Gravitas Recruitment Group (Global) Ltd
Business Analyst
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Overview
We are seeking an experienced IT Business Analyst to support a large-scale transformation programme involving merger and acquisition activity, system harmonisation, technology optimisation and business integration initiatives.
The primary objective of this initial engagement is to create a comprehensive seven-layer IT architecture model, documenting the current-state landscape and helping to define a target-state architecture that supports future business objectives. This work will form a foundational component of a wider two-year transformation programme.
This role requires a Business Analyst with strong technical understanding, architecture modelling experience, and the ability to engage effectively with both business and technology stakeholders.
Location: Cardiff (Onsite)
Engagement: 3 days per week
Contract Length: Initial 6-month contract
Day Rate: Up to £500
Programme Duration: Approximately 2 years
Reporting To: Programme Lead / Transformation Director
Scope of Work
The successful contractor will lead discovery activities across the organisation to develop a complete view of the technology estate and its interdependencies.
A key deliverable is the creation and documentation of a seven-layer IT architecture model, including:
Physical Layer
- Document physical infrastructure, connectivity, hardware assets, and communications links.
- Identify dependencies between sites, network devices, and infrastructure components.
Data Link Layer
- Analyse network protocols, switching environments, and connectivity mechanisms.
- Assess reliability, performance, and resilience considerations.
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Network Layer
- Map network architecture, routing, addressing, and network segmentation.
- Document internal and external connectivity requirements.
Transport Layer
- Assess communication methods and protocols supporting application and business services.
- Identify performance and reliability considerations.
Session Layer
- Document system-to-system communications and session management requirements.
- Analyse integration dependencies across platforms.
Presentation Layer
- Review data transformation, encryption, security, and presentation mechanisms.
- Document data exchange standards and interoperability requirements.
Application Layer
- Create an inventory of business applications and services.
- Map business capabilities to applications.
- Identify duplication, consolidation, and harmonisation opportunities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Facilitate workshops with business and technical stakeholders.
- Capture and document current-state processes, applications, and infrastructure.
- Develop architecture artefacts, process maps, and dependency models.
- Produce stakeholder-ready architecture documentation and reports.
- Identify opportunities for system rationalisation and optimisation.
- Support merger and acquisition integration activities.
- Analyse gaps between current and future-state operating models.
- Work closely with programme leadership to define transformation roadmaps.
- Support business case development and technology investment decisions.
- Maintain architecture and application inventories throughout the engagement.
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Essential Experience:
- Proven experience as an IT Business Analyst within complex technology transformation programmes.
- Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, organisational integration, or business transformation initiatives.
- Strong understanding of enterprise architecture principles.
- Experience documenting application landscapes and technology estates.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and workshop facilitation skills.
- Ability to bridge business and technical teams effectively.
- Experience producing architecture diagrams, process maps, and requirements documentation.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
Desirable Experience:
- Experience within asset-intensive, operationally complex, or regulated environments.
- Familiarity with enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF.
- Experience with application rationalisation and system harmonisation programmes.
- Knowledge of cloud, hybrid infrastructure, and modern workplace technologies.
- Experience supporting large-scale organisational change and technology integration initiatives.
Programme Context:
This engagement forms part of a broader two-year transformation initiative focused on:
- Mergers and acquisitions integration
- System harmonisation
- Technology consolidation
- Operational optimisation
- Future-state architecture development
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