Senior Business Analyst - Cybersecurity

Reserve Bank of Australia; Sydney; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

The Reserve Bank of Australia invites an experienced Business Analyst to join the Cyber Program in Sydney CBD. You will bridge business and technology teams to deliver complex enterprise change, with a focus on cybersecurity initiatives and hybrid delivery models.

This 12-month contract role emphasizes requirements gathering, process mapping, stakeholder engagement, and rigorous documentation. Successful candidates bring at least five years of BA experience in financial services, strong

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years' BA experience in financial services or banking.
• Proven experience in Cybersecurity programs.
• Experience with Agile-Waterfall hybrid delivery.
• Proficiency in requirements gathering, process mapping, and stakeholder engagement.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.
• Plan and manage the Business Analysis approach to any project or BAU initiatives.
• Translate complex business, strategic and technical information concisely for diverse audiences.
• Strong experience in business process modelling, current-state and future-state analysis, requirements elicitation, traceability, prioritisation, validation, and stakeholder sign-off.
• Understand, document and communicate the objectives, drivers and business value proposition of a change.
• Perform solution evaluation during procurement, Proof of Concept, pilot and post implementation phases to ensure appropriate quality and fitness for purpose.

Responsibilities

• Bridge business and technical teams to deliver enterprise change.
• Support Cyber Program initiatives.
• Gather requirements and map current and future processes.
• Engage stakeholders and document architecture decisions.
• Translate requirements into actionable IT solutions.
• Assist in procurement, PoC and pilot phases to assess fitness for purpose.

Skills

Business Analysis

Requirements gathering

Process mapping

Stakeholder engagement

Documentation

Hybrid delivery

Cybersecurity programs

Communication skills

Technical liaison

Tools

Confluence

JIRA

SharePoint

Microsoft Teams

Miro

Job description

Reserve Bank of Australia – Sydney CBD NSW

We are seeking an experienced Business Analyst to support the Cyber Program. The successful candidate will possess strong business analysis skills, experience working on technology and cyber-related initiatives, and the ability to bridge business and technical teams to deliver complex enterprise change.

This is a 12-month contract role.

Mandatory Requirements:

• Minimum 5 years' experience as a Business Analyst in financial services or banking.
• Proven experience in Cybersecurity programs.
• Experience working in Agile-Waterfall hybrid delivery models.
• Proficiency in requirements gathering, process mapping, and stakeholder engagement.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.
• Plan and manage the Business Analysis approach to any project or BAU initiatives.
• Translate complex business, strategic and technical information concisely for diverse audiences.
• Strong experience in business process modelling, current-state and future-state analysis, requirements elicitation, traceability, prioritisation, validation, and stakeholder sign-off.
• Understand, document and communicate the objectives, drivers and business value proposition of a change.
• Perform solution evaluation during procurement, Proof of Concept, pilot and post implementation phases to ensure appropriate quality and fitness for purpose.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Experience in Cyber Security, IT Infrastructure, Technology Risk, or Service Management projects
• Experience with vulnerability management platforms such as ServiceNow SecOps, Tenable, Microsoft Defender, or similar solutions
• Experience working with technical teams to translate business requirements into actionable solutions.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills to collaborate, influence and partner effectively with key stakeholders across the Reserve Bank and externally.
• Experience with Confluence for documentation and collaboration.
• Proficiency in JIRA for backlog management, user stories, and sprint tracking.
• Familiarity with other collaborative tools such as Microsoft Teams, SharePoint and Miro.
• Exposure to Agile ceremonies and tools supporting hybrid delivery models

Your Team

Technology is an inherent part of enabling the Reserve Bank of Australia's policy and operational objectives. With the country depending upon our systems being secure, highly resilient and efficient, you will work within the Bank's Enterprise Strategy and Change Department and experience the capability-building opportunity to work with Australia's most critical core platforms.

Be More

Working for an organisation that truly makes a difference to the people of Australia, we can offer development and career opportunities in a collaborative environment that supports your growth, wellbeing and promotes flexibility. Your individual growth and success drives the RBA forward as an organisation. Be more means you can do more, for yourself and for Australia.

Why RBA?

The RBA makes an important contribution to the Australian economy through the pursuit of national economic policy objectives and associated activities in financial markets and banking. We also issue Australia's banknotes and operate infrastructure critical to the payments system, all of which contribute to the welfare of the Australian people. Made up of specialists across a wide range of fields, our people, values, and culture play a critical role in achieving our objectives. Striving to be Open & Dynamic, we consider and incorporate different perspectives, work across teams and are transparent with each other, whilst delivering quality together effectively and focusing on outcomes by prioritising, testing, learning, and refining as we go. Our people conduct themselves with a high degree of integrity, while striving for excellence in the work they perform and the outcomes they achieve. We encourage intelligent inquiry and we treat one another with respect while promoting the public interest through our efforts. We know it is the growth and success of our people that drives the RBA forward. Come and make a bigger contribution while you build and develop your own skills too, because being more means you can do more, for yourself and for Australia

The Reserve Bank of Australia is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion through key initiatives. We welcome and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse background, those living with a disability and from the LGBTQ+ community. We are committed to making the recruitment process fair and equitable for all our candidates.