R7 - Functional Analyst - Prague, Czech Republic - Contract

Description:

The Software Engineer has the skills to develop large and / or complex programs, incl. design, coding and testing. As part of test responsibilities, the Software Engineer defines and creates test cases, executes test activities and reports on progress.

Task and responsibilities:

Functional Analyst for our R7 project
- Understanding of business concepts and requirements and translating them into clear system specifications for our new risk system. The specifications are created in the required format
- Communicate ideas clearly and act as a liaison between various business and IT teams
- Provide advice on expected functionality to the test teams
- Work independently, clearly communicate, challenge and be challenged about proposed solutions

Mandatory skills and experiences:

- Experience in IT business and functional analysis
- Business and system requirements management, including gathering and elicitation
- Analytical and logical thinking to find best fitting long-term solutions
- Working proficiency and communication skills in English
- Knowledge of financial markets (bonds, equities, interest rate swaps, futures, options)
- Knowledge of modelling languages, mainly UML
- Ability to work with relational DB and basic knowledge of SQL
- A degree in a business subject, a technical / quantitative subject (Computer Science, Math / Physics, Engineering, …), or equivalent experience

Optional skills:

- Awareness of IT architecture, data modeling, cloud technologies
- Knowledge of no-SQL database technologies
- Experience with JIRA, Confluence
- Knowledge of Enterprise Architect, Bizzdesign Horizzon or similar tools
- Knowledge of big data management, no-SQL database technologies
- Knowledge of BPMN, Archimate methodology