Technical Business Analyst (API)

Aqovia; London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in digital solutions is seeking a Technical Business Analyst to work on innovative projects. This role involves designing RESTful APIs, collaborating closely with engineering teams, and ensuring that business needs translate effectively throughout the development process. Aqovia values inclusivity and diversity, making it a great place for passionate individuals eager to advance their careers in technology.

Qualifications

• Commercial experience as a Technical Business Analyst.
• Experience with REST and web APIs.
• Ability to write user stories for agile teams.

Responsibilities

• Capture business requirements and document them in JIRA/Confluence.
• Design RESTful web APIs and validate them with Postman.
• Collaborate with engineering teams and business stakeholders.

Skills

RESTful APIs

Communication skills

Agile development

Problem-solving

BPMN

UML

Postman

JSON Schema

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Git

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Aqovia

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London, United Kingdom

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Posted:

18.06.2025

Expiry Date:

02.08.2025

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Job Description:

Aqovia is an international Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital solutions specialist, combining innovative and cutting-edge technologies to provide bespoke, mission critical, and transformational solutions.

Join Us - If you are passionate about technology and looking for a company that values your contributions and supports your career aspirations, we invite you to explore opportunities with us. Together, we can shape the future of tech solutions and create a workplace where everyone thrives.

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.

Here's what you'll do:

• 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

We're looking for someone who has:

• 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.
• 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.