Traceability to requirementsApplication Build or ProcurementIdentify opportunities to enhance existing functionality in accordance with design specifications, development and documentation standards and quality requirements.Warranty SupportEstablish warranty expectation and agreement.Identify and initiate remedial actions based on warranty agreement and performance monitoring, assessment, and reporting. This includes follow-up of all monitoring, reporting and assessments with: Assignment of responsibility for remediation.Test PlanningWrite and maintain testing approach (strategy/plan for functional, integration and user acceptance testing)Provide testing task estimates.Create complete set of test scenarios and prioritize test scenarios to ensure proper test coverage.Test PreparationCreate/identify/review manual test scripts.Lead test data requirements and test data creation.Create test schedules.Test ExecutionExecute manual test scripts.Log defects and enhancements.Lead test team and defect meetings.Produce status reports and final test phase reports.Monitor test progress and resolve or escalate issues as appropriate.Testing Transition to OperationsIdentify regression test sets.