Junior IT Business Analyst

About the Role

We are seeking a Junior IT Business Analyst to join a confidential Public Sector client in Ontario. This position supports a range of digital transformation and technology projects within a large enterprise setting. It presents an excellent opportunity for early-career professionals to gain valuable experience collaborating with business stakeholders, technical teams, and project management in a dynamic environment.

Position Details

• Title: Junior IT Business Analyst
• Employment Type: Contract
• Industry: Public Sector
• Contract Dates: August 3, 2026 to August 2, 2027
• Work Location: Hybrid model with 2-3 days onsite as per manager’s instructions
• Office Location: Orillia, Ontario
• Application Deadline: July 14, 2026, 5:00 PM EST

Responsibilities

• Assist with business analysis tasks across several enterprise IT projects.
• Collect, analyze, document, and confirm business and system requirements.
• Conduct stakeholder interviews, workshops, and joint application design (JAD) sessions for requirements gathering.
• Create business requirements documents, use cases, process flows, business rules, and functional specifications.
• Support business process mapping, analysis, and improvements.
• Engage in business and data modeling including business event and process flow modeling.
• Contribute to feasibility studies, cost-benefit analysis, and strategic recommendation preparation.
• Maintain traceability matrices and other related business analysis artifacts.
• Collaborate closely with project managers, developers, architects, QA, and stakeholders throughout project lifecycle.
• Track project progress, communicate issues and updates to leadership.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and support delivery using Agile and structured methodologies.
• Prepare presentations, briefing documents, and project documentation.
• Ensure solutions comply with organizational standards, enterprise architecture, and governance frameworks.
• Support continuous improvement of business analysis processes and standards.

Required Qualifications

• At least 2 years of experience as an IT Business Analyst.
• Experience participating in the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Proven skills in gathering, analyzing, documenting, and validating business requirements.
• Familiarity with structured, object-oriented, and Agile methodologies.
• Experience with developing performance metrics and supporting business analysis assessments.
• Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving, communication, facilitation, and documentation skills.
• Experience preparing formal documents such as BRDs, functional specifications, use cases, process maps, workflows, and traceability matrices.
• Ability to engage stakeholders effectively and conduct workshops.
• Strong organizational skills to juggle multiple tasks and meet deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous exposure to Public Sector environments.
• Experience creating business cases, feasibility studies, and cost-benefit analyses.
• Knowledge of CASE tools.
• Experience with business process, functional, event, and data flow modeling.
• Understanding of information management principles and enterprise architecture frameworks.
• Familiarity with Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and accessibility standards.
• Awareness of emerging business analysis trends and technology.

Why Join?

• Opportunity to contribute to meaningful Public Sector digital transformation projects.
• Gain hands-on experience at an enterprise level in Business Analysis.
• Work alongside experienced technology and business professionals.
• Hybrid work environment supporting personal work-life balance.
• Competitive hourly pay.
• Long-term contract with possibility of extension.
• Potential for career growth within a major Public Sector organization.