Business Analyst

Vertical Scope Group; Canberra; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Vertical Scope Group seeks a TSPV-cleared Business Analyst to support a major Federal Government national security network uplift. You will lead analysis and documentation of business, functional and security requirements, ensuring secure and scalable solutions.

You will collaborate with security specialists, solution architects and delivery teams to translate business needs into effective ICT solutions within a highly secure environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of demonstrated business analysis experience delivering complex ICT projects and programs.
• Strong ability to elicit, analyse, document and manage business, technical and system requirements across multiple stakeholder groups.
• Experience in business process modelling, requirements management, gap analysis, workflow analysis and process improvement.
• Experience producing high quality BA documentation including requirements specs, process maps, user stories, use cases and traceability matrices.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, workshop facilitation, communication and negotiation skills.
• Understanding of Australian Government security governance frameworks, including the ISM, PSPF and Essential Eight.

Responsibilities

• Lead elicitation, analysis, validation and documentation of business, functional, non-functional and security requirements.
• Facilitate stakeholder workshops, interviews and consultations to identify business needs, capability gaps and solution requirements.
• Develop and maintain BA artefacts including requirements specifications, user stories, process maps, use cases and traceability matrices.
• Analyse current and future state processes to identify opportunities for improved security, efficiency and automation.
• Conduct gap analysis and assess business impacts, risks, dependencies and solution options.
• Collaborate with security architects, solution designers, project managers and technical teams to translate requirements into solutions.
• Support testing, UAT and solution validation to ensure delivered capabilities meet approved requirements.
• Contribute to governance, change management, risk management and benefits realisation.

Skills

Business analysis

Requirements elicitation

Stakeholder engagement

Workshops facilitation

Process modelling

Gap analysis

Security requirements

Documentation

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Azure DevOps

Visio

SharePoint

Job description

• Employment: 12-month contract, with 2 × 12-month extension options


• Working Arrangements: Onsite


• Security Clearance: Active TSPV required at time of submission


• Technical Focus: Business analysis, network infrastructure, ICT security, requirements management, process improvement, stakeholder engagement, ISM, PSPF and Essential Eight

About the Opportunity

As a TSPV-cleared Business Analyst, you will support a major Federal Government national security agency in delivering a critical Network Uplift project, strengthening the security, resilience and operational effectiveness of enterprise network capabilities.

Working closely with business stakeholders, security specialists, solution architects and technical delivery teams, you will lead the analysis and documentation of business, functional and security requirements, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable and aligned with operational needs.

This role offers the opportunity to contribute to a high-priority national security initiative, applying your business analysis expertise within a complex, highly secure ICT environment.

• Lead the elicitation, analysis, validation and documentation of business, functional, non-functional and security requirements.


• Facilitate stakeholder workshops, interviews and consultations to identify business needs, capability gaps and solution requirements.


• Develop and maintain business analysis artefacts, including requirements specifications, user stories, process maps, use cases and traceability matrices.


• Analyse current and future state business processes to identify opportunities for improved security, efficiency and automation.


• Conduct gap analysis and assess business impacts, risks, dependencies and solution options.


• Collaborate with security architects, solution designers, project managers and technical teams to translate business requirements into effective solutions.


• Support testing, user acceptance testing (UAT) and solution validation to ensure delivered capabilities meet approved requirements.


• Contribute to project governance, change management, risk management and benefits realisation activities.

Skills and experience we are looking for:

• Minimum 5 years of demonstrated business analysis experience delivering complex ICT projects and programs.


• Proven ability to elicit, analyse, document and manage business, technical and system requirements across multiple stakeholder groups.


• Strong experience in business process modelling, requirements management, gap analysis, workflow analysis and process improvement.


• Demonstrated experience producing high-quality business analysis documentation, including requirements specifications, process maps, user stories, use cases and traceability matrices.


• Excellent stakeholder engagement, workshop facilitation, communication and negotiation skills.


• Sound understanding of Australian Government security governance frameworks, including the ISM, PSPF and Essential Eight.


• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities and collaborate effectively within multidisciplinary project teams.

Highly regarded experience includes:

• Previous experience within Defence, intelligence or national security agencies, particularly across multiple security classifications.


• Knowledge of enterprise networking, ICT infrastructure, cyber security or telecommunications environments.


• Familiarity with BABOK, PRINCE2, Agile, SAFe or PMBOK methodologies.


• Experience using Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, Visio and SharePoint.

Vertical Scope Group values diversity and encourages applications from veterans, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and individuals from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.