Specialist Solution Analyst

Absa Group; Johannesburg; Hybrid; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Absa Group in Johannesburg seeks a Specialist Solution Analyst to translate business requirements into functional designs and detailed system specifications. You will design data governance, cyber security considerations, and collaborate with DevOps teams to map backlogs and roadmaps for multiple initiatives.

The role emphasizes stakeholder collaboration, user story grooming, and architecture-aware solution delivery across technologies.

Qualifications

• Understand and translate business requirements into detailed systems requirements.
• Model business processes using UML/BPMN diagrams.
• Collaborate with project teams to define backlog and DevOps implications.
• Participate in design reviews and governance activities.

Responsibilities

• Input to Business Cases and Business Requirements where required.
• Be involved in User Story Grooming to ensure robustness and deliverability.

Skills

Business requirements analysis

User story grooming

UML/BPMN modeling

DevOps collaboration

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology

Job description

## Specialist Solution AnalystApply: Hybrid: Johannesburg: Full time: Posted Today: End Date: November 19, 2026 (5 days left to apply): R-15992569### **Empowering Africa’s tomorrow, together...one story at a time.**With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.**Belonging at Absa***Absa is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from suitably qualified individuals from diverse backgrounds. In support of our Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) commitments and Employment Equity objectives, preference may be given to candidates from underrepresented designated groups, including persons with disabilities. We encourage applicants who may require reasonable accommodation during the recruitment process to let us know so that appropriate support can be provided.***Job Summary**Understand and Interpret Business Requirements into functional and optimal Application Designs / System Processes, to enable stated business processes, keeping in mind all architecture principles to support the achievement of business objectives.**Job Description**Provide input to Business Cases and Business Requirements where required. Be involved in User Story Grooming to ensure that all Business Requirements are robust and deliverable without delays.Work collaboratively with Project team to build a roadmap & vision for the products and services Design for all data controls and applicable governance including cyber security, Data, AI etc.Design dashboards to support the visibility of the measures of success & key outcomes for various solutions / changes including detailed acceptance criteria for all features Solution Design (within DevOps Context) • Translate business requirements into detailed systems requirements. Detailed system requirements must include all capabilities, interfaces and functionalities within and across technologies. • Build detailed user stories to be leveraged for system requirements design (modular) • Leverage business analysis & modeling tools and apply notation standards such as UML/BPMN to diagrammatically/visually document: business requirements, business processes, system processes & integration . • Facilitate processes to ensure integrated requirements are socialized, understood & approved across the broad range of stakeholders to be impacted (this includes various processes e.g. risk / governance forums, change council, scrum meetings / DevOps team capability building, solution design sessions etc.) • Understand & leverage knowledge on the organisations technical landscape, environment and broader architecture to define integration points across tech stacks for various requirements • Work collaboratively with project / program teams, squads, scrum masters and engineers to define backlog, release & DevOps / project planning implications of the requirements development & roadmap (what should happen when) • Continuously improve system requirements mapping (e.g. leverage input from questions asked etc. to consistently improve the quality of the requirements analysis for easier interpretation by the development teams) • Work as part of the embedded DevOps team throughout the design process to review solution design (features and functionality) • Facilitate resolution during development & testing phases for any change requirements Solution Delivery • Guide the business and technical teams through the project to enable a successful delivery.Being a Team player is critical.People • Provide coaching & mentoring across the DevOps team as well as to developing analysts across the estate • Conduct peer reviews & problem solving within and across the broader team**Education**Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology