IT Technical Business Analyst - Senior

Description:

Project Name:
LISA (Local Income Support Application) and Mainframe Modernization – Planning

Scope:
A Business Analyst is required for approximately 8 weeks of work to assist in writing a business case on the approach for a holistic strategy to modernize the business-critical mainframe environment of 16 applications and over 160 interfaces that provides monthly benefits payments to over 120,000 families, who are relying on the Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) and Income Support (IS) programs.

Duties:
• Facilitate financial analysis validation workshops
• Develop and document project vision(s) and approach.
• Analyze and define business requirements for determining roles, relationships and data structures to meet business, security, privacy and operational requirements.
• Analyze and define cost/benefit data and information requirements needed to address business requirements
• Work with business clients and technical teams on the description of business applications.
• Document, analyze and manage business requirements.
• Develop business cases.
• Produce deliverables within specified quality standards.
• Escalate issues and risks, as appropriate.
• Prepare and execute tasks in accordance with a defined project plan.
• Review and provide input on test strategies, plans, and test cases to ensure they adequately cover the defined business requirements.
• Execute tasks in accordance with control processes including schedule management, status reporting, issues, risks and change management at the project and/or program level.
• Attend necessary meetings to review schedule, status, issues, risk and change management.
• Support project team members in the analysis of issues.
• Prepare status reports, meeting minutes, change requests and other documents to management detailing tasks undertaken and timelines associated to the execution of those tasks.
• Obtain sign-off on the deliverables from the appropriate program/project sponsors.

Equipment requirements:
• It is preferred if resource has their own equipment, though GoA will provide laptop/desktop if necessary.

Working Hours:
• Standard Hours of work are 08:15 – 16:30 Alberta time
• Work must be done from within Alberta, Canada, due to network and data security issues.
• It is anticipated the role will be 100% remote, however in the event of an onsite meeting, the GoA does not pay for travel to attend on-site meetings, nor any expenses related to relocation, commuting, housing/accommodation, food/drink.

Notes on Location:
Resource will work remotely.

Incumbency:
• This is a net new role.

Standard Background check required
• The Supplier shall, prior to commencement of the Services, provide the Province, on its request and at no cost to the Province, with criminal record checks.

Mandatory Training Courses:
• Once hired the resource will be required to complete all mandatory training which includes but not limited to Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and Security awareness training. There may also be some optional courses as well.

Anticipated Interviews dates
• will be held between February 26-27, 2023
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Scoring Methodology:
Financial/Pricing: 20%
Resource Qualifications: 20%
Interview Process: 60%

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Additional Details

• Payment Terms : Y030 - within 30 days Due net|Y015
• Maximum Extension Term (Months) : 6