Business Analyst - Mainframe - z/OS

Whizdom; Canberra; Remote; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Whizdom is seeking an experienced Business Analyst to support a large-scale IBM Z / mainframe migration within a regulated Australian federal government environment. The role focuses on discovery, requirements gathering, product mapping, and stakeholder engagement across legacy and target systems.

This predominantly remote position may require occasional travel to Canberra; you will collaborate with architects, operations and delivery teams to preserve critical functionality and ensure a smooth

Qualifications

• Proven BA experience in infrastructure or software migration programs.
• Experience in regulated environments with change-control and audit requirements.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration across business, operations and delivery teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication for requirements documentation and sign-off.
• Experience facilitating workshops and requirements-validation sessions.
• Solid operational and project-management knowledge.
• Strong negotiation and prioritisation skills to manage competing demands.

Responsibilities

• Document current tools, scheduled jobs, reports, alerts, monitoring rules and access patterns.
• Engage with business users to capture requirements and define use cases.
• Work with architects on product mapping, including identifying differences, gaps and areas with no direct replacement.
• Provide input into test cases and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) scripts.
• Support stakeholder engagement and end-user readiness, including documentation, training inputs and communications.
• Report project activity, scope changes, challenges and requirements to leadership.
• Communicate project status, milestones and risks to program management and customer stakeholders.

Skills

Migration BA

Stakeholder engagement

Requirements gathering

Workshop facilitation

Change control

Compliance understanding

Communication skills

Job description

Business Analyst – IBM Z / Mainframe Migration

Location: Remote, with occasional travel to Canberra

Contract: 12 months, with potential extension up to 24 months

Eligibility: Australian Citizens only

Security: Australian Government security clearance preferred

About the Opportunity

A major technology services organisation is seeking an experienced Business Analyst to support a large-scale infrastructure and software migration within a highly regulated Australian Federal Government environment.

The role will focus on discovery, requirements gathering, product mapping and stakeholder engagement across an IBM Z / mainframe environment. Working closely with business users, architects, operations teams and delivery specialists, you will help establish how existing tools and processes operate and ensure critical functionality is preserved throughout the migration.

This is a predominantly remote opportunity, although occasional travel to client sites in Canberra may be required.

Key Responsibilities

• Support project discovery by documenting current tools, scheduled jobs, reports, alerts, monitoring rules and access patterns.
• Engage with business users to capture requirements and define use cases.
• Work with architects on product mapping, including identifying differences, functional gaps and areas where there is no direct replacement.
• Provide input into test cases and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) scripts.
• Support stakeholder engagement and end-user readiness, including documentation, training inputs and communications.
• Report project activity, scope changes, challenges and requirements to leadership.
• Communicate project status, milestones and risks to program management and customer stakeholders.
• Work across business, operational and technical teams to support a successful migration.

Required Skills & Experience

• Proven Business Analyst experience within infrastructure or software migration programs, rather than solely application-development projects.
• Previous experience working in a regulated environment, with a sound understanding of change-control, audit and compliance requirements.
• Extensive experience working across business, operations and delivery teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, particularly requirements documentation, requirements sign-off and stakeholder expectation management.
• Demonstrated experience facilitating workshops and requirements-validation sessions.
• Sound operational and project-management knowledge.
• Strong negotiation and prioritisation skills, with the ability to manage competing demands and adapt to change.

Highly Desirable

• IBM Z / mainframe experience.
• Experience with IBM Z software products.
• IBM Z application-development experience.
• Exposure to mainframe programming languages such as COBOL or PL/I.

What’s on Offer

• Initial 12-month contract, with potential extension up to 24 months.
• Predominantly remote working arrangement.
• Opportunity to contribute to a significant Federal Government technology migration.
• Work across business, architecture, operations and delivery teams in a complex enterprise environment.
• Exposure to IBM Z and enterprise mainframe transformation activities.

Eligibility

Applicants must be Australian Citizens. Australian Government security clearances are preferred.

The position supports remote working, with occasional travel to Canberra where required.