Technical Business Analyst

Technical Business Analyst

Inside IR35 Rate: £650-£690 per day (Umbrella)
Location: Farnborough (Hybrid - 2 to 3 days per week onsite)
Clearance Required: Active MOD SC Clearance

The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced SC Cleared Technical Business Analyst to join a complex, multi-supplier technology programme delivering critical business and operational capabilities.

This role will suit a Business Analyst who combines strong requirements engineering skills with a solid understanding of modern technical architectures, integrations, APIs, data platforms, and cloud-native environments. You'll work closely with users, SMEs, architects, suppliers, and delivery teams to ensure solutions meet operational needs and are delivered successfully across the programme lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead workshops with users, SMEs, stakeholders, and suppliers to capture operational requirements and business needs.
• Develop and maintain use cases, user journeys, workflows, acceptance criteria, and operational outcomes.
• Elicit, analyse, document, and prioritise both functional and non-functional requirements.
• Maintain end-to-end traceability from requirements through design, development, testing, and acceptance.
• Conduct impact assessments, gap analysis, and support governance and change control processes.
• Coordinate requirements across multiple suppliers, ensuring alignment and successful integration.
• Define requirements for:
  • APIs and integrations
  • Data exchange services
  • Data platforms and data fabrics
  • Containerised and Kubernetes-based environments
• Review supplier deliverables against business and operational requirements.
• Support architecture, assurance, verification, validation, and acceptance activities.
• Identify and manage risks, dependencies, assumptions, and integration challenges.
• Produce key project artefacts including requirements specifications, workflow models, traceability matrices, use case catalogues, and assessment reports.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience as a Technical Business Analyst within complex technology programmes.
• Strong requirements gathering, analysis, and documentation skills.
• Experience working within multi-supplier delivery environments.
• Ability to facilitate workshops and engage with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience managing requirements traceability and governance.
• Strong understanding of:
  • Systems analysis
  • Process modelling
  • Integration architectures
  • APIs
  • Data exchange solutions
  • Kubernetes and containerised platforms
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and problem-solving abilities.

Desirable Experience

• Experience working within government, defence, or heavily regulated environments.
• Knowledge of secure-by-design principles and governance frameworks.
• Experience supporting critical national infrastructure or mission-critical systems.
• Familiarity with large-scale transformation and integration programmes.

What We're Looking For

You'll be a proactive and technically-minded Business Analyst who can bridge the gap between operational requirements and technical delivery. Comfortable working across multiple teams and suppliers, you'll excel at managing complexity, driving clarity, and ensuring solutions deliver real business value.