Specialist Solution Analyst at Absa Group Limited (Absa)

Job Summary

The Absa Investor Services (AIS) team in CIB Tech is looking for a Specialist Solution Analyst to work as part of a DevOps team, leverage specialist analysis & testing tools, frameworks, techniques and practices to elicit, define and organize business requirements. Translate & document business requirements into user stories & specifications (Full Stack, Cross System) detailing integration points, business & associated risk / opportunities to be realised. And following this analysis, work collaboratively within squads during design & delivery activity including assuming responsibility for manual application testing processes, frameworks & outcomes

Job Description

AIS offers a holistic range of operational and administrative support solutions to institutional clients including asset managers, pension funds, stockbrokers, life insurers, government departments, global custodians and broker dealers. These solutions include Trustee Services, Derivatives Clearing, Investment Administration, Securities Lending, Issuance, Cash Management and Custody, Safekeeping, Settlements and Corporate Actions.

We require a business, technology and team facing Quality Solution Analyst and Engineer that has experience working with agile teams, with a strong focus on enabling business value through quality delivery.

Key accountabilities:

• Assist team and business stakeholders in defining understandable and testable user stories, scenarios, requirements and acceptance criteria as appropriate

• Effectively collaborate with both technical and business stakeholders, understand the concept of using tests to document requirements and drive development

• Analysis (including Business Case)

• Solution Design (within DevOps Context)

• Solution Delivery & Testing (manual)

Key skills/competencies required:

• Min 5 years business & systems analysis experience

• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams

• Experience in Agile Methodology & working embedded within an Agile team(s)

• Degree or Diploma in computer science, or relevant IT / Analysis

• Banking domain experience, preferred.

• Expertise in Systems Design & Integration

• Knowledge of the domain

• Technical, organizational and people skills

• Change agility, ability to adapt to change and work with various stakeholders

• Understanding of the fundamentals of automated testing as well as working knowledge of automation tools

• Hands on experience with designing tests cases that can be easily automated

• Ability to assess automation feasibility based on the potential for reuse -- for example, as part of a regression suite

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