Technical System Analyst

CACI Ltd; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

CACI Ltd is seeking a Senior Systems Analyst to bridge business and technology, analysing processes, systems and data to enable technology-enabled change. You will work with stakeholders, technical teams and delivery partners to ensure requirements are clear, impacts understood and change is implemented successfully.

You will lead analyses, document requirements, and support design across complex transformation programmes, with a focus on data flows, system integrations and process improvement.

Qualifications

• Significant experience as a Systems Analyst or Business Analyst in complex programmes.
• Experience gathering and documenting business, functional and non-functional requirements.
• Ability to translate needs into system-level specs and user stories.
• Proven capability mapping current and future operating models.
• Experience leading stakeholder workshops and cross-functional collaboration.
• Knowledge of data flows, integrations and data governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead analysis of business processes and operating models to identify improvement opportunities.
• Elicit, document and validate requirements from diverse stakeholders.
• Translate business needs into clear requirements, user stories and solution specs.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, architects and delivery partners on system designs.
• Conduct impact, gap and dependency analyses for technology changes.
• Analyse data flows, systems and information needs to support design.
• Support backlog management, testing and change readiness during delivery.
• Provide leadership within the analysis function and promote best practices.

Skills

Business analysis

Requirements elicitation

Stakeholder workshops

Process mapping

Data analysis

System/solution design

Job description

Base Office: Bristol, Kensington, Bromley

Working Structure: Hybrid, some travel to Solihull

Overview:

The Senior Systems Analyst is responsible for analysing business processes, operational models, systems and data to support the design and delivery of technology-enabled change. The role acts as a bridge between business stakeholders, technical teams and programme delivery functions to ensure requirements are clearly defined, solution impacts are understood, and change is successfully implemented. This role combines business analysis, systems analysis, process improvement, requirements management, data analysis and stakeholder engagement within complex transformation programmes.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead the analysis of business processes, systems and operating models to identify opportunities for improvement and support strategic change initiatives.
• Elicit, document and validate business, functional and non-functional requirements from a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Translate business needs into clear, actionable requirements, user stories, process maps and solution specifications.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, technical teams, architects and delivery partners to design effective system and process solutions.
• Conduct impact, gap and dependency analyses to assess the implications of business and technology changes.
• Analyse data flows, system integrations and information requirements to support solution design and implementation.
• Support project and programme delivery activities, including backlog management, prioritisation, testing and change readiness.
• Provide leadership and mentoring within the analysis function, promoting best practice, governance and continuous improvement.

Experience Required:

• Significant experience as a Systems Analyst, Technical Business Analyst, or Business Systems Analyst within complex technology and transformation programmes.
• Proven experience gathering, analysing and documenting business, functional and non-functional requirements, translating business needs into system-level specifications and user stories.
• Strong experience mapping and improving business processes, including defining current-state (As-Is) and future-state (To-Be) operating models.
• Demonstrable experience leading stakeholder workshops, requirements elicitation sessions and cross-functional collaboration with business and technical teams.
• Experience conducting impact assessments, risk analysis, dependency management and requirements traceability across multiple workstreams and delivery phases.
• Strong data analysis experience, including data modelling, data migration support, data quality assessment and the analysis of system integrations and information flows.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience working with biometric, forensic, or DNA-related systems, data, or operational processes.
• Knowledge of regulated, high-assurance, or public sector environments where security, auditability and data governance are critical.
• Experience supporting large-scale data transformation, matching, search, or identity-based technology solutions.

CACI is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Embracing the diversity of our people, we are on a journey to build a truly inclusive work environment where no one is treated less favourably due to ethnic origin, age, sex, gender identity, veteran status, religion or belief, sexual orientation, marital status, and disability or health condition, actively working to prevent discrimination.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will;

• Provide reasonable adjustments in the recruitment process where requested (contact a member of the recruitment team on 020 7602 6000 to discuss individual requirements further).
• Offer people with health conditions and disabilities, meeting the minimum criteria for a role, an interview.
• Our people are unique and we encourage, and support them, to be confident in contributing to our inclusion journey.