Digital Business Analyst Senior

HandyStaff are currently recruiting for a government sector experienced Senior Digital Business Analyst offering a contract of 12 months paying between £375 - £425 per day. Skills and Experience Essential • Extensive experience of Technical Business Analysis being able to give specialist advice to others. • Evidence of successfully delivering technical business analysis services via appropriate project management methodologies utilising the best of Waterfall and Agile • Ability to apply business analysis techniques for problem solving, modelling and design for example Object Oriented Analysis and Design Use Case Models, Unified Modelling Language • Knowledge and experience in analysis of modern digital technologies and technical architectures, including open source and open standards. Experience of Digital delivery using both Agile Project Management methodologies • Capable of effectively engaging with a wide range of digital specialists, suppliers, and stakeholders to define the best approach to service design to achieve business and user objectives • Awareness of industry standard for Security, Data Protections, Accessibility and ability to translate into technical requirements • Thrive in a fast-moving, changing environment working to tight deadlines in a technical environment • Experienced business analyst with demonstrable experience of application analysis and service design work and production of power point presentations to represent requirements definition for large, complex enterprise programme deliveries • Experience of analysing/documenting business processes • Gathering high level requirements and producing functional specifications • Experience of working as a business analyst in the Technology industry Desirable • Diploma in Business Analysis or similar or equivalent experience. • Awareness of Infrastructure as a Service development: Java, Python, Linux, Bash, Puppet/Chef/Saltstack, AWS • Uses defined tools, templates and standards to design for example Rational, Jira • Experience of analysis of a range of systems/ platforms for example Oracle, Apache, Unix, Windows, Linux etc. SFIA 6 Skills Framework • Requirements Definition & Management - Level 4 • Relationship Management - Level 4 • Financial Management - Level 4 • Testing - Level 4. Vacancy Description DWP Digital Technology manages more than 330 major critical application systems that support core business services as well as many services across Local and Central Government. These systems and services use a variety of ever evolving integration and data transfer technologies to enable interoperability across DWP systems and beyond across government and banking services. Technology is transforming how we work and in the Digital Workplace team we are committed to providing a Digital Workplace that will enable our business to better serve citizens and help DWP deliver its long term vision. People are at the heart of the digital workplace and allowing them to effortlessly connect, work on the move and collaborate will provide them with a superior user experience and enable frontline services to be delivered more efficiently. As a technical business analyst, you will support the lead technical business analyst in the application analysis and service design work for the Digital Workplace product group Role Purpose • The Senior Technical Business Analyst is responsible for providing expert capability to assist requirements definition to ensure technology solutions meet the business need, providing a framework and approach for the technical design; at this level will be responsible for small scale/complexity programmes/projects or work as part of a team of Business projects/programmes. • They will deliver business analysis and design services to a range of stakeholders and customers leveraging the required support and assistance of various internal and external suppliers where required • They will make use of their technical knowledge and experience to recommend appropriate solutions and use of cloud based technologies, deploying innovative agile techniques. • They will act as part of the overall Delivery Team to support plans, participate in testing, delivery and implementation of solutions ensuring they meet the business intent and are compliant with appropriate design and development standards. • The requirements of the role will cover one of a range of specialisms or Platforms. This may include Data Analysis and / or analysis of Tooling options General Responsibilities • Act as role model for Civil Service Leadership; leading, motivating and inspiring others to deliver outstanding performance ensuring behaviours are not sacrificed whilst striving to deliver • Ensure business need is met by defining appropriate Technology requirements, analysing propositions and assessing risks and recommending viable solution options Responsible for ensuring that technical requirements are clearly understood and interpreted correctly into system functionality • Resolve complex conflicts through stakeholder engagement and negotiation, presenting recommendations to stakeholders and governance forums • Apply industry standards and best practice analysis techniques to requirements capture for example Accessibility standards, understand and manage system quality with regards to simplicity, usability, availability, security, and fraud avoidance • Providing business analysis expertise, as part of the overall delivery team, to ensure end to end delivery meets business need building strong working relationships with senior project stakeholders • Gathering and using evidence to assess the costs, benefits and risks of a wide range of delivery options when making commercial decisions. • Awareness of the principles of testing and advise on implementation and take ownership of design issues including making recommendations and presenting viable alternatives