Business Analyst-Multiple  
    BUAN 4
    ​​ (PUBLISHED 18/10/21)

    RFQ-ASD-133-2021-PV SOW 1
    Role:     Business Analyst-Multiple
    Major SFIA Level: BUAN 4
    Client: Australia Signals Directorate (ASD) - (SNO SPO)
    Location: Canberra Region (Russell, Fyshwick, Fairbairn, Brindabella Pk)
    Start Date: ASAP - negotiated following successful attainment of required Security Clearance
    Contract: 12 months from contract commencement
    Part-time arrangements: May be considered. respondents to indicate in their response
    Clearance: NIL - TSPV sponsorship
    ​Closes:  Tuesday 9th November 2021 2PM​
    ​ 
    Role Description:
    SIGINT and Network Operations Group – Systems Project Office (SNO-SPO) within the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD), will deliver cutting edge capabilities to Defence through a variety of different programmes and projects. To facilitate this ASD has a requirement for a Business Analyst.

    The Business Analyst/Product Owner will be responsible for customer engagement, process modelling and development of system requirements. They will also be responsible for engaging with the team to ensure customer requirements are well understood and expectations on both sides are appropriately managed.

    This position is responsible for the elicitation of business and technical requirements and the modelling of new and existing business processes to inform technical capability delivery for a fast paced, dynamic business unit.
    ​
    The successful candidate will contribute to the support of one of our capabilities within a program. This will involve working with business stakeholders, project managers, systems architects and delivery teams as required to elicit and communicate requirements for successful outcomes. Prioritisation, stakeholder engagement and exceptional communication are all key requirements.


    Major Responsibilities:
    • Manage stakeholder engagement meetings involving customers that have unique and often conflicting requirements and priorities.
    • Gather, document, communicate and manage business and technical requirements.
    • Model moderately complex business processes.
    • Provide advice on moderately complex systems design within a Services Oriented Architecture.
    • Escalate issues and work with the team to prioritise feature delivery.
    • Work with the development teams to continually improve Agile processes.
    • Communicate customer and developer needs regarding system improvements, enhancements, and elimination of problems and inefficiencies and acceptance testing, ensuring mutually beneficial outcomes.
    • Assist in the development and management of a prioritised schedule of work.
    • Work with other business analysts and product owners to ensure applications are complimentary, fit for purpose and integrated wherever appropriate.

    Other Skills:
    • N/A.

    SFIA Skills Required:
    • BUAN 4 
    • REQM 4

    ​Security Clearance:
    To be eligible for an engagement, candidates must be willing to undergo and successfully complete an ASD Organisational Suitability Assessment and a Top Secret Positive Vetting (TSPV) security clearance.  

    Other Features:  The role is based in Canberra with minimal travel.

    Referees: Two referees with contact details.

    ​For information on what to submit, including the selection criteria you will need to address, please download the full RFQ below.

    Business Analyst  
    BUAN 4
    ​​ (PUBLISHED 18/10/21)

    RFQ-ASD-120-2021 SOW 1
    Major SFIA Level: BUAN 4
    Client: Australia Signals Directorate (ASD) - ENDPOINTS PROJECT
    Location: Canberra Region (Russell Offices)
    Start Date: 1st of December 2021 (negotiable)
    Contract: 12 months from contract commencement. 
    Part-time arrangements: may be considered. respondents to indicate in their response
    Clearance: Top Secret Positive Vetting (TSPV) 

    ​Closes:  Wednesday 15th December 2021 2PM
    Note: As this is a re-opened role it will close as soon as the Commonwealth identifies suitable candidates. ​
    ​ 
    Role Description:
    Working with the Endpoint Services Section management and the technical staff, the Business Analyst is accountable under general direction to:
    • identify, manage and communicate business requirements
    • translate business requirements into functional specifications
    • work collaboratively with the Endpoints Project Manager to enable project delivery
    work collaboratively with the Endpoints Technical Director to support the development of the Endpoints Roadmap

    Major Responsibilities:
    • Site liaison and stakeholder engagement to elicit and prioritise customer and solution requirements.
    • Provide advice to the team on business processes and methods.
    • Prepare requirements documentation by completing requirements gathering, derivation and management.
    • Contribute to the continuous improvement process by developing and enhancing procedures.
    • Provide coordination between Governance, Process and Reporting of ICT asset management services.
    • Identify, Assess and Quantify Risks associated with IT asset landscape.
    • Facilitate and Track Remediation of the asset management process across the organisation.

    Other Skills:
    • N/A.

    SFIA Skills Required:
    • BUAN 4
    • ASMG 4

    ​Security Clearance:
    Must hold either a current Top Secret Positive Vetting (TSPV) security clearance OR have held a TSPV in the previous 12 month period (which has since been downgraded). Candidates with a current Defence Intelligence Agency recognised Psychological Assessment (PA) preferred but not essential.

