Lead Systems Analyst

Talent; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent in Adelaide is seeking an experienced Lead Systems Analyst to lead a team, shape technical solutions and drive improvements across a complex ICT environment.

You'll translate business needs into technical requirements, ensuring alignment with architectures and objectives, combining leadership with systems analysis, application improvement and strategic planning.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a team in an ICT environment.
• Ability to translate business needs into technical requirements.
• Strong SDLC knowledge with Agile and Waterfall experience.
• Baseline security clearance eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Oversee team operations, including performance, priorities, resources and workflow.
• Translate business requirements into clear technical requirements that support effective solution design.
• Guide the delivery of application services, new functionality and enhancements.
• Review existing applications, investigate production issues and develop strategies to improve efficiency and meet user needs.
• Document current and future business processes through AS IS and TO BE process modelling.
• Drive innovation, continuous improvement and change, contributing to business plans and ICT strategies.
• Use performance indicators and quality assurance reporting to inform decisions and future planning.
• Review and advise on technical and corporate documentation.
• Build relationships with business stakeholders, technical teams, other agencies and service providers to achieve delivery outcomes.

Skills

Team leadership

Systems analysis

SDLC understanding

Agile & Waterfall methodologies

Analytical skills

Business process modelling

Stakeholder engagement

Bachelor's degree

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Job description

Location: Adelaide
Contract: Initial 12 months, with potential extensions
Security clearance: Must be able to obtain Baseline clearance

We're seeking an experienced Lead Systems Analyst to lead a team, shape technical solutions and drive improvements across a complex ICT environment.

You'll translate business needs into technical requirements, ensuring solutions align with relevant architectures and organisational objectives. Working with a high level of autonomy, you'll combine team leadership with systems analysis, application improvement and strategic planning.

Key responsibilities

Lead Systems Analyst

Location: Adelaide
Contract: Initial 12 months, with potential extensions
Security clearance: Must be able to obtain Baseline clearance

We're seeking an experienced Lead Systems Analyst to lead a team, shape technical solutions and drive improvements across a complex ICT environment.

You'll translate business needs into technical requirements, ensuring solutions align with relevant architectures and organisational objectives. Working with a high level of autonomy, you'll combine team leadership with systems analysis, application improvement and strategic planning.

• Oversee team operations, including performance, priorities, resources and workflow.
• Translate business requirements into clear technical requirements that support effective solution design.
• Guide the delivery of application services, new functionality and enhancements.
• Review existing applications, investigate production issues and develop strategies to improve efficiency and meet user needs.
• Document current and future business processes through AS IS and TO BE process modelling.
• Drive innovation, continuous improvement and change, contributing to business plans and ICT strategies.
• Use performance indicators and quality assurance reporting to inform decisions and future planning.
• Review and advise on technical and corporate documentation.
• Build relationships with business stakeholders, technical teams, other agencies and service providers to achieve delivery outcomes.

About you

You're comfortable balancing technical detail with broader business priorities. You bring sound judgement, a collaborative leadership style and the ability to communicate complex information clearly.

Your skills and experience will include:

• Team leadership, including managing competing priorities and coordinating resources.
• Systems analysis and translating business needs into practical technical solutions.
• A strong understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Experience working with Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills, particularly in investigating production issues.
• Business process modelling, including developing AS IS and TO BE flows.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, negotiation and written communication skills.
• A bachelor's degree or higher qualification.

The opportunity

This Adelaide-based contract offers the scope to influence technical direction, support a team and improve systems that underpin service delivery.

Applicants must be able to obtain Baseline security clearance.

Desired Skills and Experience

• * 1.Consultancy: Level 5 (SFIA)
  Takes responsibility for understanding client requirements, collecting data, delivering analysis and problem resolution. Identifies, evaluates and recommends options. Collaborates with, and facilitates stakeholder groups, as part of formal or informal consultancy agreements. Seeks to fully address client needs and implements solutions if required. Enhances the capabilities and effectiveness of clients, by ensuring that proposed solutions are fully understood and appropriately exploited.
• * 2.Enterprise and business architecture: Level 5 (SFIA)
  Develops models and plans to drive the execution of the business strategy, taking advantage of opportunities to improve business performance. Contributes to creating and reviewing a systems capability strategy which meets the business's strategic requirements. Determines requirements and specifies effective business processes, through improvements in technology, information or data practices, organisation, roles, procedures and equipment.
• * 3.Requirements definition and management: Level 6 (SFIA)
  Champions the importance and value of requirements management principles and selecting effective requirements management life cycle models. Develops organisational policies, standards, and guidelines for requirements definition and management. Plans and leads scoping, requirements definition and priority setting for complex, strategic programmes. Drives adoption of, and adherence to, policies and standards. Develops new methods and organisational capabilities for requirements management.
• * 4.Systems design: Level 6 (SFIA)
  Develops and drives adoption of and adherence to organisational policies, standards, guidelines, and methods for system design. Champions the importance and value of system design principles and the selection of appropriate systems design life cycle models. Leads system design activities for strategic, large and complex systems development programmes. Develops effective implementation strategies consistent with specified requirements, architectures and constraints of performance and feasibility. Develops system design requiring the introduction of new technologies or new uses for existing technologies.

Desirable criteria

• * 1.Methods and tools: Level 5 (SFIA)
  Provides advice, guidance and expertise to promote adoption of methods and tools and adherence to policies and standards. Evaluates and selects appropriate methods and tools in line with agreed policies and standards. Contributes to organisational policies, standards, and guidelines for methods and tools. Implements methods and tools at programme, project and team levels including selection and tailoring in line with agreed standards. Manages reviews of the benefits and value of methods and tools. Identifies and recommends improvements.
• * 2.Software design: Level 6 (SFIA)
  Leads the selection and development of software design methods, tools and techniques. Develops organisational policies, standards, and guidelines for software design and software architectures. Ensures adherence to technical strategies and systems architectures (including security).
• * 3.Specialist advice: Level 6 (SFIA)
  Provides organisational leadership and guidelines to promote the development and exploitation of specialist knowledge in the organisation. Maintains a network of recognised experts (inside and/or outside the organisation) who can deliver expert advice in relevant areas. Provides input into professional development planning across a significant part of the organisation to further the development of appropriate expertise.