Business Analyst - 6 month max tenure contract

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Leidos Australia delivers IT and airborne solutions that protect and advance the Australian way of life. Our 2000 local experts, backed by our global experience and network of partners, are working to solve the world’s toughest challenges in government, intelligence, defence, aviation, border protection and health markets.

Your New Role and Responsibilities

We are seeking an experienced Business Analyst for a 6 month max tenure contract who can combine strong communication skills with technical understanding to bridge the gap between business needs and delivery outcomes. This role will suit someone who is confident working with diverse stakeholders, comfortable operating in ambiguous environments and capable of driving clarity, alignment and momentum across Agile projects.

This role will support work connected to the Australian Digital Health Agency’s digital health environment, contributing to initiatives that strengthen secure, connected and interoperable healthcare services across Australia. The project context includes nationally significant health information platforms such as My Health Record, helping improve access to key health information for consumers and healthcare providers.

Key Responsibilities

• Apply a good balance of communication and technical skills to understand business domain knowledge and translate needs into clear actionable business requirements.
• Engage confidently with stakeholders across different levels and areas such as architecture, clients, project management, testing and development teams
• Elicit, analyse, breakdown and maintain a well structured backlog of requirements using online requirements management platforms such as Azure DevOps
• Able to influence and drive direction in large discussions or workshops to help teams reach practical outcomes
• Seasoned practitioner in Agile projects and able to not only participate, but run and organise day to day as well as larger agile ceremonies.
• Ability to work independently and proactively to support delivery within an ambiguous environment
• Use sound negotiation and problem solving skills to help stakeholders align on a common positive outcome
• Health domain knowledge preferable but not mandatory

About You and What You'll Bring

• Relevant bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) and Agile certification
• Extensive experience leading requirements in complex technology environments, facilitating stakeholder workshops and governance forums, and coaching embedded analysts/systems engineers.
• Strong track record producing clear, testable requirements and user stories, running review and approval processes, and maintaining end‑to‑end traceability in Jira.
• Proven impact analysis across systems, data, processes, operations and security; effective management of risks, assumptions and dependencies; and definition of measurable, testable non‑functional requirements.

This role does require the successful applicant to be an Australian Citizen and hold a minimum Baseline level clearance.

Diverse Team Members, Shared Values and a Common Purpose

Providing our customers with smarter solutions takes an incredible team with diversity of thought, experience and perspectives driving innovation. Inclusion is at the heart of our culture and is one of our core values. It's about creating a workplace where everyone can do important work, feels welcome, valued, and respected, and has equal access to opportunities to thrive. Paul Chase – Chief Executive, Leidos Australia.

Leidos Australia is an equal opportunities organisation and is committed to creating a truly inclusive workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, veterans, neurodiverse people, and people of all genders, sexualities, and age groups.

Our five Advocacy Groups (Women and Allies Network, Young Professionals, Defence & Emergency Services, Action for Accessibility and Abilities and Pride+) provide an opportunity for team members to connect and collaborate on shared interests, and work to support and celebrate our diverse community.

Next Steps

• To apply for this role, follow the links or apply via our Careers page.
• Recruitment process - virtual / face to face interview & background checks.
• Applicants may also need to meet International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) requirements. In certain circumstances this can place limitations on persons who hold dual nationality, permanent residency or are former nationals of certain countries as per ITAR 126.1.
• We are committed to making our recruitment process accessible to all candidates. Please contact our Careers team [email protected] if you’d like to discuss any additional support during your application or throughout the recruitment process.

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