Senior Technical Business Analyst

Jobtailor

Auckland

On-site

NZD 120,000 - 150,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a seasoned Business Analyst with strong API, data, and systems integration skills to bridge business needs and technical delivery. You will lead requirements, craft user stories and documentation, and collaborate with product, engineering, and QA across Agile and SAFe frameworks.

The role emphasizes API design, security awareness, cloud concepts, and hands-on API development experience, with exposure to financial services domains such as payments and banking.

Qualifications

12+ years' experience as a Business Analyst, including significant Technical BA experience
Strong experience with Swagger, Postman, REST APIs, API contracts, and API integrations
Experience creating user stories, acceptance criteria, and technical documentation
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
Experience with Agile/SAFe, Jira, and Confluence
Understanding of API security, cloud concepts, containerisation, CI/CD, service discovery, and distributed tracing
Strong SQL, data analysis, and system integration knowledge
Previous hands-on API development experience would be a strong advantage
Experience with APIs at scale, API best practices, reusability, resilience, and ITSM practices is desirable
Banking, payments, credit card, insurance, or broader financial services experience will be highly regarded

Responsibilities

Lead requirements gathering and translate business needs into clear technical requirements
Create high-quality user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, and technical documentation
Work closely with product, engineering, testing, and delivery teams
Support API design, integration, and API contract definition and maintenance
Analyse systems, data flows, dependencies, and integration requirements
Support delivery across Agile and SAFe environments

Skills

Requirements Gathering

User Stories

Acceptance Criteria

Technical Documentation

API Contracts

REST APIs

SQL

Data Analysis

System Integration

API Development

Tools

Swagger

Postman

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Lead requirements gathering and translate business needs into clear technical requirements
Create high-quality user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, and technical documentation
Work closely with product, engineering, testing, and delivery teams
Support API design, integration, and API contract definition and maintenance
Analyse systems, data flows, dependencies, and integration requirements
Support delivery across Agile and SAFe environments

Requirements

12+ years' experience as a Business Analyst, including significant Technical BA experience
Strong experience with Swagger, Postman, REST APIs, API contracts, and API integrations
Experience creating user stories, acceptance criteria, and technical documentation
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
Experience with Agile/SAFe, Jira, and Confluence
Understanding of API security, cloud concepts, containerisation, CI/CD, service discovery, and distributed tracing
Strong SQL, data analysis, and system integration knowledge
Previous hands-on API development experience would be a strong advantage
Experience with APIs at scale, API best practices, reusability, resilience, and ITSM practices is desirable
Banking, payments, credit card, insurance, or broader financial services experience will be highly regarded

Core Competencies

Demonstrates extensive experience in leading requirements gathering, translating business needs into technical requirements, and creating high-quality user stories and documentation. Proficient in API design, integration, and analysis within Agile and SAFe environments, with a strong understanding of financial services.

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