Junior Business Analyst / Systems Analyst

Junior Business Analyst / Systems Analyst

Role type: contract
Duration: 6 months
Rate: up to GBP380 per day
IR35: Inside IR35
Location: Remote

The Role

The overall purpose of this role is to carry out impact analyses and design activities on a range of applications.
Assessing how best to meet requirements is key, preferably using a methodological approach.
You will be working closely with the IS Project Managers, Business Analysts, Developers, Testers and end users.

Core Responsibilities

Work with Business Analysts and end users to understand the project aims, requirements and priorities of each initiative
Develop an understanding of the business processes, their strengths and weaknesses
Assess the impact of meeting the requirements on the applications portfolio
Identify the design options, assess these and recommend the most appropriate solution
Work closely with the Architecture, Development and Testing teams to ensure effective implementation of the chosen design
Assess success of the design in meeting the requirements post deployment and learn from the experience
Contribute to prioritisation and phasing plans in liaison with the Project Manager
Help the Project Manager run development using Agile frameworks
Facilitate estimation sessions to help plan and cost new work
Test or help to test applications and system changes when required
Be part of inter–team design initiatives and share knowledge with other Systems Analysts so that work across all systems is coherent

Experience Required

Experience in systems analysis and design of new applications and enhancements to existing applications
Experience of requirements capture
Experience of business modelling in the form of process flows and entity modelling using UML
Ability to use prototyping or mock–ups where appropriate
Experience of capturing and documenting of non–functional requirements.
Knowledge of how to effectively perform impact analysis
Experience of producing specifications to a level of detail that will allow the Development team to progress with the implementation
Knowledge of Agile/iterative development methodologies
Ability to work with Team Foundation Server in creating user stories, tasks and grooming backlogs
Good estimation skills and the ability to work with developers to create development estimates, for example in a poker planning session
Good SQL and database design skills
Experience of structured test plans and their execution, including on systems that may not be familiar to you
Experience in assessing 3rd party tools/software and carrying out gap analysis.
The role requires some experience of the full systems development lifecycle from inception to support