Our Client is looking for a Senior Business Analyst to support a high-impact I⁢ initiative within the Ontario Public Sector.

The ideal candidate will bring robust experience in Agile business analysis, backlog refinement, user story development, Azure DevOps, SQL, API integration, stakeholder engagement, and technical requirements definition.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead business analysis activities across complex I⁢ initiatives
- Gather, analyze, document, and validate business and technical requirements
- Work closely with Product Owners, Project Managers, Team Leads, developers, UI/UX designers, and stakeholders
- Groom and refine upcoming requirements so work is clearly understood, documented, and ready for development
- Break epics into detailed user stories with clear acceptance criteria
- Manage and maintain Product Backlog Items and communicate changes to the project team
- Ensure the backlog remains a reliable source of truth for delivery teams
- Document decisions, dependencies, technical considerations, and requirements within the appropriate user stories
- Facilitate requirements sessions, interviews, workshops, JAD sessions, and stakeholder discussions
- Conduct business process mapping, use case modelling, data flow modelling, and business rules analysis
- Support user testing activities, including planning sessions, facilitating testing, and documenting findings
- Prepare business cases, cost-benefit analyses, reports, presentations, briefing notes, and recommendations
- Translate business and data requirements into specifications for technical solutions
- Support API integration requirements and define technical requirements across systems
- Monitor project progress, identify issues,



and communicate recommendations to management and stakeholders

Must-Have Qualifications

- Strong experience working in an Agile project environment
- Extensive experience gathering, grooming, refining, and documenting requirements
- Strong experience creating concise and detailed user stories and acceptance criteria
- Experience breaking epics into manageable user stories
- Experience managing Product Backlog Items and backlog refinement activities
- Hands-on experience creating and managing user stories in Azure DevOps
- Strong SQL querying skills
- Prior experience with APIs, system integrations, and technical requirements definition
- Working knowledge of system design, development, testing, implementation, and software/hardware evaluation
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- Experience preparing reports, dashboards, business cases, presentations, and technical documentation

Technical Skills

- Azure DevOps
- SQL
- API design and integration
- User stories and acceptance criteria
- Product Backlog Items
- Agile / Scrum
- Business process modelling
- Requirements traceability
- Systems analysis
- User testing
- Technical requirements documentation
- AI tools for business requirements analysis and documentation

Nice to Have

- Ontario Public Sector experience
- Experience working with education systems
- Knowledge of OPS methodologies, Enterprise Architecture, and gating processes
- Experience with CASE tools
- Knowledge of Information Management principles
- Experience with AODA standards and accessibility requirements

📌 Business Analyst (Toronto)
🏢 Teckhorizon
📍 Toronto