    Other Features: 
    • The role is based in Canberra with possible travel within Australia.

    Referees: Two referees with contact details.

    ​For information on what to submit, including the selection criteria you will need to address, please download the full RFQ below.

    Business Analyst  
    BUAN 4
    ​​ (PUBLISHED 18/10/21)

    RFQ-ASD-35-2021 SOW 1 RE-OPENED (Multiple positions)
    Major SFIA Level: BUAN 4
    Client: Australia Signals Directorate (ASD) - SNO-SPO
    Location: Canberra Region (Russell, Fyshwick, Fairbairn, Brindabella Pk)
    Start Date: Start ASAP 
    Contract: Between 12 and 24 months from contract commencement. 
    Part-time arrangements: may be considered. respondents to indicate in their response
    Clearance: Top Secret Positive Vetting (TSPV) 

    ​Closes:  Wednesday 9th November 2021 2PM
    Note: As this is a re-opened role it will close as soon as the Commonwealth identifies suitable candidates. 
    ​ 
    Role Description:
    SIGINT and Network Operations Group – Systems Project Office (SNO-SPO) within the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD), will deliver cutting edge capabilities to Defence through a variety of different programmes and projects. To facilitate this ASD has a requirement for a Business Analyst.
    The Business Analyst/Product Owner will be responsible for customer engagement, process modelling and development of system requirements. They will also be responsible for engaging with the team to ensure customer requirements are well understood and expectations on both sides are appropriately managed.
    This position is responsible for the elicitation of business and technical requirements and the modelling of new and existing business processes to inform technical capability delivery for a fast paced, dynamic business unit.
    The successful candidate will contribute to the support of one of our capabilities within a program. This will involve working with business stakeholders, project managers, systems architects and delivery teams as required to elicit and communicate requirements for successful outcomes. Prioritisation, stakeholder engagement and exceptional communication are all key requirements.

    Major Responsibilities:
    • Manage stakeholder engagement meetings involving customers that have unique and often conflicting requirements and priorities.
    • Gather, document, communicate and manage business and technical requirements.
    • Model moderately complex business processes.
    • Provide advice on moderately complex systems design within a Services Oriented Architecture.
    • Escalate issues and work with the team to prioritise feature delivery.
    • Work with the development teams to continually improve Agile processes.
    • Communicate customer and developer needs regarding system improvements, enhancements, and elimination of problems and inefficiencies and acceptance testing, ensuring mutually beneficial outcomes.
    • Assist in the development and management of a prioritised schedule of work.
    • Work with other business analysts and product owners to ensure applications are complimentary, fit for purpose and integrated wherever appropriate.

    Other Skills:
    • N/A.

    SFIA Skills Required:
    • BUAN 4
    • REQM 4

    ​Security Clearance:
    Must hold either a current Top Secret Positive Vetting (TSPV) security clearance OR have held a TSPV in the previous 12 month period (which has since been downgraded). Candidates with a current Defence Intelligence Agency recognised Psychological Assessment (PA) preferred but not essential.

    Other Features: 
    • The role is based in Canberra with minimal travel.

    Referees: Two referees with contact details.

    ​For information on what to submit, including the selection criteria you will need to address, please download the full RFQ below.

    Business Analyst  
    BUAN 5
    ​​ (PUBLISHED 30/06/21)

    RFQ-ASD-35-2021 SOW 2 RE-OPENED (Multiple positions)
    Major SFIA Level: BUAN 5
    Client: Australia Signals Directorate (ASD) - SNO-SPO
    Location: Canberra Region (Russell, Fyshwick, Fairbairn, Brindabella Pk)
    Start Date: Start ASAP 
    Contract: Between 12 and 24 months from contract commencement. 
    Part-time arrangements: may be considered. respondents to indicate in their response
    Clearance: Top Secret Positive Vetting (TSPV) 

    ​Closes:  Friday 1st October 2021 2PM
    Note: As this is a re-opened role it will close as soon as the Commonwealth identifies suitable candidates. 
    ​ 
    Role Description:
    SIGINT and Network Operations Group – Systems Project Office (SNO-SPO) within the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD), will deliver cutting edge capabilities to Defence through a variety of different programmes and projects. To facilitate this ASD has a requirement for a Business Analyst.
    The Business Analyst will be responsible for customer engagement, process modelling and development of system requirements. This position is responsible for the elicitation of business and technical requirements and the modelling of new and existing business processes to inform ICT project delivery for a fast paced, dynamic business unit.
    The Business Analyst will work independently within broad guidelines to contribute to multiple projects within the program. This will involve working with business stakeholders, project managers, systems architects and delivery teams as required to elicit and communicate requirements for successful delivery. The Senior Business Analyst will work with Agile teams to improve Agile processes that ensure customers’ needs are understood and eventually satisfied.
    The Business Analyst Interprets the business needs and works with architects and system engineers to ensure the customers’ fundamental needs are understood at a basic level.  The role is required to work with engineers and architects to satisfy business needs within the strategic technology direction of the organisation.
    The program of work has multiple projects which range in size.  The successful candidate may be required to work across one or more of these projects.

