Senior Technical Business Analyst

Professional Search Group; Perth; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Part time

Job summary

Professional Search Group is seeking an experienced Senior Technical Business Analyst to assist a major government technology transformation project in Western Australia. The role focuses on technical requirements analysis for cloud infrastructure, with emphasis on Azure, AWS, IAM and enterprise ICT environments.

Based in Perth, WA, this contract role supports hosting, networking, security and governance workstreams.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience as a Senior Technical Business Analyst in ICT infrastructure or technology transformation projects.
• Strong technical analysis across Microsoft Azure and AWS cloud environments.
• Experience analysing enterprise networking, connectivity and infrastructure requirements.
• Strong understanding of Microsoft Entra ID, IAM, authentication and privileged access.
• Ability to translate technical architecture and infrastructure documentation into clear, testable requirements.
• Experience documenting non-functional requirements covering performance, availability, security, resilience and operational supportability.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and workshop facilitation across technical and project teams.
• Experience in complex, governed environments with multiple technology vendors and service providers.

Responsibilities

• Elicit, analyse, document and validate technical and non-functional requirements across Azure and AWS environments.
• Analyse cloud hosting requirements covering availability, performance, capacity, resilience, disaster recovery, monitoring and supportability.
• Gather and document network connectivity and infrastructure integration requirements.
• Analyse Microsoft Entra ID and IAM requirements, including authentication, authorisation, identity lifecycle, privileged access and role-based access controls.
• Interpret technical architecture, infrastructure designs and service documentation to identify gaps, dependencies and constraints.
• Develop technical requirements catalogues, system context diagrams, interface documentation and information flows.
• Identify relevant security, privacy, compliance and government policy obligations.
• Facilitate technical workshops with architecture, cyber security, infrastructure, networking and service delivery teams.
• Develop acceptance criteria, requirements traceability matrices, options papers and Statements of Work.
• Maintain project documentation, risks, issues, decisions and dependencies, providing regular progress updates.

Skills

Azure

AWS

IAM

Requirements tracing

Non-functional requirements

Workshop facilitation

Security & compliance

Senior BA

Job description

Professional Search Group (PSG)are seeking an experienced Senior Technical Business Analyst to support a major government technology transformation program delivering new digital platforms across Western Australia.

The role will support a Cloud Hosting and Infrastructure project responsible for enhancing enterprise cloud environments and associated ICT services.

Key Info:

• Must be Perth, WA based.
• Contract
• Proposed start date: 30/11/26
• End date: 30/06/27 (with 3 further extensions or 6 months each, potentially up to 31/12/28

Key Responsibilities

• Elicit, analyse, document and validate technical and non-functional requirements across Azure and AWS environments.
• Analyse cloud hosting requirements covering availability, performance, capacity, resilience, disaster recovery, monitoring and supportability.
• Gather and document network connectivity and infrastructure integration requirements.
• Analyse Microsoft Entra ID and IAM requirements, including authentication, authorisation, identity lifecycle, privileged access and role-based access controls.
• Interpret technical architecture, infrastructure designs and service documentation to identify gaps, dependencies and constraints.
• Develop technical requirements catalogues, system context diagrams, interface documentation and information flows.
• Identify relevant security, privacy, compliance and government policy obligations.
• Facilitate technical workshops with architecture, cyber security, infrastructure, networking and service delivery teams.
• Develop acceptance criteria, requirements traceability matrices, options papers and Statements of Work.
• Maintain project documentation, risks, issues, decisions and dependencies, providing regular progress updates.

Skills & Experience

• Extensive experience as a Senior Technical Business Analyst within complex ICT infrastructure or technology transformation projects.
• Strong technical analysis experience across Microsoft Azure and AWS cloud environments.
• Experience analysing enterprise networking, connectivity and infrastructure requirements.
• Strong understanding of Microsoft Entra ID, Identity and Access Management, authentication, authorisation and privileged access.
• Proven ability to interpret technical architecture and infrastructure documentation and translate it into clear, testable requirements.
• Experience documenting non-functional requirements covering performance, availability, security, resilience and operational supportability.
• Strong analytical skills, including requirements traceability, technical documentation and options analysis.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and workshop facilitation skills across technical and project teams.
• Experience working in complex, governed environments involving multiple technology vendors and service providers.

Desirable:

• Previous experience within State or Federal Government ICT projects.
• Experience preparing Statements of Work and procurement documentation.
• PRINCE2, BABOK or equivalent business analysis framework knowledge.

Important

This is not a traditional functional Business Analyst role. We are specifically seeking a technically focused BA with hands-on experience analysing cloud infrastructure, networking, IAM and enterprise ICT environments.

The role is focused on technical requirements analysis, not solution architecture, engineering or implementation.