Technical Business Analyst/Tester

Thesoco Pty Ltd; City of Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

SOCO is an Australian-based IT consultancy seeking a talented Business Analyst to join our Project Management team. The role focuses on bridging stakeholders and developers, translating business requirements into actionable software tasks, and ensuring business value is delivered.

You will workshop and capture client requirements, refine and rank them, produce Business Requirements Specification documents, and contribute to test plans and training materials.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of Business Analyst experience across government and private IT projects.
• Proven experience with Microsoft 365/Power Platform projects.
• Strong ability to elicit requirements, map processes, and produce BRDs and test artefacts.

Responsibilities

• Bridge gaps between stakeholders and the development team, translating business needs into actionable tasks.
• Capture and refine client requirements; produce BRDs, wireframes, process flows, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Create and maintain quality test plans and test cases aligned to requirements.
• Assist with training materials to enable user adoption of new systems.
• Maintain visibility across the project lifecycle from concept to delivery.

Skills

Business Analysis

Stakeholder Communication

Requirements Elicitation

Testing / QA

Documentation

Agile & Waterfall

Tools

Microsoft 365/Power Platform

Job description

Incredible Technology, Crafted by Humans®

Are you a talented Business Analyst with demonstrated experience working on projects focussed on the Microsoft tech stack? This full-time, permanent role in an innovative consultancy environment could be the role you’ve been waiting for.

We are on the lookout for an awesome Business Analyst who loves people and technology and is ready to embark on a full-time, permanent role in an innovative consultancy environment.

Your opportunity

We are seeking a talented and passionate Business Analyst to join our Project Management team. Our ideal candidate must be an Australian Citizen with Australian government baseline, NV1 or higher security clearance (non-negotiable, as we work with many government agencies that require this).

As a BusinessAnalyst,you will bridge the gap between stakeholders and the development team, interpreting business requirements into understandable development tasks to match a final software product with the expected business value.

You will work with our clients (and internal project teams) to workshop and capture clients’ technical and business requirements, collaboratively refine and rank them, and produce Business Requirements Specification documents to be used for solution designs and delivery. You will also wear a \"tester\" hat, creating quality test plans and cases that align with the requirements document.

You will have visibility of the project from concept to delivery, including business requirements gathering, Business process mapping, and working with consultants to create functional specification documents, wireframes / mock-ups, process flow diagrams, user stories,acceptance criteria, test plans, and scripts.

The role could also include a documentation and training component, involving the development and delivery of training materials in various formats.

This is a highly visible role, andyouwill have visibility of the project from to delivery including business requirements gathering, business process mapping, and working with consultants to create functional specification documents, wireframes, mock-ups, process flow diagrams, test plans, and scripts.

Are We a Match?

Is this role right for you?

SOCO and this role are an ideal match for you if you:

• Have previous Business Analyst experience (3+ years)across multiple industries (government and private sector) in IT software projects


• Demonstrated experience in Microsoft 365/Power Platform projects


• Are skilled in s supporting testing solutions to ensure they meet Business Requirements Specifications
  
  
  
  • Contributing to the test strategy
  
  
  • Contributing to test plans and cases
  
  
  • Performing testing and working with the technical team to correct errors
  
  
  • Creating scenarios and test scripts for User Acceptance Testing
  
  


• Are highly experienced in requirements elicitation and comfortable working with senior decision-makers


• Possess strong knowledge of
  
  
  
  • Business Process Flows
  
  
  • Waterfall and Agile project management methodologies
  
  


• Able to leverage your strong communication skills and analytical background to accurately articulate business requirements, documenting them clearly for both developers and stakeholders


• Supporting change management by helping users adopt new systems or processes through training


• Have a passion for problem-solving and developing elegant solutions


• Manage competing priorities and multiple projects when required, to effectively meet deadlines


• Are an approachable and awesome team player


• Are an Australian citizen and have at least Australian government baseline security clearance or NV1

About SOCO

SOCO is an award-winning Australian-based IT consultancy who put people first. We specialise in the delivery of digital solutions, business applications and integration projects. As a people-centric business, SOCO is committed to maintaining a competitive edge by providing exceptional employment experiences for our team members.

We work with a number of clients in various industries, including:

• Government


• ASX-listed corporates


• Private enterprise


• Not-for-profits

SOCO has been formerly recognised as a Great Place to Work®, based on the outcome of an independently run, anonymous survey of SOCO employees. These results reflect SOCO’s people first and technology second approach, putting people at the very centre of everything that we do.

We’d Love to Learn More About You

If you have made it this far and believe this is the opportunity you have been waiting for, we would love to hear from you.

No agency assistance is required at this time.