Solution Analyst

Job Title: Solution Analyst

Duration: 8 Month Contract (Renewable), Hybrid

Location: Johannesburg, CBD

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Identify and engage with Interfacing systems in terms of solution design and documenting the processes.

Translate elicited business requirements into user story format that is immediately usable for DevOps teams.

Providing the Development team with solution design documents and specifications (User Stories and Test Cases).

Liaison between various Business and System Stakeholders.

Work as part of a DevOps team, apply analysis & testing tools, frameworks, techniques, and practices to elicit, define and organize business requirements into user stories.

Following this analysis, work collaboratively within squads during design & delivery activity with a specific focus on testing.

Support and coordinate production implementation and hyper care monitoring activities.

Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework and Absa Policies and Policy Standards.

Understand and manage risks and risk events (incidents) relevant to the role.

DESIRED EXPERIENCE, SKILLS & QUALIFICATION:

Min 5 years Systems/ Solution Analyst experience.

Experience in working with multidisciplinary teams.

Experience in Agile Methodology & working embedded within an Agile team / teams (ability to Define and write detailed User Stories).

Information Systems Analyst certification from Institute for the Certification of Computing Professionals (beneficial).

Banking domain experience essential.

Expertise in Systems Design & Integration.

Testing Certification (beneficial).

Process Mapping Techniques (data mapping).

Presentation Skills.

Ability to write Java code (beneficial).

Strong SQL Skills.

Strong knowledge of integration between systems (MQ, REST, SOAP, File).

BENEFICIAL SKILLS:

UML and other design tools.

Agile Methodologies and processes.

Jira or similar tools.

PACKAGE & REMUNERATION:

Will be agreed based on qualifications, applicable banking experience and previous earnings.