Description
Functional Analyst - Dutch/French 6 months Brussels
Daily duties:
For its development team working on in-house developed products, the client is actively looking for a functional analyst with IT development background who will be able to:
Understand and model business requirements related to gas flow management processes 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.
Analyse, understand and document business requirements or problems.
Analyse 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 oriented (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
Technical skills
Background knowledge on gas flow management domain is an asset
Sound knowledge of the UML modelling language
Sound knowledge of Business Process Modelling 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 codebase.
Analytical and synthesizing skills to clearly define problems and requirements and determine solutions for them that suit the best with controllable impact on mission-critical applications.
Technical Skills
The ability to analyse 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:
documentation-communication tools (Microsoft Office or equivalent)
modelling tools (UML based Case Tools like Enterprise Architect)
change and configuration management tools (MS VSTS)
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
Ability to work relatively independently and proactively following the priorities and timing of the project plan, under supervision of the project leader.
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.