Business Analyst

Discovery Limited; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 550,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Discovery Limited’s Group Information Services is seeking a Business Analyst who will translate complex business needs into clear functional specifications for developers and validate solutions against requirements.

You will work with the CRM - D2C team, engage with architects, product owners and testers, and contribute to Agile delivery, test scenarios, and release notes.

Qualifications

• Informatics or other relevant degree.
• 3–5 years Business Analyst experience.
• Agile Methodology Certification.
• 1 year Software Development experience.
• Honours degree.

Responsibilities

• Understand the technical requirements and translate them into functional specifications for developers.
• Test and validate the functionality against requirements across multiple systems.
• Interface between Systems Architect, client and development team to align business and technical needs.
• Build and maintain relationships with clients and act as a consultant on the application.
• Contribute to Agile Epics/Stories, test scenarios and release notes.

Skills

Agile Methodology

Project Management

SQL queries

Business Writing Skills

Presentation and Facilitation

Solution Architecture

Process Mapping

Entity Diagram mapping

Software testing pack design

JAD sessions

Education

Informatics or other relevant degree

Honours degree

Agile Methodology Certification

1 year Software Development experience

Tools

Enterprise architect

Visio

SoapUI (SOAP) / REST client (JSON)

Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence)

Job description

Discovery - Group Information Services

Business Analyst

About Discovery

Discovery’s core purpose is to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives. We seek out and invest in exceptional individuals who understand and support our core purpose, and whose own values align with those of Discovery. Our fast-paced and dynamic environment enables smart, self-driven people to be their best. As global thought leaders, Discovery is passionate about innovating in order to not only achieve financial success, but to ignite positive and meaningful change within our society.

About CRM - D2C TEAM

We are a service focused team that has a drive to solve problems with urgency, and meet the needs of our clients to the best of our ability. We are looking for smart, energetic, experienced and dynamic achievers who take initiative and ownership, and who thrive on constant challenges and high-speed change to join us on this journey. If you have an entrepreneurial mind and appreciate calculated risks, then the Discovery environment will liberate you to realise your full potential.

Key Purpose

Understanding the technical requirements, and through a structured process documentng, validating and translating it into functional specifications that are used by developers to craft a technical solution. Testing and validating the functionality of the technical solution against the technical requirements. Interfacing between the Systems Architect, client (where relevant) and the development team with regards to the technical, business and functional requirements. Ensuring that the technical and/or the business requirements are delivered in the implemented solution. Working with multiple systems and business areas and multiple teams that require deep integration of solutions. Building and maintaining strong relationships with clients, and acting as consultant on the application.

Areas Of Responsibility May Include But Not Limited To

Business Case

• Assist the Systems Architect and/or business to articulate the benefits they wish to realize with the solution. Facilitating the development of a Technical Design or Business Case.

Agile Methodology

• Design and validate the functional solution using Agile Methodology.
• This involves interpreting the product / technical requirements into Agile Epics and Stories
• Plan Agile Sprints and Stories for the Sprint
• Apply knowledge of the system, interfaces and dependencies to highlight integration aspects that must be considered.
• Identify a set of stakeholders that need to be involved in creating and validating the Agile Story Board by interview business and technical owners, as well as experienced members of the development team (Development Manager, Architect, Snr BA).
• Design a set of test cases/scripts, test scenarios and test data sets to accompany the Agile Story Board
• Validate the Agile Epics and Test Basket with the identified stakeholders and obtain sign-off.

Release Notes & Training Material

• Update and publish release notes related to the current system changes implemented and notify impacted parties. Maintain and update the Agile Story Board (Epics and Stories) with any added content.

Personal Attributes And Skills

Behavioral Skills

• Time management and prioritization
• Creativeness
• Curiosity
• Learning orientation
• Negotiation skills
• Innovation

Technical Skills

• Agile Methodology
• Project Management
• SQL queries
• Business Writing Skills
• Presentation and Facilitation Skills
• Solution Architecture
• Process Mapping
• Entity Diagram mapping
• Software testing pack design, functional testing

Education And Experience

Minimum

• Informatics or other relevant degree
• 3 – 5 years Business Analyst experience
• Agile Methodology Certification
• Advantageous
• 1 year Software Development experience
• Honours degree

Methodologies

• Agile Methodology

Tools

• Enterprise architect
• Visio
• SoapUI (SOAP) / REST client (JSON)
• Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence)

Processes

• ITIL (Incident, Release, Problem Management)

Technologies

• SQL (Oracle and IBM Netezza)
• UML
• XML
• JSON

Other

• Software architecture
• JAD sessions

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY

The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.