Business System Analyst
- Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Job type
- Contract
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- Experience
- Experience: 5+ years of demonstrated experience as a Business Systems Analyst managing requirements across the full SDLC.
- Working hours
- 37.5 hours/week
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Business Systems Analyst (Cyber Security Assurance)
We are looking for an experienced Business Systems Analyst to join a critical, enterprise-level initiative focused on Cyber Security Assurance, Systems Integration, and Responsible AI/Automation.
If you excel at bridging the gap between technical teams and operational stakeholders while modernizing mission-critical processes, we want to hear from you.
📌 Role Overview
- Role: Business Systems Analyst
- Engagement: 12-Month Contract (with potential extension up to 24 months)
- Schedule: Full-Time (37.5 hours/week)
- Work Arrangement: Hybrid (Ottawa-based preferred, ~10 days/month on-site) OR Open to Fully Remote across Canada
- Start Date: January 2027
- Application Deadline: November 17, 2026
🎯 Key Responsibilities
- Requirements & Traceability: Lead end-to-end requirements elicitation, documentation, and validation for functional/non-functional requirements, use cases, and acceptance criteria.
- Process Modeling: Analyze, map, and optimize current- and future-state business processes using recognized notations (BPMN, Visio, Lucidchart, etc.).
- Systems & Data Flow Analysis: Evaluate service integrations, map data flows, and translate business needs into technical system specifications.
- Testing & Quality Assurance: Design UAT strategies, develop test cases, and coordinate functional testing and user acceptance.
- AI & Automation Innovation: Identify and scope high-impact opportunities for secure, responsible AI and workflow automation within security assurance operations.
- Stakeholder Alignment & Enablement: Facilitate cross-functional workshops, produce training/user documentation, and support change management for service owners.
🔍 What You Bring
- Experience: 5+ years of demonstrated experience as a Business Systems Analyst managing requirements across the full SDLC.
- Facilitation: 5+ years facilitating working sessions and workshops with diverse technical and business leaders.
- Process & Integration Mastery: Hands-on expertise in BPMN modeling, data flow mapping, and systems integration analysis.
- Testing Acumen: Direct experience structuring and coordinating UAT execution and managing traceability matrices.
- Domain Exposure: Familiarity with cyber security assurance practices, security governance, and automation/AI enablement.
- Education: Degree or diploma in Business Administration, IT, Computer Science, Cyber Security, or a related discipline.
🛡️ Eligibility & Clearance Requirements
- Location: Must be legally authorized to work in Canada and residing in Canada.
- Security Clearance: Must be eligible to obtain Government of Canada Secret Clearance (requires a minimum of 10 consecutive years of verifiable personal/residence history).
- Language: Fluent professional proficiency in English.
More about this job
Responsibilities
Lead requirements elicitation, documentation, validation, and traceability, and analyze and optimize business processes, system integrations, and data flows. Plan and coordinate testing and UAT, identify responsible AI and automation opportunities, and support stakeholder alignment, training, and change management.
Requirements
Requires at least five years of Business Systems Analyst experience across the SDLC and at least five years facilitating workshops with technical and business stakeholders. Candidates need hands-on BPMN, data flow mapping, systems integration, UAT, and traceability experience, relevant post-secondary education, familiarity with cyber security assurance, and eligibility for Government of Canada Secret Clearance.
Skills
- Requirements Elicitation
- Requirements Documentation
- Requirements Traceability
- Business Process Modeling
- BPMN
- Data Flow Mapping
- Systems Integration Analysis
- UAT Strategy
- Test Case Development
- Functional Testing
- Stakeholder Facilitation
- Cyber Security Assurance
- Security Governance
- Responsible AI
- Workflow Automation
- Change Management
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Categories
- Technology
- Security & Safety
- Data & Analytics
- Consulting
- Government & Public Sector
Keywords
- Business Systems Analysis
- Cyber Security Assurance
- Systems Integration
- Responsible AI
- Workflow Automation
- SDLC
- Requirements Elicitation
- Functional Requirements
- Non-Functional Requirements
- Use Cases
- Acceptance Criteria
- Requirements Traceability Matrix
- BPMN
- Visio
- Lucidchart
- Process Modeling
- Data Flow Mapping
- Technical System Specifications
- User Acceptance Testing
- Functional Testing
- Security Governance
- Stakeholder Workshops
- Change Management
- Government of Canada Secret Clearance
- Business Administration
- Information Technology
- Computer Science
- Cyber Security