Solution Analyst

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**Job Description**:

- Key critical requirements:
- Degree or Diploma in computer science, or relevant qualification
- Information Systems Analyst certification, preferred
- 3 years of business & systems analysis experience
- Mathematic / stats or programming / information systems engineering background
- SQL code
- Ability to make sense of data using tools such as xmlspye; textpad etc
- Good excel skills
- Credit Risk experience
- Understanding SDLC (System Development Life Cycle)
- Ability & aptitude for working in integrated multi disciplinary teams
- Knowledge of Agile Methodology & working embedded within an Agile team / teams
- Banking domain / products experience
- Experience in Systems Design & Integration
- Experience in Development
- Knowledge of Business Continuity Management & Disaster Recovery
- Knowledge of Governance, Compliance & Audit
- Problem solver, who is a lateral thinker with the ability to get to the heart of an issue quickly and provide practical solutions whilst not being afraid to challenge the status quo
- Willingness to learn
- Collaborative team player
- Strong communication skills and sense of ownership
- Key accountabilities:

- Analysis (including Business Case)
- Proactively build relationships with business areas & DevOps teams to proactively develop expertise in the various business process.
- Translate elicited needs and knowledge acquired into user story format (Jira) to be used by DevOps teams
- Prepare and prioritise the backlog of requirements for the user stories linked to the proposed solutions & or units of analysis
- Provide input into detailed solution roadmaps, business cases (e.g. effort estimations) & product & service visions (including detailed analysis requirements & solution scope)
- Define measures of success & key outcomes for various solutions / changes including detailed acceptance criteria for all features
- Define & execute testing requirements (pass or fail test cases)
- Document all systems analysis outcomes (requirements, test cases etc.) for specific solutions & support the documentation processes for system analysis for the broader team
- Facilitate Scrum meeting and ceremonies (Spitnt Planning, Grooming, Retrospective)

Solution Design (within DevOps Context)
- Translate business requirements into detailed systems requirements. Detailed system requirements must include capabilities, interfaces and functionalities within and across technologies.
- Low level design diagrams and activity diagrams.
- Socialize and gain business approval for integrated requirements with key stakeholders
- Proactively learn & leverage knowledge on the organisations technical landscape, environment and broader architecture to systems requirements
- Work collaboratively with project / program teams, squads, scrum masters and engineers to define backlog, release & DevOps / project planning implications of the requirements (what should happen when)
- 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 during development & testing phases for any change requirements
- Solution Delivery & Testing (manual)- Define & implement 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 & implement manual testing frameworks and patterns for the solution
- Execute testing processes 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

Education

Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology
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