Business Analyst

As a Business Analyst, you will lead small-to-medium projects while providing critical support for our most complex, large-scale initiatives. We are looking for a proactive problem-solver who thrives on collaboration and isn't afraid to dive into a challenge.

The ideal candidate will build and maintain strong relationships to ensure alignment across the business, working closely with developers to iterate working solutions. They will be able to manage their own workload with a high degree of independence with a good insight of their own expertise and capabilities. You will be expected to share best practices in order to advance the BA community.

The ideal candidate will have a collaborative mindset and solid capabilities in data analysis and process mapping. They will be comfortable using insights to influence decisions around prioritisation and defining the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) to ensure maximum value is delivered.

You will lead on Stakeholder engagement and supporting teams to increase data maturity levels in the organisation, by acting as a bridge between the team and other directorates.

The ideal candidate will be able to apply a broad range of techniques to investigate, identify and evaluate ways to improve data governance in business systems, processes and situations.

Top 3 requirements needed for this role:
1. Strong knowledge of software delivery ways of working.
2. Excellent communication skills with ability to build relationships with all manner of customers.
3. Strong problem-solving skills.

Experience and skills

Must haves:
● Proven experience working as a Business Analyst in agile software development teams.
● Experience in stakeholder mapping and engagement.
● Leading the mapping of current (“as is”) and future (“to be”) business processes and technical ecosystems.
● Translating user needs into high-level requirements.
● Analysing costs, resources, and benefits, and identifying risks and constraints.
● Skilled in capturing, distilling, and presenting findings to inform options and business cases.
● Ability to elicit, document, and present cost baselines and KPIs to support recommendations and decisions.
● Able to identify areas for improvement, explore feasible options, analyse the effects of change and define success measures.
● Ability to work with others in a multidisciplinary team to identify gaps in functionality and user experience, and their impact.
● Understand and apply agile working practices within the Software Development Lifecycle, taking an active role in the associated ceremonies and tasks.

Nice to haves:
● Experience working in the Ministry of Defence (MOD) or similar secure environments.

DDaT description: Business Analyst
SFIA Level: 5

Start date: 1st August 2026
Initial contract length: 3 Months
Role location: Portsmouth
Nationality specification: British Citizen only, no dual nationality
Number of days per week expected on site: 3+ per week (depending on need)
Minimum security level: SC or above
Day rate: £472.50