Requirements Engineer (44423)

CoolPeople Technology; Wien; Remote; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

CoolPeople Technology in Vienna is seeking a senior Requirements Engineer to take ownership of an existing complex software system and to act as the bridge between business and development teams. You will collect and analyse requirements, turning them into functional and technical specifications for a .NET/.NET stack with Microsoft SQL Server, while negotiating priorities and technical trade-offs.

The role requires senior experience in requirements engineering and IT business analysis, a solid

Qualifications

• Senior Requirements Engineering – advanced experience with gathering, analysing, specifying and managing requirements in software projects.
• IT business analysis – turning business needs into technically feasible requirements.
• Deep understanding of software architecture, processes and complex IT systems.

Responsibilities

• Gather and analyse software requirements from the customer.
• Translate business requirements into functional and technical specifications.
• Communicate between the customer and the development team.
• Explain requirements to developers and advise on technical options.
• Negotiate priorities and constraints; analyse existing solution and dependencies.
• Collaborate on modifications and further development of the application.
• Take over the agenda from the current engineer moving to another project.

Skills

Senior Requirements Engineering

IT business analysis

Software architecture understanding

Stakeholder management

Communication & negotiation

SDLC knowledge

Experience with complex projects

Independence & seniority

German C1

Tools

.NET / C#

Microsoft SQL Server

UML / BPMN

Jira / Confluence / Azure DevOps

Agile / Scrum

APIs / system integrations

Job description

Experienced IT analyst with a technical overlap and fluent German? A Vienna-based customer in the Mobility & Infrastructure domain needs a senior Requirements Engineer to take over an existing complex software system and be the bridge between the business and the development team. You will gather and analyse requirements, turn them into functional and technical specifications for a system built on .NET and Microsoft SQL Server and find workable compromises between customer needs and technical options. Senior Requirements Engineering and IT business analysis experience, good understanding of the SDLC and German at C1 level are required; the role is fully remote.

Project

• gathering and analysing software requirements from the customer
• translating business requirements into functional and technical specifications
• communication between the customer and the development team
• explaining requirements to developers and consulting on technical options
• negotiating priorities, technical constraints and compromises
• analysing the existing software solution and its dependencies
• cooperating on modifications and further development of the existing application
• taking over the agenda from the current Requirements Engineer, who is moving to another project

Skills

• senior Requirements Engineering – advanced experience with gathering, analysing, specifying and managing requirements in software projects
• IT business analysis – turning business needs into technically feasible requirements
• technical understanding of software – good orientation in application architecture, technical processes and complex IT systems
• stakeholder management – communicating with the customer and developers and earning their respect
• communication and negotiation skills – arguing, promoting solutions and finding compromises
• good understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
• experience with complex projects – quickly understanding a large existing system and its processes
• independence and seniority – taking over a project without lengthy onboarding
• German at professional level (C1) – independent communication with the customer and the development team

Nice to have

• .NET / C#
• Microsoft SQL Server / SQL
• UML / BPMN – modelling software requirements and processes
• Jira / Confluence / Azure DevOps
• Agile / Scrum
• enterprise and legacy systems, API / system integrations
• mobility, transportation or infrastructure domain
• experience with Austrian customers