Lead Solution Analyst - Johannesburg, South Africa - Boardroom Appointments

Boardroom Appointments

Verified Company

Johannesburg, South Africa

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

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Description

Key purpose:

Duties and responsibilities:

Lead the analysis process for complex business areas
Implement routines to get to know / become an expert in various business processes (e.g. spend time in business & with users)
Translate elicited needs and knowledge acquired into user story format that is immediately usable for DevOps teams (right languaging, format for building & testing)
Prepare and prioritise the backlog of requirements for the user stories linked to the proposed solutions
Proactively scan the internal & external environment to predict change requirements & opportunities for improvement ahead of demand (e.g. market, risk, regulatory, customer, organizational change etc.)
Work collaboratively with Tribe Leads (Technical Product / Service Owners) to build a roadmap & vision for the products and services (including detailed analysis requirements & solution scope)
Define measures of success & key outcomes for various solutions / changes including detailed acceptance criteria for all features
Define testing requirements (pass or fail test cases)
Support the development of detailed business cases (including defining solution characteristics, effort estimations etc.)
Translate business requirements into an integrated system vision & detailed systems requirements.
Detailed system requirements must include all capabilities, interfaces and functionalities within and across technologies.
Build detailed user stories to be leveraged for system requirements design (modular)
Facilitate processes to ensure integrated requirements are socialized, understood & approved across the broad range of stakeholders to be impacted (this inrisk/governance processes e.g. risk / governance forums, change council, scrum meetings / DevOps team capability building, solution design sessions etc.)
Understand & leverage knowledge on the organisations technical landscape, environment and broader architecture to define integration points across tech stacks for various requirements
Work collaboratively with project / program teams, squads, scrum masters and engineers to define backlog, release & DevOps / project planning implications of the requirements development & roadmap (what should happen when)
Work as part of the embedded DevOps team to continuously improve system requirements mapping (e.g. leverage input from questions asked etc. to consistently improve the quality of the requirements analysis for easier interpretation by the development teams)
Work as part of the embedded DevOps team throughout the design process to review solution design (features and functionality)
Facilitate resolution & decision making during development & testing phases for any change requirements
Define the manual testing strategy & test cases for various solutions (where it makes sense to do so)
Define & validate quality & testing parameters (+/) & plans for the solution (socialize & translate these to automation testing teams)
Develop manual testing frameworks and patterns for the solution
Lead the manual testing process for various solutions (e.g. execute test cases, analyse results)
Provide real time feedback to the DevOps teams on change requirements identified throughout the testing process
Review & monitor system stability, resilience etc. throughout the testing process (e.g. integration) & in production
Define & monitor overall backlog planning for effective solution delivery
Provide Developer & User support during user acceptance testing
Provide input & or lead the development / improvement of organization wide process design approaches, templates & modeling tools
Provide coaching & mentoring across the DevOps team as well as to developing analysts across the estate
Build strong analysis capability across the analysis team
Conduct peer reviews & problem solving within and across the broader team
Support the people change teams in the design of adoption processes (Customer, Employee & 3rd Party Adoption of new system requirements)
Proactively attract, recruit, develop, retain, reward & deploy & manage a diverse resource base aligned to an ever evolving tech environment (ahead of demand) where you are the leader

Qualifications and experience:

10+ years business & systems analysis experience
10+ Years Experience in working with multidisciplinary teams
Experience in Agile Methodology & working embedded within an Agile team / teams
Proven track record in coaching, mentoring & managing people
Degree or Diploma in computer science, commerce or business administration
Information Systems Analyst certification from Institute for the Certification of Computing Professionals, expert level.
Banking domain experience, preferred.
Expertise in Systems Design & Integration
Testing Certification (preferred)
Expertise in Development
Expertise in Business Continuity Management & Disaster Recovery
Expertise in Governance, Complian