Technical Business Analyst (API)

Aqovia; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology consulting firm in Greater London seeks a Technical Business Analyst to join its software engineering team. The role involves capturing business requirements, collaborating with engineering teams, and designing RESTful APIs for various projects. Ideal candidates will have strong problem-solving skills, experience in agile development practices, and the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Join us to help shape innovative solutions in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Experience as a technical business analyst across multiple projects.
• Ability to write user stories for agile development teams.
• Comfortable working with web API testing tools.

Responsibilities

• Capture business requirements and document in JIRA/Confluence.
• Design RESTful web APIs conforming to architectural guidance.
• Collaborate with teams to define user stories and acceptance criteria.

Skills

REST API understanding

Postman and Insomnia

Agile principles

Interpersonal communication

Problem-solving skills

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Git

Job description

Overview

Why Aqovia?

Since 2008, Aqovia has been a leader in technology innovation and digital transformation. We specialise in bespoke software development, data science, engineering, AI / ML, and tailored software defined solutions. Partnering with clients across the globe, we deliver impactful results for industries such as telecommunications, international government bodies, media, and technology.

At Aqovia, we pride ourselves on our ability to architect, design, and develop cutting-edge solutions that drive transformative projects. Our world class team, with decades of experience at leading blue-chip companies, brings unmatched expertise to every stage of the product development lifecycle.

Join Aqovia and become part of a team that values innovation, excellence, and collaboration. Your expertise will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of technology solutions and driving meaningful change. Together, we’ll push the boundaries of what’s possible.

Job Description

Aqovia is looking for a Technical Business Analyst to join our software engineering department. You will work in fast-paced development teams for our own products and / or client projects. As a Technical Business Analyst you will be working on our consulting projects, primarily designing RESTful API services.

Responsibilities

• Capture and curate business requirements and system documentation in JIRA / Confluence as user stories, API design, API enhancements
• Write estimate-able user stories, in JIRA, for developers including acceptance criteria
• Design RESTful web APIs for new and existing products in an API first context, in accordance with strategic guidance provided by the technical architect
• Collaborate with engineering team members and business stakeholders to:
  • Design RESTful web APIs
  • Design Data Models
  • Design event-driven processes in a distributed systems (micro-services)
  • Specify contracts for messaging and web services, primarily using JSON Schema and Open API Specification (Swagger), respectively
  • Validate / verify APIs by creating requests and asserting responses in Postman
  • Document processes and data models, primarily using BPMN
  • Define acceptance test scenarios in a DSL, such as Gherkin and generate test data sets
  • Support product owners and QA in acceptance testing
• Participate in agile team ceremonies
• Write customer facing documentation
• Coach / mentor junior analyst(s)
• Support data engineers responsible for on-boarding customers / data into platform

Qualifications

• Understanding of REST and its application to web APIs, able to use tools like Postman and Insomnia
• Understanding of HTTP headers, authentication, authorization and response codes
• Commitment to agile and lean development principles
• Commercial experience as a technical business analyst across multiple different customers / projects
• Excellent business interpersonal, written and oral communication skills. Able to translate business needs to engineers, and explain complex details to non-technical people
• Experience of writing user stories for agile development teams
• Strong analysis and problem-solving skills
• Experience documenting processes using standards such as BPMN and UML
• Understanding of event driven workflows
• Comfortable working with source code (Git) to manage API specifications
• Able to work with a web API testing tool such as Postman, including crafting authentication tokens

Desired Skills & Experience

• Prototyping and wireframing
• Experience of agile leadership such as a Scrum Product Owner or Scrum Master

Joining Aqovia means

If you're a technically adept problem-solver who thrives in a fast-paced environmentand shares our commitment to positive impact, we encourage you to apply!

Equal Opportunity Employer

At Aqovia, we believe in the strength of diversity. We strive to reflect the variedmarkets we serve and foster an inclusive culture where everyone feels welcome,valued, and empowered to be their authentic selves. As an equal opportunityemployer, we are committed to embracing all forms of diversity across ourorganisation.