Business Analyst - eDV Clearance

Introduction

At IBM Consulting UK Future Now, you’ll build a career at the forefront of hybrid cloud and AI, working with leading clients across the public and private sectors. You’ll collaborate with top industry professionals, gain hands on experience with cutting edge technologies, and deliver solutions that create real business impact. From day one, you’ll work on meaningful, high profile programmes that stretch your skills and accelerate your growth.

• Tools and policies to support work‑life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme
• More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), private medical, dental & optical cover, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, life assurance and a group pension plan through salary sacrifice

In this role, you’ll be part of a delivery team in IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers. Your work involves shaping high‑quality digital and technology solutions, collaborating with business stakeholders, architects, developers, testers and vendors to gather and document requirements, analyze problems and ensure solutions meet business needs.

• Gather and document business and functional requirements
• Create user stories, acceptance criteria, process maps, and use cases
• Perform gap analysis, impact analysis and solution assessments
• Work with developers, testers, architects and vendors to clarify requirements
• Support Agile ceremonies such as sprint planning and backlog refinement
• Assist with testing activities by validating requirements and reviewing results
• Depending on experience, help guide workshops, mentor team members or support stakeholder engagement

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Bachelor's Degree

• Strong requirement gathering and documentation skills
• Functional specification writing (user stories, acceptance criteria, use cases)
• Impact analysis and gap analysis
• SDLC knowledge (Agile, iterative and traditional models)
• Process mapping (BPMN or equivalent)
• Understanding of APIs, integration patterns and system interactions
• Ability to read/interpret technical documentation, architecture diagrams and data flow diagrams
• Understanding of non‑functional requirement categories
• Strong communication and stakeholder management
• Workshop facilitation
• Problem‑solving, analytical thinking and structured reasoning
• Ability to collaborate effectively with developers, testers, architects and vendors

This role is subject to pre‑employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personal Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NVS) may apply, including eligibility requirements for the Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV).

IBM is an equal‑opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.