Senior System Analyst: Design, Integrations & Specs

Pbt-Group; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

PBT Group is seeking an experienced System Analyst to join a dynamic delivery team on a contract basis. You will bridge business requirements and technology solutions, working with stakeholders, developers, architects and testers to analyse problems and design robust system solutions.

This role requires producing detailed functional and technical documentation, and collaborating in Agile or Waterfall environments. Banking/Financial services experience is advantageous.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience as a System Analyst or Technical Business Analyst.
• Proven experience producing detailed functional and technical documentation.
• Strong understanding of enterprise systems and system integration.
• Experience working within Agile and/or Waterfall delivery environments.
• Banking or Financial Services experience is highly advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Engage with business stakeholders to understand, analyse and document business requirements.
• Translate business needs into detailed functional and technical solution designs.
• Facilitate workshops and requirements gathering sessions.
• Identify solution options and recommend the most appropriate approach.
• Ensure proposed solutions align with enterprise architecture and business objectives.
• Produce comprehensive functional and technical specifications.
• Develop UML artefacts including use case, sequence, activity and context diagrams.
• Design system integrations and interface specifications.
• Define API contracts and system interactions.
• Collaborate with Architects and Development teams to ensure solution feasibility.
• Analyse and document system integrations across multiple platforms.
• Work with RESTful and SOAP-based services.
• Define message structures using JSON and XML.
• Analyse queue-based and batch processing solutions.
• Support API integration design and troubleshooting.
• Work closely with Developers, Test Analysts, Product Owners and Business Analysts throughout the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Support solution clarification during development and testing.
• Assist with defect analysis and production support where required.
• Ensure solution documentation remains accurate and up to date.

Skills

SQL

API Analysis

REST Services

SOAP Services

JSON

XML

Queue-based Integration

Batch Processing

Java

C#

Relational Databases

Swagger/OpenAPI

Postman

Jira

Confluence

BPMN

Education

Relevant Degree or Diploma in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems or a related field

Tools

Not specified

Job description

PBT Group is seeking an experienced System Analyst to join a dynamic delivery team on a contract basis. You will bridge business requirements and technology solutions, working with stakeholders, developers, architects and testers to analyse problems and design robust system solutions.

This role requires producing detailed functional and technical documentation, and collaborating in Agile or Waterfall environments. Banking/Financial services experience is advantageous.