Job Title: Senior Technical Business Analyst
Location: Hybrid (Newcastle, Leeds, or Birmingham – 60% onsite)
Rate: Up to £650 per day (Umbrella, Inside IR35)
Contract Length: 12 Months
Shape the Future of Digital Services
Are you a Technical Business Analyst who thrives on working elbow-to-elbow with engineers to turn complex technical concepts into deliverable solutions?
We are looking for a Senior Technical Business Analyst to join our clients Digital Group. This isn’t a traditional "requirements gathering" role. It’s a highly technical, hands-on position where you will act as the critical bridge between architectural vision and engineering execution.
If you have recent, demonstrable experience of writing technical user stories for software development teams and are looking for a Technical Business Analyst role, we want to hear from you.
What We’re Looking For
This role demands a specific blend of technical awareness and analytical rigor. To be successful, you must clearly evidence the following:
Recent Technical BA Experience (Last 2-3 Years)
* Proven experience working directly with software development teams in a hands-on capacity.
* Clear examples of technical user stories you have written and the outcomes delivered. We need to see the systems and platforms you’ve worked on.
Strong Technical Awarenes
* You don’t need to be a coder, but you must understand the vocabulary. Your CV should demonstrate exposure to at least several of the following:
* Cloud Platforms: AWS or Azure
* CI/CD: GitLab, Jenkins, or similar pipelines
* Containers & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes
* Architecture: APIs and service-based architectures
* Non-Functional Requirements: Security, resilience, recoverability, testability
Agile & Lean Delivery
* A strong Agile mindset with experience in Scrum or Kanban teams.
* A lean, outcome-focused approach to requirements and scope management.
* Comfort working with ambiguity in an evolving technical landscape.
Breadth of Experience
Demonstrated experience working across multiple systems, teams, or technical domains.
What You’ll Be Doing
* Taking loosely defined technical epics and hypotheses and refining them into clear, actionable user stories with well-defined scope, assumptions, and success measures.
* Working day-to-day with software engineers, DevOps, and testers. You’ll facilitate technical discussions and ensure a shared understanding of requirements and proposed solutions.
* Supporting proof-of-concept activities, shaping hypotheses, and defining the metrics that prove value before full-scale delivery.
* Confidently engaging with Product Managers, senior engineers, and business stakeholders to balance technical feasibility with user and operational outcomes.
Why This Role?
This is an opportunity to operate at SFIA Level 5 (Ensure & Advise). You won’t just be taking tasks; you’ll be bringing structure to undefined technical epics, challenging implementation approaches, and ensuring that the “how” delivers on the “why.”
You’ll be embedded within a fast-paced digital environment, working alongside product managers, architects, DevOps, and platform engineers to refine poorly defined backlogs into delivery-ready features. If you’re comfortable context-switching across multiple technical initiatives and enjoy facilitating technical design discussions, you’ll fit right in.
Ready to apply?
If you have the technical depth, collaborative mindset, and recent experience we’re looking for, please submit your CV and a brief cover note highlighting your relevant experience with software engineering teams.
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