Johannesburg: Business Analyst

About the Role

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Business Systems Analyst to join our dynamic software engineering team in Johannesburg. The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment to drive the development of a high-quality mobile app, utilizing strong business analysis skills with a technical background, excellent communication skills, and a passion for collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver exceptional results.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct workshops, interviews, surveys, and analyse existing documentation, diagrams, and architecture to gather detailed technical requirements.
• Translate these requirements into software epics, user stories, tasks, and acceptance criteria.
• Actively participate in all Agile and Hybrid delivery ceremonies.
• Support the Product Owner in grooming the feature backlog and presenting it to the development team.
• Contribute to the development process by actively participating in the testing of user stories and solution functionality.
• Provide technical guidance and support to developers and architects.
• Develop integration documentation, including architecture diagrams (Use Case diagram, Activity diagram, Class diagram, Component diagram, Deployment diagram, State diagrams, Data Flow diagram, Wire diagram/Mock-up, sequence diagram, entity diagram, etc.), and maintain accurate and up-to-date documentation.
• Perform integration testing using tools like Postman.
• Contribute to the overall solution design, leveraging knowledge of React libraries, microservices and other backend systems, solution architecture, design systems/principles, and user experience best practices.
• Act as a consultant to stakeholders.
• Support the deployment of development, test, and production environments, including go-live support and system testing.
• Analyse system performance and KPIs to provide data-driven insights and reports on application performance.
• Work closely with the Scrum Master/Team Lead, Product Owner, Solution Architect, Designer, DevOps Engineer, and Developers to ensure seamless collaboration and efficient project execution.
• Drive the technical administration aspects of the solution.
• Proactively identify areas for improvement in the development process and contribute to implementing solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree/diploma in systems engineering, Information Systems, IT, or a related field.
• Certifications (Preferred): Cloud (e.g., Azure), API Design, Process Engineering, Data Insights (e.g., PowerBI), Business Analysis.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Software Engineering as Systems Analyst/Functional Analyst or related experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in Agile methodology for software development.

Qualifications

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Salary & Benefits

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