Business Analyst

Astek; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Astek is seeking a skilled Business Analyst to manage BAU operations, governance, and continuous improvement for a government portal in Singapore. You will collaborate with business users, IT teams, vendors, and GovTech to ensure reliable service delivery and informed decision-making.

The role requires strong analytical abilities, stakeholder management, and experience with IT project delivery within a government context.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of experience in Business Analysis, IT project delivery, and BAU support.
• Experience in Singapore Government agency projects as Project Manager or BA/PM.
• Strong analytical and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Experience managing vendors and SLA-driven service delivery.
• Familiarity with JIRA and Confluence.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day BAU operations to maintain system availability, performance, and reliability.
• Serve as the key liaison for business users on incidents, service requests, system issues, and enhancement requirements.
• Prioritise and track incidents, service requests, and change requests in accordance with SLAs.
• Perform root cause analysis (RCA) and coordinate issue resolution with IT teams, vendors, and GovTech.
• Gather and analyse business requirements for system enhancements and translate them into clear functional requirements.
• Coordinate testing, releases, and deployment activities for system enhancements and changes.
• Maintain data quality and integrity while supporting reporting and analytics for operational insights.
• Ensure system operations comply with governance policies, data protection requirements, and PDPA.
• Identify opportunities to streamline processes and improve system functionality and user experience.

Skills

Business Analysis

IT project delivery

Stakeholder management

Vendor management

Communication

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

ASTEK has been providing IT and Engineering solutions for some of the world’s largest industrial and services groups for more than 35 years with 10,000 passionate experts in 22 countries throughout Europe, APAC, Middle East and the Americas

Role: Business Analyst - Government Platform

Location: Jurong East

Role Overview:

We are seeking a Business Analyst to manage Business-As-Usual (BAU) operations, governance, enhancements, and continuous improvement for the government portal. The role will work closely with business users, IT teams, vendors, and the stakeholders to ensure reliable service delivery, effective issue resolution, and ongoing platform improvements.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day BAU operations to maintain system availability, performance, and reliability.
• Serve as the key liaison for business users on incidents, service requests, system issues, and enhancement requirements.
• Prioritise and track incidents, service requests, and change requests in accordance with established SLAs.
• Perform root cause analysis (RCA) and coordinate issue resolution with internal IT teams, vendors, and GovTech.
• Gather and analyse business requirements for system enhancements and translate them into clear functional requirements.
• Coordinate testing, releases, and deployment activities for system enhancements and changes.
• Maintain data quality and integrity while supporting reporting and analytics for operational insights and policy-making.
• Ensure system operations comply with relevant governance policies, data protection requirements, and the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA).
• Identify opportunities to streamline processes and improve system functionality, user experience, and operational efficiency.
• Maintain SOPs, system documentation, and knowledge base articles.
• Work with relevant Whole-of-Government (WoG) tools and platforms where applicable.
• Collaborate with business users, UX designers, and developers on responsive, accessible, and maintainable web applications.

Requirements

• Minimum 4 years of strong experience in Business Analysis, IT project delivery, and application/BAU support.
• Previous experience independently managing IT projects within a Singapore Government agency, either as a Project Manager or Business Analyst/Project Manager.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, requirements gathering, and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Experience managing vendors and SLA-driven service delivery.
• Proficiency with requirements and project management tools such as JIRA and Confluence.
• Knowledge of incident management, change management, root cause analysis, UAT/testing, release coordination, and system governance.
• Understanding of data governance, data quality, reporting, analytics, and PDPA requirements.
• Good communication skills with the ability to coordinate across business, technical, and external stakeholder groups.

Technical Skills

• Experience working with business users, UX designers, and developers to deliver web applications.
• Familiarity with Whole-of-Government (WoG) tools and Government technology environments is an advantage