Defence Digital - Business Analyst
| Posting date: | 11 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £44,590 per year, pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 October 2025 |
| Location: | SN13 9NR, SW1A 2HB |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Ministry of Defence |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 422951 |
Summary
We are looking for a Business analyst to join us and be at the forefront of delivering sustainable change through leveraging cutting-edge technologies like Agile Data Science, Machine Learning, and AI to enable machine-ready data for exploitation to meet critical information, business, and operational challenges.
You will have the opportunity to develop an integrated view of the Defence data demand, value, and opportunities, providing expert guidance on advanced data science methodologies.
You will cultivate strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, challenging the status quo and leading the way in data excellence.
If you're passionate about leveraging data to create real-world impact we want to hear from you!
Responsibilities
Work with delivery team across the business to formulate hypotheses to test in service design phases to deliver to user needs. Provide data to inform benefits realisation information that will support business change and continuous improvement.
Analyse business requirements and user needs related to all aspects of the product or service and define acceptance criteria for development work Ensure outcomes are aligned with the service vision and strategic objectives by contributing to the link between current and future business models.
Contribute to the definition and prioritisation of user stories and to the definition of precise problems for investigation.
Support business process re-engineering. Identify areas for improvement, explore feasible options, analyse the effects of change and define success measures. Identify areas where transformational value can be added from application of new data approaches and support to realise the value, including machine ready and analytics and artificial intelligence enablement.
Apply proven communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills to ensure that the team’s plans and objectives are achieved. Collaborate and lead effective communication with all stakeholders.
Actively champion standardisation, coherence, use of information and spearhead for a digital culture, through education, training, across a set of stakeholders and their programmes
For more information on the Business analyst profession please see the Government Digital and Data Framework; Business Analyst
You will have the opportunity to develop an integrated view of the Defence data demand, value, and opportunities, providing expert guidance on advanced data science methodologies.
You will cultivate strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, challenging the status quo and leading the way in data excellence.
If you're passionate about leveraging data to create real-world impact we want to hear from you!
Responsibilities
Work with delivery team across the business to formulate hypotheses to test in service design phases to deliver to user needs. Provide data to inform benefits realisation information that will support business change and continuous improvement.
Analyse business requirements and user needs related to all aspects of the product or service and define acceptance criteria for development work Ensure outcomes are aligned with the service vision and strategic objectives by contributing to the link between current and future business models.
Contribute to the definition and prioritisation of user stories and to the definition of precise problems for investigation.
Support business process re-engineering. Identify areas for improvement, explore feasible options, analyse the effects of change and define success measures. Identify areas where transformational value can be added from application of new data approaches and support to realise the value, including machine ready and analytics and artificial intelligence enablement.
Apply proven communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills to ensure that the team’s plans and objectives are achieved. Collaborate and lead effective communication with all stakeholders.
Actively champion standardisation, coherence, use of information and spearhead for a digital culture, through education, training, across a set of stakeholders and their programmes
For more information on the Business analyst profession please see the Government Digital and Data Framework; Business Analyst