(1676) Security Business Analyst - GSMD at South African Reserve Bank

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

• Drive business analysis initiatives and projects of a low to high risk and multi-year nature, characterised by an elevated level of solution complexity.
• Lead the analysis/solution life cycle for initiatives, from initiation (problem identification), management of changing requirements to implementation.
• Assist business to develop comprehensive business cases (scope and feasibility) for proposed solutions to the identified business problems and needs. 
• Facilitate workshops independently and engage business owners and stakeholders to identify problems, define business requirements/needs, identify optimisation opportunities and develop and propose solutions.
• Lead and present engagements with business customers, taking responsibility for managing the relationship and interface with the customer, development/ technical team and other impacted stakeholders.
• Investigate problems and propose solutions by interacting with users, developers and other stakeholders.
• Review business processes and procedures, analyse business needs and associated data, define the associated requirements and identify and assesses possible solutions.
• Engage and influence stakeholders by negotiating timelines, deliverables and priorities. 
• Engage in multiple initiatives simultaneously and liaise with the relevant stakeholders on these initiatives. 
• Coordinate between GSMD stakeholders, technology teams and support teams, as required.
• Actively develop own expertise and support and encourage skills development. 
• Stay abreast of changes regarding trends and methodologies and apply these in the course of own work.

Qualifications

To be considered for this position, candidates must have:

• an Honours’ degree in Computer Science, Information Technology (IT) or an equivalent qualification (at NQF 8 level); 
• a relevant Business Analysis certificate;
• five to eight years’ business analysis experience; and
• sound knowledge of security incident management, vulnerability management and security detection and response.