Business Analyst – SC CLEARED - OUTSIDE IR35 – HIRING ASAP

Start date: ASAP
Duration: 12 Months
Location: 2-3 days per fortnight in the Portsmouth office. Rest is remote working.
Rate: £400 - £450 per day OUTSIDE IR35

SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED
 
Key Skills:
  • Strong knowledge of software delivery ways of working
  • Excellent communication skills with ability to build relationships with all manner of customers
  • Strong problem-solving skills
  • Proven experience working as a Business Analyst in agile software development teams.
  • Experience in stakeholder mapping and engagement.
  • Leading the mapping of current (“as is”) and future (“to be”) business processes and technical ecosystems.
  • Translating user needs into high-level requirements.
  • Analysing costs, resources, and benefits, and identifying risks and constraints.
  • Skilled in capturing, distilling, and presenting findings to inform options and business cases.
  • Ability to elicit, document, and present cost baselines and KPIs to support recommendations and decisions
  • Able to identify areas for improvement, explore feasible options, analyse the effects of change and define success measures
  • Ability to work with others in a multidisciplinary team to identify gaps in functionality and user experience, and their impact
  • Understand and apply agile working practices within the Software Development Lifecycle, taking an active role in the associated ceremonies and tasks.
Bonus Skills:
  • Experience working in the Ministry of Defence (MOD) or similar secure environments.
  • Experience using agile project management tools such as JIRA or Confluence.