Senior Technical Business Analyst
12-month Contract – Inside IR35 – up to £650 per day
Leeds, Newcastle or Birmingham based – hybrid working – 3 days office based
Previous experience working on government projects highly desirable
Role Purpose
We are seeking a Senior Technical Business Analyst with recent, hands-on experience working directly with software development teams to help shape and deliver shared technical capabilities and enablers.
This is a highly technical BA role. You will operate at SFIA Level 5 (Ensure & Advise), working alongside engineers, architects, DevOps and platform teams to turn loosely defined technical epics into delivery ready user stories.
This is not a task taking role. The successful candidate will bring structure to ambiguity, challenge constructively, and actively shape technical solutions.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Analysis & Delivery
• Analyse complex technical and business processes across software, DevOps, security, resilience and platform domains
• Take ownership of epics and poorly defined backlog items, refining them into delivery-ready features and user stories
• Define scope, assumptions, constraints, risks and dependencies across multiple technical initiatives
• Ensure stories meet Definition of Ready and provide continuous clarification during build and test
Collaboration with Engineering Teams (Essential)
• Work day-to-day with software engineers, DevOps engineers, architects and testers
• Facilitate technical design discussions and ensure shared understanding of requirements and proposed solutions
• Translate complex technical concepts so they are understood by both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Actively challenge implementation approaches where required, based on user, operational and technical outcomes
Discovery, PoC & Early-Phase Work
• Support discovery and proof-of-concept activities, including:
o shaping hypotheses
o defining success measures
o identifying technical risks and assumptions
• Contribute to value cases, benefits mapping, and outcome-based metrics
Stakeholder Engagement
• Engage confidently with Product Managers, senior engineers, architects, delivery managers and business stakeholders
• Balance stakeholder needs with technical feasibility and delivery constraints
• Operate effectively across multiple initiatives, managing frequent context switching
Essential Skills & Experience
1. Recent Technical BA Experience
• Recent experience working directly with software development teams
• Clear examples of:
o technical user stories written
o outcomes delivered (not just responsibilities)
o systems or platforms worked on
2. Technical Awareness & Breadth
You do not need to be an engineer, but you must understand technical concepts and vocabulary.
Experience should include exposure to some of the following:
• Cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, Azure)
• CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitLab, Jenkins)
• Containers & orchestration (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes)
• APIs and service-based architectures
• DevOps ways of working
• Non-functional requirements (security, resilience, recoverability, testability)
3. Agile & Lean Delivery
• Strong Agile mindset with experience working in Scrum / Kanban teams
• Lean, outcome-focused approach to requirements and scope
• Comfortable working with ambiguity and evolving technical landscapes
4. Breadth of Experience
• Demonstrated experience across multiple systems, teams or technical domains
Desirable Experience
• Previous experience within UK Government or large, complex enterprises
• Experience shaping backlogs for newly formed engineering teams
• Exposure to security, platform or shared services environments