Datacom

CONTRACT - Senior Technical Business Analyst

Datacom Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

IT Services and IT Consulting · 5,001-10,000 employees

Sep 14
Remote business-analyst Principal (10+ yrs) Full-time New Zealand
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About the role

Lead requirements gathering and translate business needs into clear technical requirements for system enhancements and API-led solutions. Collaborate with product, engineering, and testing teams to support API design, integration, and technical documentation within an Agile/SAFe environment.

What they look for

Technical Business Analysis API Design REST APIs Swagger Postman User Stories Acceptance Criteria Agile SAFe Jira Confluence SQL Data Analysis System Integration API Security Cloud Concepts

Requirements

Requires 12+ years of experience as a Business Analyst with significant technical expertise in API integrations and system analysis. Proficiency in Agile/SAFe methodologies, Jira, Confluence, and SQL is essential for this role.

Full description

About the RoleWe're looking for an experienced Senior Technical Business Analyst to join us on an initial 3-month contract engagement, with potential for extension.

You'll work across complex technology environments, bridging business requirements with technical delivery and supporting system enhancements, integrations, and API-led solutions.

This role is suited to a highly experienced Technical BA with strong API knowledge who can work closely with stakeholders, developers, testers, and delivery teams.

What You'll Do• Lead requirements gathering and translate business needs into clear technical requirements.

  • Create high-quality user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, and technical documentation.
  • Work closely with product, engineering, testing, and delivery teams.
  • Support API design, integration, and API contract definition and maintenance.
  • Analyse systems, data flows, dependencies, and integration requirements.
  • Support delivery across Agile and SAFe environments.

What You'll Bring• 12+ years' experience as a Business Analyst, including significant Technical BA experience.

  • Strong experience with Swagger, Postman, REST APIs, API contracts, and API integrations.
  • Experience creating user stories, acceptance criteria, and technical documentation.
  • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
  • Experience with Agile/SAFe, Jira, and Confluence.
  • Understanding of API security, cloud concepts, containerisation, CI/CD, service discovery, and distributed tracing.
  • Strong SQL, data analysis, and system integration knowledge.
  • Previous hands-on API development experience would be a strong advantage.
  • Experience with APIs at scale, API best practices, reusability, resilience, and ITSM practices is desirable.
  • Banking, payments, credit card, insurance, or broader financial services experience will be highly regarded.

Contract: Initial 3 months with potential extension Location: Wellington, Auckland or Midlands Start: ASAP

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