ICT Business Analyst

ICT Business Analyst

About the opportunity

Inland Rail is seeking an ICT Business Analyst to drive the delivery of fit-for-purpose, cost-effective solutions. Acting as a key liaison between business, technical teams, vendors, and stakeholders, you’ll define requirements, document processes, support solution design, and assess business impacts to enable strategic program outcomes.

Key responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Coordinate and facilitate structured focus groups, workshops, and interviews as an input to business analysis activities for requirements elicitation.
• Assess and critically analyse information gathered to develop requirements and prepare the relevant documentation according to business analysis principles.
• Undertake current and future state business process analysis using BPMN process modelling to determine business requirements, information flows, and process improvements that streamline ICT and deliver benefits for the business.
• Facilitate the design of technology solutions by gathering, analysing, and writing business requirements in functional and technical specifications.
• Work with internal teams to obtain and document an in-depth understanding of the existing business processes and systems and how these are used.
• Provide timely and expert advice regarding business requirements, system requirements, information requirements, business impacts, scope management, and project risks.
• Use communication skills to negotiate, establish, and maintain networks and working relationships with team members, clients, and stakeholders.
• Complete the testing cycle from documenting the test scripts, executing, documenting defects, and tracking defect’s close out to meet business requirements.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have a minimum of 5 years’ experience working in a demanding professional environment with proven capacity to prioritise, multi-task, achieve unit goals, perform, and always work with a customer focused approach.

You will be able to demonstrate

• Demonstrated business analysis skills and experience.
• Experience in the development of business process, system and data maps and models and producing current and future state analysis.
• Skills and experience in the elicitation and documentation of business and system requirements.
• Solid understanding of business analysis principles and Agile methodologies, gap analysis, process modelling, data mapping, interface integration, and APIs; demonstrated ability to work in Scrum, Kanban, and other frameworks.
• Understanding and application of the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK) principles and Prince2 project methodology.
• Strong facilitation, negotiation, and engagement skills to support extensive consultation on a diverse variety of considerations.
• Experience in writing test cases and performing and co-ordinating testing activities, in particular, User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• Analytical, problem-solving and research skills to develop innovative and cost-effective solutions to complex issues.
• Demonstrated experience working in a demanding professional environment with proven capacity to prioritise, multi-task, achieve unit goals, perform, and always work with a customer focused approach
• Excellent skills with Microsoft O365 suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio) SharePoint and other technologies as required.

Desirable

• Experience with Information Management including Engineering Data and Document Control.
• PRINCE2, PMBOK, similar project management methodology qualifications.
• Experience in software platforms that support large capital construction programs such as Asset and Property Management, Information and Document Management, Environment, Health and Safety, Engineering and Construction, Program and Project Management and Controls, HCM and Procurement.

 About Inland Rail

Inland Rail Pty Ltd is delivering a 1,600km freight line that is transforming how goods are moved around Australia. When fully operational, Inland Rail will connect Melbourne to Brisbane via regional Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. As one of the largest infrastructure projects in Australia, Inland Rail is helping to address the nation’s future freight needs and meet the demands of our growing population. Delivering Inland Rail will help shift more goods onto rail which means safer, less congested roads and fewer emissions and a more resilient and sustainable national freight network.

What you’ll be joining

• You will join one of the largest infrastructure programs in Australia.
• This project will generate thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in local investment, boosting regional economies and communities right along the alignment.
• Inland Rail is proud to have over 40% female representation and we would like to see these numbers grow.
• Inland Rail is an Agile working environment in our State-of-the Art office embracing flexible working conditions.

Our Organisation and Culture

The values that drive us and the work we deliver in the program incorporate Collaboration, Accountability, Respect and Excellence.  We welcome like-minded individuals who value our culture.

At Inland Rail, we celebrate, support, and thrive on attracting people from all horizons and walks of life for the benefit of our employees, our program, and our community. Inland Rail is proud to be an equal opportunity and an affirmative action employer. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates to submit their details to us.

All employment is decided based on suitability to the role, cultural fit, merit, and business needs.

Apply Now

If this opportunity sounds like the challenge you have been looking for please apply online today.

As part of the application process, you will be required to undergo pre-employment criminal history, reference and medical checks, including drug and alcohol testing. Inland Rail is a drug and alcohol-free working environment.

Please note that applications are reviewed from point of advertising so don’t delay your application.