Senior Business Analyst

Tracker Connect; Centurion; On-site; ZAR 300 000 - 400 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT company in Centurion seeks an experienced Senior Business Analyst to support business and manage change initiatives. Responsibilities include delivering strategic projects, documenting requirements, and mentoring team members. The ideal candidate will have a relevant degree, a business analyst certification, and at least 6 years of experience in a mobile development environment. Key benefits include medical aid and a provident fund.

Benefits

Medical aid

Provident fund

Qualifications

• 6 years of relevant work experience.
• Experience in a mobile development environment preferred.
• Familiarity with REST, SOAP APIs.
• Experience with DevOps work items and wikis advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Deliver strategic projects on time and within budget.
• Gather and define business requirements.
• Document requirements and systems.
• Mentor and coach team members on documentation standards.

Skills

Requirements gathering

Stakeholder communication

Validation

Agile documentation

Documentation tools

Education

Relevant Degree or Diploma

Business Analyst certification (e.g. CBAP)

Tools

MS Office including Visio

Azure DevOps

Enterprise Architect

Microsoft SQL Server

Job description

Overview

• Industry: IT & Internet
• Job category: IT and Telecommunications
• Location: Centurion
• Contract: Permanent
• Remuneration: Market Related
• EE position: Yes

Introduction

Tracker requires the services of a Senior Business Analyst in our Technology Department. The Business Analyst is responsible for supporting business and the management of change initiatives within the business environment. Providing consulting services and representing business on all change projects/initiatives.

Job Description

• Deliver strategic projects on time, in budget, with the desired functionality, at the defined quality level in a sustainable way. Work with key stakeholders to gather and define business requirements and related user and functional requirement. Ensure business rules are carefully documented.
• Translate requirements into detailed functional specifications including wireframes, high level system architecture where appropriate.
• Perform validation of requirements against features at end of each sprint.
• Ensure quality output from initiation to completion, including requirements, planning, Devops work items, wiki and other documentation
• Meet best practice criteria in the documentation of requirements and systems
• When relevant, assure that team members adhere to and follow these practices.
• Complete work orders in appropriate timescales
• Maintain and support documentation
• Enhance documentation and documentation systems
• Share and document knowledge in wiki’s
• Document systems, including enhancements to facilitate knowledge sharing
• Mentor and coach developers, testers and other team members in proper standards and practices for documentation
• Ensure that the best practice development processes and standards are followed
• Effective use of toolsets
• Follow and advise on department documentation standards

Minimum Requirements

• Relevant Degree or Diploma or Relevant Work Experience required
• Business Analyst related certification required (e.g. CBAP certificate)
• 6 years of relevant work experience
• Requirements gathering, user requirements and functional specifications
• Agile documentation
• Validation (validate requirements against app) and documentation (update documentation, including wiki pages)
• Stakeholder communication
• Experience as a BA in a mobile development environment is preferred
• Experience with Azure Devops would be advantageous
• Experience with documentation tools
• MS Office including Visio required
• Experience with Devops work items and wiki’s would be advantageous
• Exposure to diagram tools such as Enterprise Architect advantageous
• Experience in development technologies would be advantageous:
• Microsoft SQL Server
• REST, SOAP API’s
• Native iOS, Android
• Exposure to good documentation practices

Benefits

• Medical aid
• Provident fund