Description
For one of his clients located in Brussels, Harvey Nash is currently looking for a:
Functional Analyst
Duration: 3 months
Location: Brussels
Function Description
For its development teams working on in-house developed products, our client is actively looking for a functional/business analyst with IT development background who will be able to:
- Understand and document the XML data transformation needs between internal XML messages and external EDI messages
- configuring/writing mappings to translate XML messages using the data transformation tool Contivo from Liaison.
- Understand and model business requirements related to gas flow management processes, this with regards to the existing models and systems.
- Participate in sorting, prioritizing and sizing the developments required to answer the requirements.
- Produce IT specifications based on the CBD principles and making use of the most suited modelling tools
- Assist the developers in producing a quality code, based on the specifications.
- Produce test scenarios to be used for system and integration testing.
- Execute acceptance tests with end users.
- Participate in definition of possible points of improvements either for applications or for team operations.
- Participate in second- and third-level support interventions on (critical) production systems.
- Analyze, understand and document business requirements or problems.
- Analyze existing documentation and gather information from within the Project Team and from the business.
- Take initiatives for meetings with the business and the team and be responsible for the follow up.
- Document business processes using Role Activity Diagrams
- Produce functional system specifications compliant to the methodology standards, CBD oriented (Component Based Development)
- Produce business component interface specifications compliant to the methodology standards (CBD)
- Produce & follow-up test scenarios on a component and system level
- Review functional system specifications of peers
- Review business component interface specifications of peers
Experience & expertise
- Strong knowledge of XML, XSLT and XPath
- Experience level: junior to medior.
- Proven experience as functional analyst.
- Sound knowledge of the UML modelling language is a must.
- Experience with UML based Case Tools (eg Enterprise Architect)
- Sound knowledge of Business Process Modeling techniques (including Role Activity Diagrams)
- Background knowledge on gas flow management domain is an asset
- Analytical and synthesizing skills to clearly define problems and requirements and determine solutions for them that suit the controllable impact on mission-critical applications.
- Sound knowledge of the CBD principles
- Knowledge of GUI design and user-friendliness oriented design
- Knowledge of architectural techniques and structures
- Good technical affinity, able to do bottom-up reconstruction of application functionalities, starting from technical documentation or even codebase.
- Knowledge of EDI or EDIGAS is an asset
- Knowledge of a data transformation tool (such as Laison Contivo) is an asset
- The ability to analyze functional problems and to choose the most appropriate solution
- The ability to produce precise and formal specifications for systems or business components compliant to the methodology standards (CBD)
- Fluency in the use of the following tools:documentation-communication tools (Microsoft Office or equivalent), modelling tools (UML based Case Tools like Enterprise Architect), change and configuration management tools (MS VSTS, MS VSS)
- Sound knowledge of technical matters like databases, database queries, .NET architectures, code sourcing. Needed to be able to do bottom-up research for problem diagnostics and/or requirements impact analysis.
- skills when interviewing users; listening actively to their needs, asking the right questions and interpreting the answers accurately
- ability to communicate the semantics of formal and precise models to users in a digestible form
- ability to communicate the details of the specifications to developers
- Ability to work relatively independently and proactively following the priorities and timing of the project plan, under supervision of the project leader.
- Ability to detect priority conflicts, be able to advise on possible options and discuss solution with stakeholders
- Analytical skills allowing rapid learning of various and new businesses or technical matters in the context of multi products maintenance.
- Ability to work in a structured way following the procedures of the project (check-in, check-out, time sheet reporting, punctuality)
- Ability to work according to rules, standards and guidelines defined in the architecture
- Good balance between methodological approach and respect for practical constraints.
- Ability to communicate realistic predictions about the analysis work
- Ability to communicate in Dutch (spoken) or French (spoken) and English (written).
- Ability to adapt to the evolving Fluxys set of methods and tools.
- Customer , solution and improvement minded
- Team player