    Major Responsibilities:
    • Provide leadership in stakeholder engagement and manage relationships with customers that have unique and often conflicting requirements and priorities
    • Lead the process for gathering, documenting, communicating and managing requirements
    • Model complex business processes
    • Provide advice and leadership on complex systems design within a Services Oriented Architecture
    • Work with the project management team to prioritise feature delivery and manage risks to project scope and schedule
    • Work with the development teams to continually improve Agile processes.
    • Communicate business requirements to developers involved in system improvements, enhancements, and elimination of problems and inefficiencies.
    • Work with product owners and project managers to establish requirements specifications that show understanding of the organisation’s strategic requirements and technology strategy
    • Work with business analysts and product owners to ensure applications are complimentary and integrated wherever appropriate.

    Other Skills:
    • N/A.

    SFIA Skills Required:
    • BUAN 5
    • REQM 5

    ​Security Clearance:
    Must hold either a current Top Secret Positive Vetting (TSPV) security clearance OR have held a TSPV in the previous 12 month period (which has since been downgraded). Candidates with a current Defence Intelligence Agency recognised Psychological Assessment (PA) preferred but not essential.

    Other Features: 
    • The role is based in Canberra with minimal travel.

    Referees: Two referees with contact details.

    ​For information on what to submit, including the selection criteria you will need to address, please download the full RFQ below.

    Business Analyst  
    ASUP 5
    ​​ (PUBLISHED 15/7/21)

    RFQ-ASD-99-2021 SOW 1 RE-OPENED 
    Major SFIA Level: ASUP 5
    Client: Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) - CCSPO (DEF103 Ph2)
    Location: Russell Offices, ACT                  
    Start date: ASAP
    Term: 12 months after commencement date
    Part-time arrangements: Will NOT be considered
    Clearance: Top Secret Positive Vetting (TSPV)
    ​Closes:  Wednesday 1st December 2021 2PM
    Note: As this is a re-opened role it will close as soon as the Commonwealth identifies suitable candidates. 
    ​ 
    Role Description:
    The Business Analyst will work within the Security Culture and Governance section in the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD).
    The Business Analyst will have Atlassian administrator skills and be familiar with JIRA service Management (or similar software), to develop, maintain and automate security workflows to improve organisational business performance and deliver business intelligence data.
    The Business Analyst interprets the business needs and works with architects and system engineers to ensure the customers’ fundamental needs are understood at a basic level.  The role is required to work with engineers and architects to satisfy business needs within the strategic technology direction of the organisation.
    The Business Analyst will be responsible for customer engagement, process modelling and development of system requirements. This position is responsible for the elicitation of business and technical requirements and the modelling of new Atlassian business processes for a fast paced, dynamic business unit.​

    Major Responsibilities:
    • Lead the process for gathering, documenting, communicating and managing requirements
    • Provide advice and leadership on complex systems design within a Services Oriented Architecture
    • Communicate business requirements to developers involved in system improvements, enhancements, and elimination of problems and inefficiencies.
    • Work with business analysts and product owners to ensure applications are complimentary and integrated wherever appropriate.
    • Draft and maintain Atlassian workflows to support organisational security functions. This includes responsibility for developing, maintaining and automating business workflows to improve performance.
    • Provide leadership in stakeholder engagement and manage relationships with customers that have unique and often conflicting requirements and priorities.
    • Analysis of stakeholder objectives and underlying issues in current business processes to incorporate these into business requirements and associated Atlassian workflows.
    • Specify user/system interfaces in support of Atlassian software, and translate logical designs into physical designs. Produce detailed designs and document all work to required standards.
    • Responsible for the definition, approach, facilitation and satisfactory completion of the Atlassian software. This includes the development of Standard Operating Procedures, system, and security documentation to support the use and ongoing maintenance of the software.

    Other Skills:
    • Atlassian administration (or similar software) skills
    • Experience analysing and transforming ICT business processes specifically in the areas of automation.
    • Experience in using Atlassian Server and Data Centre products (or similar software solutions).

    SFIA Skills Required:
    • ASUP 5
    • BUAN 5
    • REQM 4
    • DESN 3

    Clearance:
    Must hold either a current Top Secret Positive Vetting (TSPV) security clearance OR have held a TSPV in the previous 12 month period (which has since been downgraded). Candidates with a current Defence Intelligence Agency recognised Psychological Assessment (PA) preferred but not essential.

    Other Features: 
    • Role will require some travel between ACT facilities

    Referees: Two referees with contact details.

    ​For information on what to submit, including the selection criteria you will need to address, please download the full RFQ below.