Strategic Solution Analyst - DevOps and Testing Lead

Boardroom Appointments; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments is seeking a Senior Business Analyst embedded in a DevOps team to elicit, define and organise business requirements across multiple stakeholder groups. You will translate requirements into user stories and integration points, ensuring alignment with testing frameworks and delivery activity.

You will collaborate with Tribe Leads to build roadmaps, define success measures, and socialise requirements across teams, while coaching analysts and driving improvements in processes

Qualifications

• 10+ years business & systems analysis experience.
• 10+ years experience in working with multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience in Agile Methodology & working embedded within an Agile team / teams.
• Proven track record in coaching, mentoring & managing people.
• Degree or Diploma in computer science, commerce or business administration.
• Information Systems Analyst certification from Institute for the Certification of Computing Professionals, expert level.
• Expertise in Systems Design & Integration.
• Testing Certification (preferred).
• Expertise in Development.
• Expertise in Business Continuity Management & Disaster Recovery.
• Expertise in Governance, Compliance & Audit.
• Expertise in Quality Assurance & Testing.

Responsibilities

• Lead the analysis process for complex business areas.
• Proactively build relationships and apply analytical techniques to elicit and validate business needs ahead of demand.
• Translate elicited needs into user story format for DevOps teams.
• Prepare and prioritise the backlog of requirements for user stories.
• Define measures of success and detailed acceptance criteria.
• Facilitate processes to socialise and approve integrated requirements across stakeholders.
• Work collaboratively with Tribe Leads to build a roadmap and vision for products/services.
• Lead the manual testing process and define testing requirements and plans.
• Provide technical subject matter expertise and support in attraction and recruitment of Analysts.

Skills

Business analysis

Systems analysis

Agile methodologies

Coaching & mentoring

Stakeholder management

Education

Degree or Diploma in computer science, commerce or business administration

Information Systems Analyst certification

Job description

Boardroom Appointments is seeking a Senior Business Analyst embedded in a DevOps team to elicit, define and organise business requirements across multiple stakeholder groups. You will translate requirements into user stories and integration points, ensuring alignment with testing frameworks and delivery activity.

You will collaborate with Tribe Leads to build roadmaps, define success measures, and socialise requirements across teams, while coaching analysts and driving improvements in processes