Senior Business Analyst - SC-Cleared

Lorien; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 106,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Lorien in London is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to drive infrastructure and technology modernisation for a leading UK financial institution. The role spans cross-functional analysis, requirements engineering and delivery across complex programmes.

This 6-month hybrid contract requires Active SC Clearance and blends London office time with remote collaboration, working with architects, engineers and senior stakeholders to translate business needs into actionable requirements.

Qualifications

• Extensive business analysis experience delivering large-scale technology, infrastructure or software change programmes.
• Experience in regulated financial services environments.
• Experience with Agile delivery and Jira/Confluence.

Responsibilities

• Elicit, analyse and document business and technical requirements.
• Produce high-quality user stories, acceptance criteria and functional specifications.
• Facilitate workshops and requirements-gathering sessions with a broad range of stakeholders.
• Support prioritisation activities and manage backlogs and dependencies.
• Work closely with architects, engineers and project leadership to ensure solutions align to strategic objectives.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, reviews and retrospectives.
• Analyse current and future-state operating models, business processes and technology impacts.
• Identify risks, dependencies and opportunities for process improvement.
• Support testing, implementation and transition activities throughout the project lifecycle.

Skills

Business Analysis

Stakeholder management

Agile delivery

SDLC knowledge

Regulated environment

Requirements gathering

Workshops facilitation

Backlog management

Education

Degree or professional qualification (BCS/ISEB/IIBA CBAP or equivalent)

Degree in a relevant field

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Senior Business Analyst (Infrastructure & Technology Modernisation)

6-Month Contract Hybrid (50% London office) Active SC Clearance Required

We are supporting a leading UK financial institution undertaking a significant programme of technology modernisation and infrastructure transformation. As part of this initiative, we are seeking an experienced Senior Business Analyst to work across complex technology and infrastructure change projects, helping to shape and deliver strategic outcomes within a highly regulated environment.

The Role

As a Senior Business Analyst, you will act as the bridge between business stakeholders and technology teams, driving the definition, analysis and delivery of large-scale infrastructure and technology change initiatives. You will work closely with architects, engineers, project managers and senior stakeholders to ensure business needs are translated into clear, actionable requirements and successful delivery outcomes.

This role is focused on technology modernisation programmes, including legacy platform transformation, cloud adoption, infrastructure refresh, operational resilience improvements and technical debt reduction.

Key Responsibilities

• Elicit, analyse and document business and technical requirements.
• Produce high-quality user stories, acceptance criteria and functional specifications.
• Facilitate workshops and requirements-gathering sessions with a broad range of stakeholders.
• Support prioritisation activities and collaborate with delivery teams to manage backlogs and dependencies.
• Work closely with architects, engineers and project leadership to ensure solutions align to strategic objectives.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, reviews and retrospectives.
• Analyse current and future-state operating models, business processes and technology impacts.
• Identify risks, dependencies and opportunities for process improvement.
• Support testing, implementation and transition activities throughout the project lifecycle.

Required Experience

• Extensive Business Analysis experience delivering large-scale technology, infrastructure or software change programmes.
• Strong background working within complex enterprise environments, ideally within financial services, regulatory or similarly regulated sectors.
• Demonstrable experience supporting technology modernisation and infrastructure transformation initiatives.
• Strong understanding of enterprise technology environments, including some of:
  • Cloud technologies
  • Networks
  • Data centres
  • Compute and virtualisation
  • Storage
  • Identity & access management
  • Cyber security
  • End-user technology
  • Service management
• Proven experience working within Agile delivery environments.
• Strong knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
• Experience with Jira, Confluence and related delivery tools.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage technical and non-technical audiences at all levels.
• Experience producing process maps, requirements documentation, traceability matrices and other BA artefacts.
• Degree educated and/or professionally qualified (BCS, ISEB, IIBA CBAP or equivalent).

Desirable Experience

• Infrastructure modernisation, cloud migration or platform transformation programmes.
• ITIL and service transition experience.
• Technology risk, operational resilience and security-by-design knowledge.
• Azure DevOps, Planview, Visio or Miro experience.
• Data migration, integration and data analysis experience.
• Experience working in hybrid Agile/Waterfall environments.
• Knowledge of business architecture principles.