IT Technical Business Analyst

Industry: All

Term: Contract

Province: AB

Category: Information Technology

Experience: 5 - 10 Years


On behalf of our public sector client, Affinity is seeking an IT Technical Business Analyst who will provide advanced business analysis, technical requirements management, and solution support expertise for priority initiatives across the organization.

The Senior IT Technical Business Analyst will support the collection, evaluation, and translation of complex business needs into actionable technical specifications, including requirements related to system integration, data exchange, and interoperability across multiple platforms. The resource will work closely with solution architects, delivery teams, and business stakeholders to ensure requirements are accurately captured, validated, and aligned with operational and technical constraints across integrated environments.


Responsibilities:

Business Analysis & Requirements Management

  • Lead requirements gathering, solicitation, refinement, and documentation in complex, multi‑stakeholder environments.
  • Capture, analyze, and evaluate business processes, workflows, use cases, and associated data flows across integrated systems.
  • Analyze and document integration requirements, including system‑to‑system interactions, interface requirements, data exchange patterns, and cross‑platform dependencies.
  • Translate business needs into clear technical specifications for solution, architecture, and development teams, ensuring alignment across business processes, technical solutions, and integrated system environments.
  • Assess new service and technology requests and their impact on operational and integrated system environments, providing recommendations as required.
  • Assist with developing project plans, schedules, estimates, task lists, and resource assignments related to architectural deployments and service delivery.


Technical Evaluation & Solution Support

  • Research and evaluate emerging technology trends relevant to assigned initiatives.
  • Evaluate existing services and integrations to identify gaps, inefficiencies, and opportunities for modernization and improved interoperability.
  • Support integration design activities by collaborating with architects and technical teams to define interfaces, data exchange approaches, and interoperability strategies.
  • Support proof‑of‑concept initiatives and limited production rollouts with multi‑disciplinary teams.
  • Contribute to the design of new IT services, solution documents, and test plans.
  • Assist in determining hardware and software requirements to support project objectives.
  • Document technical recommendations and provide guidance to management, operations, and project team members.


Quality, Change Management & Governance

  • Provide quality control oversight on production implementations, including validation of requirements and expected outcomes across integrated systems.
  • Ensure compliance with approved change management processes.
  • Communicate operational guidelines and policies to clients and interpret how those guidelines support business operations within a multi‑system environment.
  • Identify and escalate issues, risks, or impediments—particularly those related to integrations, data dependencies, and cross‑system impacts—and recommend mitigation strategies.
  • Provide tracking and reporting of time, deliverables, and project status as required.

Qualifications:

MUST HAVE:

  • The proposed resource should have a degree/diploma in business or IT, or Certified Business Analysis Professional from the International Institute of Business Analysis.
  • The proposed resource must have demonstrated 5+ years experience planning and conducting requirements gathering workshops with operational and/or clinical staff, leadership teams and/or stakeholder representatives.
  • 7+ years experience as a business analyst translating business requirements into detailed technical requirements in an enterprise IT environment.
  • 5+ years experience as a business analyst translating business requirements into detailed technical requirements in an enterprise IT environment.
  • 5+ years experience in the design, development and implementation of complex IT solutions.
  • 5+ years experience with User Acceptance Testing processes on large, complex, multi-stakeholder environment.


SCORED:

  • Demonstrated 5+ years experience in stakeholder engagement and vendor coordination, including technical leadership in cross-functional teams.
  • 5+ years experience conducting change impact analysis.
  • 3+ years experience in the analysis, development, and integration of complex IT systems with a specific focus on the management of multiple data sources , web services, and legacy IT solutions.
  • 5+ years experience working with 3rd party vendors for integrations and interfaces
  • The proposed resource should have demonstrated 3+ years experience contributing to the systems analysis, design or implementation of provincial Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems


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About Affinity: 

Affinity Group is a technology and business consulting and services company. We believe in creating long term relationships between clients and consultants that foster a mutually beneficial partnership. Affinity is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.

 

For more information on Affinity, please visit www.affinity-group.ca



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