Technical Business Analyst

Vallum Associates; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Vallum Associates in the United Kingdom is seeking a proactive, stakeholder-focused professional to map and document business and technical requirements. You will analyze systems, work with APIs, and translate ideas into clear specifications.

The role emphasizes ownership, troubleshooting, and DevOps–style process optimization. The ideal candidate has strong communication, data querying, and documentation skills, plus experience with IT controls and process improvement.

Qualifications

• Pro-active self-starter with ability to seek information and people to develop solutions
• Translates ideas into clear requirements and specifications
• Independent worker with can-do attitude and strong ownership
• Problem-Solving and Adaptability: identify root causes and troubleshoot incidents
• Good written and verbal communication and stakeholder skills
• Broad knowledge of IT controls and best practice
• Gather, document, and validate business and technical requirements
• Process mapping and analysis for automation and DevOps optimization
• Familiar with database concepts and data querying

Skills

System analysis

API experience

Requirements gathering

Documentation

Process mapping

DevOps context

Data querying

Communication

Stakeholder management

Troubleshooting

Ownership

Proactive

Analytical thinking

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

SQL

Job description

• A pro-active self-starter who can seek out information and people to develop solutions and present them.
• System and application analysis skills
• Experience working with APIs and API/web application development teams
• Good communicator with strong interpersonal skills
• Translates ideas into requirements and specifications that are easy to understand
• Experience documenting functional specifications (agile stories and acceptance criteria), process flow diagrams
• Independent worker with ‘can do’ attitude, ability to learn quickly, and strong sense of ownership to get the job done (high priority)
• Problem-Solving and Adaptability: Proven capability in identifying root causes, troubleshooting incidents, and developing effective solutions (high priority)
• Good written & verbal communication skills and people skills, and build good working relationships with team and wider stakeholders (high priority)
• Broad knowledge of IT controls and best practice
• Ability to gather, document, and validate business and technical requirements from stakeholders.
• Process Improvement: Experience in mapping, documenting, analysing process flows to identify opportunities for automation and optimization within a DevOps context.
• Good working experience of Excel, Powerpoint, Word
• Familiarity with database concepts and the ability to query and analyse data