Senior Business Analyst, SC Cleared- Milton Keynes, £578

Senior Business Analyst - hybrid-3 days onsite for 6 months initially based within commuting distance of Milton Keynes, Northampton, Luton, East Midlands to work for our government client.

Rate £578 p/Inside IR35

Must be eligible for SC clearance as working in a live secure government envinroment.

I am looking for a Business Analyst with strong experience across the full IT development and testing life cycle, particularly within large and complex programme environments to support a major government body within the requirements management capability.

You will work closely with stakeholders and technology, infrastructure and operations teams to support secure and compliant solutions.

You will lead and provide clear, validated impact assessments to enable effective delivery. This role will also support process improvements and operational readiness, ensuring alignment between business needs and technical solutions.

Key requirements:

Proven experience working across the full software development life cycle (SDLC), including requirements definition, development support, system testing, UAT and implementation

Strong understanding of technical development processes and close collaboration with development and testing teams

Solid working knowledge of SQL, with the ability to interrogate data and support technical analysis where required

Experience of delivering complex IT programmes, ideally within large scale or government environments

Strong understanding of technical testing methodologies, including system integration testing, UAT, regression testing and defect management

Experience supporting development and testing workstreams and understanding interdependencies across technical teams

Ability to produce structured impact assessments for proposed changes, identifying risks, dependencies and downstream impacts.

Proven ability to adapt quickly to change and operate effectively within evolving and high pressure environments.

Experience working within large complex governmental or regulated organisations is highly desirable.

Strong stakeholder engagement, including external clients.

Ability to support complex change and discovery initiatives.

Essential

BCS/ISEB Diploma in Business Analysis or CBAP/CCBA.

Previous Development or testing experience.

Desirable Prince2 Practitioner certification.

ITIL Foundation Certificate.

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