Description
Function Description
For its development team working on in-house developed products, my client is actively looking for
a business analyst with IT development background who will be able to:
- Understand and model business requirements related to gas flow management
processes (specifically contracting, and data publishing), this with regards to the existing models and systems.
- Participate in support interventions on (critical) production systems.
- Participate in sorting, prioritizing and sizing the developments required to answer the
requirements.
- Participate in definition of possible points of improvements either for applications or for team operations.
- Produce IT specifications based on the CBD principles and making use of the most
suited modelling tools following the client methodology.
- Assist the developers in producing a quality code, based on the specifications.
- Assist the testing expert in producing test scenarios to be used for system and integration testing.
- Assist the testing expert in executing acceptance tests with end users.
Responsibility
- 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 Activity Diagrams
- produce functional system specifications compliant to the Client methodology standards, CBD riented (Component Based Development)
- produce business component interface specifications compliant to the client 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
- background knowledge on gas flow management domain is an asset
- sound knowledge of the UML modelling language
- sound knowledge of Business Process Modeling techniques (including Role Activity Diagrams)
- 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 code base.
- Analytical and synthesizing skills to clearly define problems and requirements and determine solutions for them that suit the with controllable impact on mission-critical
applications.
Technical Skills
- 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 client methodology standards (CBD)
- fluency in the use of the following tools:
o documentation-communication tools (Microsoft Office or equivalent)
o modelling tools (UML based Case Tools like Enterprise Architect)
o change and configuration management tools (MS VSTS)
o project reporting tools (timesheet reporting)
- 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.
Communication Skills
- 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
Personal Skills
- Ability to work relatively independently and pro actively 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 stakeholder
- 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 client set of methods and tools.
- Customer, solution and improvement minded
- Team player