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Job Summary
ABSA CIB Post Trade Services Team (PTS) is currently looking for a Solution Analyst to work as part of a Change Team and will be responsible for applying analysis & testing tools, frameworks, techniques and practices to elicit, define and organize business requirements into user stories. Following this analysis, work collaboratively within squads during design & delivery activity with a specific focus on analysis & testing.
Job Description Analysis (including Business Case)
• Proactively build relationships with business areas & DevOps teams to develop expertise in the various business processes.
• Apply analytical techniques to elicit and validate business (product & service) needs.
• Translate elicited needs and knowledge acquired into user story format to be used by DevOps teams.
• Prepare and prioritize the backlog of requirements for the user stories linked to the proposed solutions & or units of analysis.
• Provide input into detailed solution roadmaps, business cases (e.g. effort estimations) & product & service visions (including detailed analysis requirements & solution scope).
• Define measures of success & key outcomes for various solutions/changes including detailed acceptance criteria for all features.
• Define & execute testing requirements (pass or fail test cases).
• Document all systems analysis outcomes (requirements, test cases etc.) for specific solutions & support the documentation processes for system analysis for the broader team.
Solution Design (within DevOps Context)
• Translate business requirements into detailed systems requirements, including capabilities, interfaces and functionalities within and across technologies.
• Leverage business analysis & modeling tools and apply notation standards such as UML/BPMN to document: business requirements, business processes, system processes & integration.
• Socialize and gain business approval for integrated requirements with key stakeholders.
• Proactively learn & leverage knowledge on the organization's technical landscape, environment and broader architecture to systems requirements.
• Work collaboratively with project/program teams, squads, scrum masters and engineers to define backlog, release & DevOps/project planning implications of the requirements.
• Continuously improve system requirements mapping for easier interpretation by the development teams.
• Work as part of the embedded DevOps team throughout the design process to review solution design (features and functionality).
• Facilitate resolution during development & testing phases for any change requirements.
Solution Delivery & Testing (manual)
• Execute manual testing according to test strategy for various solutions.
• Define & validate quality & testing parameters (+/-) & plans for the solution.
• Develop & implement manual testing frameworks and patterns for the solution.
• Execute testing processes for various solutions (e.g. execute test cases, analyze results).
• Provide real-time feedback to the DevOps teams on change requirements identified throughout the testing process.
• Review & monitor system stability, resilience throughout the testing process & in production.
• Define & monitor overall backlog planning for effective solution delivery.
• Provide Developer & User support during user acceptance testing.
People
• Participate in peer reviews & problem-solving within and across the broader team.
Education
Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology.
Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank. Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised.
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