Specialist Solution Analyst

SUMMARY:
We are seeking a highly skilled Specialist Solution Analyst to join a technology and data strategy team in one of our leading clients in the banking sector. This role bridges the gap between business needs and technical solutions, with a strong emphasis on global markets, financial product knowledge, and cutting-edge technologies including cloud infrastructure, AI/ML, and API-driven systems.
The ideal candidate will have a background in data engineering, a passion for building robust data pipelines and integrations, and the ability to engage across stakeholders in technology, trading, and analytics functions.

POSITION INFO:
JOB DESCRIPTION INFORMATION


Job Title: Specialist Data Scientist
Employment Type: 6 Months Contract
Work Location: Hybrid

Job Description:
We are on the hunt for a sharp, driven Specialist Solution Engineer to join our high-performing Pan-African Remittance team. If you're energized by fast-paced delivery environments and thrive on tackling complex payment challenges across national borders, this role is for you.
You'll play a pivotal role in delivering seamless cross-system payment solutions by translating business.


Key Responsibilities:

• Solution/System Analyst required to Analyse the As-Is System and its interfaces.
• Identify and engage with Interfacing systems in terms of solution design and documenting the processes.
• Translate elicited business requirements into user story format that is immediately usable for DevOps teams.
• Providing the Development team with solution design documents and specifications (User Stories and Test Cases)/
• Liaison between various Business and System Stakeholders.
• Work as part of a DevOps team, apply analysis & testing tools, frameworks, techniques, and practices to elicit, define and organize business requirements into user stories.
• Following this analysis, work collaboratively within squads during design & delivery activity with a specific focus on testing.
• Support and coordinate production implementation and hyper care monitoring activities.
• Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise-Wide Risk Management Framework and Absa Policies and Policy Standards.
• Understand and manage risks and risk events (incidents) relevant to the role.

• UML and other design tools.
• Agile Methodologies and processes.
• Jira or similar tools.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Finance, or a related field.
• Min 5 years Systems/ Solution Analyst experience.
• Experience in working with multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience in Agile Methodology & working embedded within an Agile team / teams (ability to Define and write detailed User Stories).
• Information Systems Analyst certification from Institute for the Certification of Computing Professionals (beneficial)
• Banking domain experience essential.
• Expertise in Systems Design & Integration.
• Testing Certification (beneficial).
• Process Mapping Techniques (data mapping).
• Presentation Skills.
• Ability to write Java code (beneficial).
• Strong SQL Skills.
• Strong knowledge of integration between systems (MQ, REST, SOAP, File).