Business Analyst- Public Sector Full Time

NTT Data Ltd
NTT DATA UK is looking for an Agile Business Analyst (BA) to join our growing practice, specifically focussed on the Law Enforcement/Security services domain.

We are the 6th largest IT Service Provider, present in more than 50 countries. From our roots in Japan, NTT DATA’s mission is to facilitate business change and technology transformation across many industries for a better future for our business, people and community.

Some of our initiatives, collectively known as “DO Diversity”, aim to create a space for us to learn and get involved in building a truly diverse environment

As an Agile Business Analyst, you will be managing requirements within an Agile team. Taking responsibility for the product backlog, managing the process of discovery and refinement of stories, progressing options and ensuring there is a value based prioritisation approach.

You will be decomposing epics/features into the stories required to achieve product vision/targets as well as prioritising and elaborating these stories to meet the Definition of Ready.

Working with the product owner and relevant stakeholders you will be responsible for both clarifying acceptance criteria/ business logic and providing delivery options to make decisions based on their value, as well as coaching them on product management agile outputs and capabilities.

Through collaboration with business teams and end users you will review and understand the business needs, shaping them within a product backlog. You will add value through problem solving by identifying gaps and inefficiencies in current processes, procedures, and operating models and recommend or design an optimal future state.

We will provide you with an excellent platform to develop your career but we are looking for you to have already demonstrated a proven record of accomplishment as an Agile BA, with a Strong knowledge of the entire software development lifecycle and significant experience with agile methodologies and common tooling.

You will have excellent stakeholder management, oral and written communication skills, interpersonal and consultative skills and be able to take ownership and deal with issues directly, identifying solutions to minimising escalations.

You will also have expertise in;

• Design thinking focused requirement creation and BDD approaches
• Value management & prioritisation techniques
• Using modern software development toolsets including DevOps, Continuous Integration and Delivery
• The ability to produce process documentation including process maps, flow diagrams, requirement specifications, functional designs, and features stories etc. following sector/industry standard modelling approaches
• Demonstrable experience of working as a BA in large scale software development projects over a number of full lifecycle deliveries

Additionally you will also;

• Be SC Cleared or Residency in the UK for the past 5 years (ideally British Passport Holder)
• Have working knowledge of Law Enforcement domain or security services gained through projects worked in this sector

The focus on Clients First, Teamwork and Foresight is in our DNA and we are looking for someone who shares and embodies these core values, leading by example.

We don’t look for finished articles. We look for people who want to continue their career growth alongside NTT DATA ‘s.