Systems Analyst (Senior)

Systems Analyst (Senior)
Minimum Requirements:

- Matric (Grade 12)

- NQF Level 5: Certified in a 3-year National Diploma, BSc Computer Science, or BCom

- Information Systems (or similar).

- Advanced UML or BPMN course would be advantageous.

- Business Analyst Certification, Diploma, or Advanced BA Qualification is advantageous.

Responsibilities:

- Interaction with People:

- Lead requirements-gathering sessions and workshops, brainstorming sessions and status meetings with business stakeholders

- Interact with technical team members such as solution architects, developers and system analysts

- Work with the Experience Design and design team on requirements for new customer journeys, giving input on business requirements.

- Interface with offshore development teams in different time zones

- Work with external partners regarding data integration efforts

- Communicate relevant information regarding project impacts to business stakeholders

- Provide mentorship regarding best practices for documentation, story structure, and analysis processes for other Analysts

- Interact with business stakeholders at all levels of the organization.

- Documentation:

- Document business requirements in the form of BRDs, use cases, user stories and business rules

- Create as-built specifications for consumption by business and operations stakeholders

- Create educational and reference content for internal departments and functions

- Create specifications for technical system functionality

- Document business requirements for data integration purposes

- Complete documentation for Definition of Done under the business analyst tasks

- Process:

- Lead agile ceremonies as part of the SDLC

- Produce estimates for proposed work to inform enhancement costs

- Perform risk analysis on proposed development initiatives

- Identify and drive process or other solutions to improve business results, product performance and client satisfaction

- Employ critical thinking and problem-solving skills during analysis to inform creative solutions

- Facilitation Skills

- Conduct Functional Specification walkthroughs with developers.

- Facilitate client-walkthrough JAD sessions, and sign-off of Functional

- Specifications with

- business owners to ensure Business Requirements have been met.

- Technical Skills Technology:

- Understand mobile interface and application technologies for iOS and Android

- Understand data exchange formats (XML, CSV) and protocols (FTP, HTTP)

- Understand browser-based technologies, e.g., HTML, HTML forms,

Originally posted on Himalayas