At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead analysis and define business needs for strategic transformation initiatives.
- Company: Join a vital federal government department making life safer for all Australians.
- Benefits: Long-term contract, competitive pay, and the chance to make a real impact.
- Other info: Opportunity to work on complex projects and develop your career in the public sector.
- Why this job: Drive innovation and efficiency while mentoring fellow analysts in a collaborative environment.
- Qualifications: 8+ years as a Senior Business Analyst with strong technical and delivery skills.
The predicted salary is between 117000 - 143000 $ per year.
24 Month Contract
Federal Government Department
Brisbane/Melbourne/Sydney
Looking to join one of Australia's most integral federal government departments? This department helps to make life of all Australians safer and is looking for a Senior Business Analyst with a strong technical and delivery background.
We are seeking highly driven Senior Business Analysts with experience in Systems engineering and structured requirements management environments.
About The Role
As a Senior Business Analyst, you will lead the analysis and definition of business needs across strategic transformation initiatives. You will work closely with stakeholders to translate complex business requirements into practical solutions, driving efficiency, innovation, and successful delivery outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
- Collaborate with senior stakeholders, SMEs, and technical teams to define and document business requirements
- Drive end-to-end requirements management, maintaining quality, traceability, and business alignment
- Provide strategic advice on business challenges, improvement opportunities, and process optimisation
- Contribute to the development of business cases, strategic roadmaps, target-state architectures, and future operating models
- Mentor and provide guidance to Business Analysts across multiple projects and workstreams, promoting best practice analysis methodologies
- Ensure business strategies, plans, and capability initiatives adhere to relevant safety, security, and regulatory standards
- Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders, project teams, and vendors
- Identify and manage risks, dependencies, and delivery impacts
Essential Experience
- At least 8 years of Senior Business Analyst experience within complex technology, infrastructure, systems integration or transformation environments
- Lead requirements management activities across large-scale technology, transformation, infrastructure, and capability initiatives
- Manage requirements across the full lifecycle, from business case and procurement through to delivery and operational acceptance
- Develop and manage requirements traceability to ensure alignment, accountability, and successful verification
- Translate complex operational and technical requirements into clear delivery and implementation artefacts
- Design and document current-state and target-state processes, capabilities, and operating models
- Support complex system implementations, integrations, infrastructure, cyber security, and digital transformation initiatives
Desirable Skills
- CBAP (Certified Business Analysis Professional)
- PMI-PBA (Professional in Business Analysis)
- Exposure to frameworks and methodologies such as BABOK, PMBOK, PRINCE2, Six Sigma, Lean, ITIL, P3M3 and Prosci
This is a great opportunity to secure a long-term Federal Government contract.
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