Greetings from Sloka IT Solutions.
Title - Senior Functional Analyst
Language - English
Location - Avenue Fonsny, 20 - 1060 Bruxelles
Duration - 12+ months
Workplace type - Hybrid
Experience - 10 years
Description
* As part of the program to take over part of the Ministry of Defense's application landscape, we are looking for consultants to strengthen internal teams.
* The Defense program consists of the overall takeover of the operational management of around thirty business applications initially. These applications are relatively diverse from a business and technological perspective.
* The recovery activities can be divided as follows:
* Hand Over/Take Over (documentation, application maintenance, development of new features, etc.)
* Reengineering and/or complete rewriting of applications to align them with current development standards
LANGUAGES :
* French or Dutch: expert level
* English: expert level
Essential functional skills
* Business needs analysis
* Ability to collect, understand and challenge the needs of users and stakeholders.
* Writing functional deliverables
* Clear and rigorous production of functional documents: user stories, use cases, detailed functional specifications, business processes (BPMN, UML, etc.).
* Process modeling
* Mastery of UML, BPMN, Use Cases, Activity Diagrams, ERD notations...
* Functional testing and validation
* Definition of test cases, validation of developments, participation in acceptance phases (UAT).
* Product backlog management
* Prioritization of needs with the Product Owner, maintenance of the backlog, management of the scope with the project manager.
* Fluency in FR or NL, and good knowledge of English.
Associated technical skills (even if not a developer)
* Reading and understanding of code / SQL
* Ability to perform functional troubleshooting via simple SQL queries, logs, etc.
* Knowledge of application architectures
* Understanding of front-end, back-end, API, database layers and their interaction.
* Proficiency in collaborative tools
* Confluence, JIRA, etc.
Soft skills:
* Ability to communicate with a variety of
* IT, business, end users and management contacts.
* Critical thinking and ability to challenge requests
* Not to be a simple scribe, but to ask the right questions.
* Functional leadership
* Supervision or coaching of more junior profiles, active participation in product decisions.
* User orientation
* Constant focus on ergonomics, user experience, business value.
Expected experience
* Minimum 10 years of experience on significant projects (ideally in regulated, complex or critical contexts).
* Experience in an Agile / Scrum framework (Scrum, SAFe or Kanban).
* Participation in redesign/migration/reengineering projects is a plus.
Bonuses / Additional Benefits
* Knowledge of modeling tools (Balsamiq, Figma, Axure, etc.)
* Familiarity with ITIL, TOGAF or PRINCE2 standards
Contract and work environment :
* The contract will be confirmed until 12/31/2025 and then renewable for 3 or 6 months.
* Possibility of teleworking (7h48 / day) with obligation to be present on site for a maximum of 2 days / week.
Skills:
* BPMN Level Expert Most recent experience Any time
* Business analysis Level Expert Most recent experience Any time
* Confluence Level Confirmed Most recent experience Any time
* customer journey Level Confirmed Most recent experience Any time
* Database - relational modeling Level Confirmed Most recent experience Any time
* Functional analysis Level Expert Most recent experience Any time
* Gathering user feedback Level Expert Most recent experience Any time
* EXISTS Level Confirmed Most recent experience Any time
* SQL Level Confirmed Most recent experience Any time
* UML Level Expert Most recent experience Any time
* User stories writing Level Expert Most recent experience Any time
If interested share your updated CV to arulkiruthiga@sloka.eu