Position: Technical Business Analyst
Company: N-iX
Category: Business Analyst
Experience required: 3y
English level: upper
Published: 2022-03-01T00:00:00+02:00

We are looking for a skilled **Technical Business Analyst **to join our team.

**The role is:**
Working within the API product ‘workstream’ the business analyst provides a critical connection between the business and technical teams.
The workstream is responsible for our Open Banking and Commercial API interfaces, supporting product innovations from both internal and external clients.
Through expert analysis, and in collaboration with business stakeholders, developers, and testers, the role enables the delivery of high-quality software development to deliver to the product roadmap.

**Responsibilities:**
Collect, understand, and convey business requirements for a given project or program
Find and communicate pragmatic technical solutions to large and/or complex needs
Produce detailed business and functional requirements, and assist in the development of technical requirements working directly with Internal and External technology teams
Document user stories in JIRA which enable developers and test team to efficiently deliver high-quality software to meet business requirements
Lead Backlog refinement
Co-ordinate business SMEs in a user acceptance testing (UAT) capacity to validate that their requirements have been delivered
Work with Operations teams (IT and Business) to ensure smooth knowledge transfer and transition to Business as Usual (BAU) state
Support for agile ways of working (daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, planning, sprint reporting, sprint demos
Review of delivery requests and defect reports – impact assessment/prioritization/ communication
Collaborate with Product Owner on producing workstream roadmap and prioritizing backlog

**Requirements:**
Advanced Business Analysis skills
Demonstrated experience implementing business and technology projects and delivering change
Experience of the full Software Development Life Cycle including Agile methodologies
Use of formal Analysis methodology, tools and technical e.g. UML, use cases, user stories with acceptance criteria, wire framing
Some understanding of REST APIs and their specification documents
Some experience of data analysis and data mapping
Experience of working closely with software developers
Ability to elicit pragmatic solutions, whilst maximizing business benefit
Comfortable determining requirements through review of technical integration specs / XML file specs etc.
Excellent written & verbal communication skills
At least upper-intermediate English level
Confident liaising with senior stakeholders, managing their expectations and leveraging their time effectively
Ability to deliver in a fast-moving environment with changing priorities
Effective team working

**Nice to have:**
Publishing of services to partners/third parties via API’s
Consumption of third-party API’s
OBIE Open Banking and FAPI security framework
Regulatory related projects (e.g., PCI DSS, GDPR, PSD2)
Payment schemes and processing (e.g. Faster Payments, Swift, Direct Debit, SEPA)
Technical skills – e.g. any coding experience/ software development, Open API

**We offer:**
Flexible working hours
A competitive salary and good compensation package
Best hardware
A masseur and a corporate doctor
Healthcare & sport benefits
An inspiring, comfy, clean and safe office

**Professional growth:**
Challenging tasks and innovative projects
Meetups and events for professional development
An individual development plan
Mentorship program

**Fun:**
Corporate events and outstanding parties
Exciting team buildings
Memorable anniversary presents
A fun zone where you can play video games, foosball, ping pong, and more