Business Analyst (Senior) at Discovery Limited

Key Purpose

• The integration analyst is responsible for ensuring that data transfers and flows among the various systems within the Discovery ecosystem seamlessly integrate with one another. Through the process of collecting, analysing and documenting integration requirements, that are aligned to architectural principles, the analyst will ensure robust solutions are formulated to meet the needs of all stakeholders.

Objectives of this role

• Document requirements: Ensure that all requirements are documented, as well as ensure that all artifacts are maintained and complete at all times.
• Data integrity and quality assurance: perform data mappings to ensure maintenance of data quality and integrity
• Monitor failures: Ensure that all solutions have monitoring in place to effectively identify failures so these can be resolved promptly thus ensuring optimal system performance
• Automate manual processes: Identity opportunities to automate manual processes and recommend improvements to enhance system interoperability
• Optimize Processes: Continuously monitor and analyze data to identify opportunities for improvement and efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Understand the data pipeline process throughout the ecosystem as well as the various data sources that exist
• Develop solutions that are aligned with architectural principles
• Ensure the data is accurate and free from errors by removing duplicates, correcting errors, and dealing with missing values.
• Monitor the integration processes continuously to identify errors and issues so these can be resolved timeously
• Collaborate with data analysts on a continuous basis to understand changes within the data landscape
• Be proactive in identifying opportunities for enhancement, optimisation and efficiency within the environment
• Social solutions with all impacted stakeholders to ensure awareness of the change is well understood
• Contribute to enhancing the integration architecture principles for the environment.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in IT or Quantitative fields or related fields
• Postgraduate degree (simply an advantageous)
• 5 to 8 years integration analyst experience

Preferred skills and competencies

• Documentation using Confluence/Wiki
• Strong communicator verbally and in writing
• Expert database knowledge in SQL
• Experience working on large and complex datasets.
• Advanced knowledge of XML and Json structures
• Advanced knowledge of batch processing
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Understanding data quality and data governance concepts
• Self-management of tasks and deliverables
• Prior leadership experience
• Change Management experience
• Engagement with Senior stakeholders