Senior Systems Analyst (APS6) – NV1 Cleared | Canberra

IAG Defence and National Security; Canberra; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

IAG Defence & National Security (DNS) is seeking an experienced Systems Analyst to join a government agency in Canberra. You will translate business requirements into technical specifications, supporting cyber uplift initiatives and operational improvements across a portfolio of enterprise applications.

In this role, you will participate through the full project lifecycle from planning to maintenance, with occasional after-hours work for releases and production support.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years' experience delivering business and systems analysis within complex enterprise ICT environments.
• Minimum 3 years' experience supporting enterprise application integrations, identity and access management solutions, authentication technologies and Microsoft .NET environments.
• Demonstrated experience producing functional specifications, user stories, acceptance criteria and solution design artefacts.
• Demonstrated experience performing impact assessments, feasibility analysis, risk assessments and effort estimation for enterprise application enhancements.
• Demonstrated experience across the full software development lifecycle in Agile delivery environments.
• Experience supporting testing, including test planning, defect management and UAT.
• Knowledge of SQL Server and enterprise system integrations.
• Experience in Australian Government or large enterprise ICT environments highly regarded.
• Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, software engineering or a related discipline highly regarded

Responsibilities

• Engage with business stakeholders to elicit, analyse and document business, functional and technical requirements.
• Facilitate workshops, impact assessments and solution discussions to support project and operational outcomes.
• Translate business requirements into functional specifications, user stories, process flows, acceptance criteria and solution design artefacts.
• Assess system dependencies, integration impacts, risks and effort estimates for proposed enhancements and changes.
• Provide systems analysis and design expertise across a portfolio of enterprise applications.
• Support development and testing by reviewing requirements, user stories, test plans and acceptance criteria, and assist stakeholders during UAT.
• Contribute to cyber security initiatives, legislative and policy-driven enhancements, application upgrades and system integrations.
• Work with developers, testers, infrastructure teams and business stakeholders to support releases, incident resolution and application maintenance.
• Maintain analysis and solution documentation and support knowledge sharing to build in-house capability

Skills

Requirements elicitation

Workshop facilitation

Functional specifications

User stories

UAT

Agile delivery

SQL Server

System integrations

Security awareness

Enterprise IT

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

.NET environments

Job description

IAG Defence & National Security (DNS) is seeking an experienced Systems Analyst to join a government agency in Canberra. You will translate business requirements into technical specifications, supporting cyber uplift initiatives and operational improvements across a portfolio of enterprise applications.

In this role, you will participate through the full project lifecycle from planning to maintenance, with occasional after-hours work for releases and production support.