Business Analyst

Brunel; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working 3 days in office

Career coaching & mentoring

Collaborative team environment

Laptop & smartphone provided

Pension & health insurance

Job summary

Brunel in Amsterdam seeks a Business Analyst to join the Global IT Team. You will translate business needs into user stories, assess designs, and support agile development with close collaboration with product owners and stakeholders across regions.

You’ll work in a DevOps environment, leveraging Azure DevOps and modelling techniques like UML/BPMN, while enabling effective IT solutions and processes across global applications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in business administration, IT or similar.
• Experience in an agile/scrum, SAFe environment with Azure DevOps.
• Ability to retrieve and describe requirements and translate them into user stories/use cases.
• Knowledge of UML/BPMN modelling techniques.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Developing a deep understanding of business needs and translating into user stories.
• Drafting functional specifications within architectural frameworks.
• Assessing functional and technical designs and impact analysis.
• Acting as the first point of contact for Agile development teams and coordinating with Product Owner.
• Collaborating with partners to maximise product value.

Skills

Agile/Scrum

SAFe

Azure DevOps

Stakeholder management

UML

BPMN

Requirements gathering

Communication

Education

Bachelor's or master's in business administration, IT or similar

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics 365

Microsoft Power Platform

Job description

Founded in 1975, Brunel has developed into an international group with 12,000 employees and a turnover of €1.4 billion. We deliver Project and Consulting Solutions, Workforce Solutions and Global Mobility Solutions that transform global projects in Renewables, Conventional Energy, Mining, Life Sciences, Future Mobility, Industrials & Technology and many other sectors.

Brunel is listed on Euronext Amsterdam NV and is included in the Amsterdam Small Cap Index (AScX). The organisation has grown into a renowned global brand with more than 120+ offices in over 40 countries on 6 continents. The head office of Brunel International is located in Amsterdam.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Business Analyst within the Global IT Team (GIT), you will belong to a team of ~ 10 business analysts that are focused across various projects, systems and applications. This will provide the opportunity to collaborate and learn with colleagues with a similar skillset coming from diverse backgrounds. Your stakeholders will be your colleagues within the IT team that have a technical focus on our IT applications and processes, as well as managers from the business (internal clients) based both in our Amsterdam HQ and possibly across other global regions too.

ABOUT THE TEAM

The Global IT Team (GIT) is responsible for all of Brunel's business-critical applications worldwide. This team consists of four agile teams that, based on Devops, design and develop the right functionality and applications for our international regions and manage them together with our partners. Within these teams we work together with modern technology and IT partners, and we continue to innovate to provide our business with the best IT systems.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Developing a deep understanding of our business and users’ needs, specifying requirements and translating into user stories;
• Drawing up additional functional specifications that fit within the set of architectural frameworks;
• Assessing functional and technical designs;
• Making impact analysis of changes to business processes, related information systems and advising on this;
• Being the first point of contact for the Agile development teams
• Working together with the Product Owner having an opinion about the business value of changes.
• Working closely with our partners to get the best from their products

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• Bachelor's or master's degree in business administration, IT or similar
• Excellent Dutch and/or English communication and writing skills
• Demonstrable work experience in an agile/scrum, SAFe environment; experience in working with Azure DevOps
• Demonstrable experience with process, business, information and/or system analysis
• Ability to retrieve and describe requirements and translate them into user stories/use cases
• Knowledge and experience with modelling and techniques such as UML and BPMN
• Training/certifications in the field of business/information analysis and architecture (eg IREB, BABOK, UML, BPMN, TOGAF) are a plus.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, resistance to stress and confidence
• Ability to deal with a wide scope of tasks, monitor overview and set priorities and explain complex matters in a simple way
• Previous experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 / Microsoft Power Platform
• Previous experience in a recruitment, staffing or a similar industry

Two interviews and an online assessment

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU

• Hybrid & flexible working - 3 days in the office.
• Coaching and mentoring through weekly check-ins.
• Friendly, collaborative & supportive team environment.
• Laptop and smart phone with Microsoft powered IT tools.
• Benefits; including pension scheme, group health insurance, 26 paid vacation days with the option to buy upto 40 vacation days per year, travel allowance scheme, bicycle lease plan, gym discount.
• Through the Brunel Academy - Brunel's learning & development programme - you have every opportunity to continue to develop yourself, both professionally and personally.