ASD requires a Business Analyst (SFIA 5 equivalent). The Business Analyst will be responsible for customer engagement, process modelling and development of system requirements. They will also be responsible for engaging with the team to ensure customer requirements are well understood and expectations on both sides are appropriately managed. This position is responsible for the elicitation of business and technical requirements and the modelling of new and existing business processes to inform technical capability delivery for a fast paced, dynamic business unit.
The successful candidate will contribute to the support of one of ASD’s program capabilities. This will involve working with business stakeholders, project managers, systems architects and delivery teams as required to elicit and communicate requirements for successful outcomes. Prioritisation, stakeholder engagement and exceptional communication are all key requirements.
Job Duties and Responsibilities · Manage stakeholder engagement meetings involving customers that have unique and often conflicting requirements and priorities. · Gather, document, communicate and manage business and technical requirements. · Model moderately complex business processes. · Provide advice on moderately complex systems design within a Services Oriented Architecture. · Escalate issues and work with the team to prioritise feature delivery. · Work with the development teams to continually improve Agile processes. · Communicate customer and developer needs regarding system improvements, enhancements, and elimination of problems and inefficiencies and acceptance testing, ensuring mutually beneficial outcomes. · Assist in the development and management of a prioritised schedule of work. · Work with other business analysts and product owners to ensure applications are complimentary, fit for purpose and integrated wherever appropriate.
Job Skills and Qualifications
Essential: · Ability to prioritise work. · Ability to build productive working relationships with stakeholders. · Exceptional communication skills.
Other requirements
· Candidates require a Positive Vetting (PV) or have held a PV in the previous 12 months which has since been downgraded to NV2, to perform the role.
· Candidates must be willing to undergo ASD’s Organisational Suitability Assessment (OSA) prior to engagement.