Business Analyst Chippenham, South West England
Job description
Avaliable Job Today We are looking for a Business Analyst to join our Development team – This is a Permanent role.
We are looking for someone with working experience of Software Development Processes with a solid understanding of SCRUM, Agile and waterfall delivery methods. This is a fast-paced environment, so it is essential that you can manage a changing list of priorities.
This position is home based
Purpose of the role:
This is a significant role within our Development team to work with Product Managers other key stakeholders to elicit and analyse business requirements, both functional and non-functional, and build them into product backlogs to enable development teams to deliver product changes within defined product release cycles. You will be involved in the end-to-end software development lifecycle from product idea to releasable software, following Agile / SCRUM principles, working closely with the product and development teams.
This role reports into the Business Analysis Team Lead.
Key Duties & Responsibilities:
- Elicitation and Analysis of Business Requirements for Product Change
- Understand and consider all stakeholder perspectives
- Identify the core problem that a requirement is trying to solve
- Able to adapt to changes in requirements
- Fully understand the requirements and the capabilities of the product(s) you are working on
- Take the initiative in planning and leading the analysis work needed for your assignments
- Take responsibility for owning the requirement and seeing through from start to finish with the development team
- Able to offer a range of potential solutions that would meet stakeholder requirements, along with benefits and disadvantages of each solution
- Identify and undertake improvements to the Business Analysis role as part of continuous improvement within the Analysis Centre of Excellence
- Represent the business analysis team, recommending our best practices, for example, behaviour driven development, into new workstreams where needed
- Taking on SCRUM master duties where development teams need direction and structure
- Prioritise the SCRUM team’s backlog ensuring that there is always a minimum of two sprints worth of work items refined
- Build and maintain expertise in SSS products and services
- Support live operations and analyse operational and customer faults and issues where needed
- Build rapport with all stakeholders and reach out for support when required
- Collaborate with the Analysis team (Business Analysts and UX Analysts) to agree a solution which meets the customer’s needs and within budget
Our ideal candidate will have/be:
- Working experience of software development processes, with a solid understanding of SCRUM, agile and waterfall delivery methods
- Experience [FK(PS1][PS2] as a Business Analyst in a software development environment working closely with product managers, owners, developers, and testers to build a product backlog for delivering product changes
- Experience of leading and facilitating workshops to gather requirements, decide options and design processes
- Experience of collaborative and matrix teams including coaching and support for colleagues
- Formal Business Change and Process Improvement methodology would be advantageous as well as Public Safety Sector/ Emergency Services knowledge and experience
Don’t meet all of the above requirements? Please still get in touch as we have a number of opportunities available and always love to hear from candidates interested in joining our organisation!
Why work for us:
We aim to offer an inclusive and great place to work. We are passionate about building diverse teams and celebrating individuality. We love seeing our people grow and develop their careers and in return we reward talent with competitive salaries and great benefits.
When you choose a career with us you also get access to a wide range of excellent, highly competitive benefits such as:
- Career progression
- 23 days holiday (rising to 27) with the opportunity to buy extra leave
- Flexible/Hybrid/Remote working (depending on the role)
- Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle – from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology
- Company contributory pension scheme, life assurance, 15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, two weeks paternity pay…and plenty more
About SSS Public Safety
SSS Public Safety (formerly Capita Secure Solutions and Services) is a leading solution provider to the Police, Criminal Justice, Emergency Services and Critical Responder sectors across the world; helping our clients deliver effective public services. Innovation is in our DNA! For over 30 years we have been leading the way in solutions and services for the Emergency Services.
Our vision is to be a leading global provider of secure, integrated, information-based solutions and services to critical/frontline organisations creating better outcomes for our clients and the public they serve.
Find out more at www.sss-publicsafety.com
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £47,500.00-£50,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company car
- Company pension
- On-site parking
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Chippenham
