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Systems Analyst
5-Month contract – Inside IR35 – up to £600 per day
London based – hybrid working – 2-3 days onsite
Media industry
JOB PURPOSE
The overall purpose of this role is to carry out impact analyses and design activities on a range of applications. Assessing how best to meet requirements is key, preferably using a methodological approach. You will be working closely with the IS Project Managers, Business Analysts, Developers, Testers and end users.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Work with Business Analysts and end users to understand the project aims, requirements and priorities of each initiative.
- Develop an understanding of the business processes, their strengths and weaknesses.
- Assess the impact of meeting the requirements on the applications portfolio.
- Identify the design options, assess these and recommend the most appropriate solution.
- Work closely with the Architecture, Development and Testing teams to ensure effective implementation of the chosen design.
- Assess success of the design in meeting the requirements post deployment and learn from the experience.
- Contribute to prioritisation and phasing plans in liaison with the Project Manager.
- Help the Project Manager run development using Agile frameworks.
- Facilitate estimation sessions to help plan and cost new work.
- Test or help to test applications and system changes when required.
- Be part of inter-team design initiatives and share knowledge with other Systems Analysts so that work across all systems is coherent.
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PERSON SPECIFICATION
Technical & Professional Skills
- Experience in systems analysis and design of new applications and enhancements to existing applications.
- Experience of requirements capture.
- Experience of business modelling in the form of process flows and entity modelling using UML.
- Ability to use prototyping or mock-ups where appropriate.
- Experience of capturing and documenting of non-functional requirements.
- Knowledge of how to effectively perform impact analysis.
- Experience of producing specifications to a level of detail that will allow the Development team to progress with the implementation.
- Knowledge of Agile/iterative development methodologies.
- Ability to work with Team Foundation Server in creating user stories, tasks and grooming backlogs.
- Good estimation skills and the ability to work with developers to create development estimates, for example in a poker planning session.
- Good SQL and database design skills.
- Experience of structured test plans and their execution, including on systems that may not be familiar to you.
- Experience in assessing 3rd party tools/software and carrying out gap analysis.
- The role requires some experience of the full systems development lifecycle from inception to support.
- Knowledge of service-orientated architecture and domain driven design would be an advantage.
- Exposure to Project Management.
- Experience of the media industry, especially broadcasting, would be a distinct advantage - but is by no means essential to the role.
- Knowledge of composable architecture and microservices would be an advantage.
- Experience in cloud technologies, AWS and/or Azure.


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Autonomy/Judgement/Decision Making
- Acumen to identify and act on any wider business issues, that need to be reported back to the IS department, including audit considerations.
- Ability to work harmoniously and effectively within a team.
- Self-motivated and capable to handle autonomy.
- Capable of making design decisions with support of Architecture, Development and Testing teams.
Relationship Management (internal, external, 3rd parties)
- Excellent communication skills: persuasive, with the ability to present ideas verbally and in writing.
- Ability to communicate technical information to a non-technical audience is vital.
- Strong customer facing skills.
- Experience of dealing with 3rd parties in addressing business developments.
Complexity/Problem Solving
- The ideal candidate will have experience of a range of medium-large multi-user systems and will be able to quickly grasp the essentials of existing systems and how they interact.
- Solid analysis skills are essential.
- Strong investigative abilities and attention to detail are vital.
- Ability to handle conflicting opinions within a team and to gain a consensus on the way forward.
- Flexible and adaptable, capable to perform well within a fast changing environment.
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