Technical Business Analyst

Business analyst/Technical/Security Functions/Web services

My client is looking for an excellent technical business analyst to join a fantastic long term project. As a business analyst you'll be responsible for the communication and coordinating with the functional stakeholders of the organization, understanding their requirements, and technically interpreting them so as to enable a delivery team to build suitable IT solutions.

Responsibilities for the business analyst will be: -
-Define and agree with the functional stakeholders the functional requirements that the t-be-delivered software needs to fulfil
-Perform data extractions and analysis on existing data
-Work with the development, maintenance, and architecture to arrive at technical sound IT designs and solutions
-Proactively look for opportunities to simplify structures and designs
-Participate and lead team activities relating to estimations of work, planning, and resolution of open items

To be considered for the business analyst opportunity you must have: -
-Technical college or university degree
-At least 5 years of experience as a business analyst, translating business requirements into functional specifications
-Extensive experience in performing data analysis, and deducing patterns, relations, and requirements as a result
-Excellent knowledge of SQL, LDAP, and web services (also design)
-Experience with defining operating models, processes, and procedures related to the design of new software applications
-Experience defining software requirements in a language used for automating regression testing, as Gherkin
-Experience working in an Agile environment, Scrum would be highly advantageous
-IREB, or similarly, certified would be highly advantageous

This is a fantastic contract opportunity with the likelihood of multiple extensions.