Technical Business Analyst; Defence Systems

Technical Business Analyst (Defence Systems) - Contract - Hybrid/Berkshire - £competitive

Synergize Consulting are now hiring for a Technical Business Analystto join a leading defence client of ours on a contract basis.

The successful candidate will work in a multi-functional role, consisting ofbusiness analysis, systems engineering, requirements management and digital delivery, helping translate customer and stakeholder needs into clear, actionable and traceable requirements throughout the engineering lifecycle.

Responsibilities include:

• Elicit, analyse and organise stakeholder needs and business requirements.
• Capture, document and maintain business and technical requirements.
• Manage requirements baselines, changes and associated impact assessments.
• Maintain end-to-end requirements traceability from customer needs through implementation and verification.
• Support requirements decomposition and allocation across systems and technical components.
• Work closely with engineering and development teams to ensure requirements are correctly understood and implemented.
• Participate in requirements reviews, validation and verification activities.
• Identify and resolve requirements gaps, conflicts and inconsistencies.
• Produce and review business, technical and engineering documentation.
• Support governance, assurance and audit activities

• Proven experience in business analysis and requirements elicitation.
• Practical experience managing requirements throughout an engineering or software development lifecycle.
• Previous experience working within a defence systems environment, having gained exposure to simulation, modelling or similar projects ideally.
• Experience with requirements traceability, change control and impact assessment.
• Experience delivering or supporting digital tools, software or engineering systems.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• The ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience working with engineers, developers, Product Owners, Delivery Managers, IT teams and end users.
• A structured and analytical approach to problem solving.
• Training & Through Life Support (TLS) experience would be desirable
• TOGAF and/or Archi Mate certifications or working knowledge
• Requirements management tools such as DOORS, DOORS Next, Jama or similar.
• Due to the nature of the client, it would be an advantage for candidates to hold, or be eligible and willing to undergo, a certain level of security clearance (SC)