Solution Analyst

Description:

A banking client is seeking to hire an experienced and qualified SOLUTION ANALYST to work in a demanding fast delivery environment for the Pan­African Remittance team. Knowledge of the National Payment System. The incumbent will work as part of a DevOps team, leverage specialist analysis & testing tools, frameworks, techniques, and practice to elicit, define and organize business requirements. Translate & document business requirements into user stories & specifications (Cross System) detailing integration points, business & associated risk / opportunities to be realized. And following this analysis, work collaboratively within squads during design & delivery activity including assuming responsibility for manual application testing processes, frameworks & outcomes.
JOB DESCRIPTION:

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, Enterprise­Wide 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.

Requirements:

• 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, Enterprise­Wide Risk Management Framework and Absa Policies and Policy Standards.
• Understand and manage risks and risk events (incidents) relevant to the role.

• 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).

• UML and other design tools.
• Agile Methodologies and processes.
• Jira or similar tools.

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