Senior Business Analyst

Applications Close: 11:59pm Thursday 29 October 2026

Job Details

Yolk Digital is engaged by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry to provide experienced Senior Business Analysts to its ICT Services Division (ISD) for roles across the Enterprise Platforms Branch and the CapSTAR Program, with positions on the ERP Revenue System Uplift project, cyber security projects and an ICT fit-out. ISD provides the secure, modern ICT environment that lets the department run its business around the clock, and you'll bring the specialised analysis skills and dedicated delivery capacity that reduce project risk, accelerate delivery and keep solutions aligned with departmental technology standards and architecture.

You'll undertake detailed analysis of existing business processes, operational workflows, system functionality and legacy application behaviour: facilitating stakeholder workshops, eliciting and documenting business and functional requirements, mapping current and future state processes, identifying improvement opportunities and helping prioritise delivery outcomes. A key part of the work is reverse engineering legacy applications, business processes and system functionality where documentation is limited or out of date.

Working closely with business stakeholders, technical teams, architects and project delivery personnel, you'll make sure business requirements are accurately translated into solution designs and implementation plans, and that business needs, operational requirements and compliance obligations stay clearly understood, documented and maintained as the department transitions from legacy applications to a modern, secure and supportable environment, keeping critical revenue processing functions running throughout the modernisation program.

Location

ACT. Hybrid: flexible working arrangements are available in line with department policies, and the ICT Services Division supports distributed and hybrid teams with staff in multiple states. Up to 40 hours per week.

Duration

12 months, commencing 16 November 2026, with 2 x 12 month extension options.

Citizenship

Australian Citizen

Clearance

Must be able to obtain a Baseline security clearance.

Key Responsibilities

* Undertake detailed analysis of existing business processes, operational workflows, system functionality and legacy application behaviour

* Facilitate stakeholder workshops; elicit and document business and functional requirements; map current and future state processes; identify opportunities for improvement; support prioritisation of delivery outcomes

* Reverse engineer legacy applications, business processes and system functionality where documentation is limited or no longer current

* Work closely with business stakeholders, technical teams, architects and project delivery personnel to ensure business requirements are accurately translated into solution designs and implementation plans

* Support the transition from legacy applications and technologies to a modern, secure and supportable environment by ensuring business requirements, operational needs and compliance obligations are clearly understood, documented and maintained throughout project delivery

* Reduce delivery risk and support continuity of critical revenue processing functions during the modernisation program

Skills & Experience

* Eliciting, analysing, validating and documenting business and functional requirements with business and technical stakeholders

* Current and future state process analysis and mapping, and support for the implementation of business and technology change

* Reverse engineering legacy applications, business processes and system functionality where documentation is limited or out of date

* Workshop facilitation, negotiating outcomes, managing competing priorities and building productive relationships across business and technical teams

* Producing business analysis artefacts: business requirements, functional and non-functional requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria, process maps and workflows, business rules and traceability documentation, user journeys and solution artefacts

* Supporting delivery through backlog management, prioritisation, testing, operational readiness, transition to BAU, user acceptance testing and change adoption

* Experience on ERP, revenue system or legacy modernisation programs

Essential Criteria

1. Requirements engagement and documentation (20%): Demonstrated experience engaging with business and technical stakeholders to identify, analyse, validate and document business and functional requirements, ensuring business needs are clearly translated into deliverable outcomes.

2. Process analysis and improvement (20%): Demonstrated ability to analyse current state processes, identify opportunities for improvement, map future state processes and support the implementation of business and technology change.

3. Communication and relationship management (20%): Highly developed communication and relationship management skills, with the ability to facilitate workshops, negotiate outcomes, manage competing priorities and build productive relationships across business and technical teams.

4. Business analysis artefacts (20%): Experience producing high-quality business analysis artefacts, including business requirements; functional and non-functional requirements; user stories and acceptance criteria; process maps and workflows; business rules and traceability documentation; user journeys and solution artefacts.

5. Supporting project delivery (20%): Demonstrated experience supporting project delivery through activities such as backlog management, prioritisation, testing, operational readiness, transition to BAU, user acceptance testing (UAT) and change adoption.

Application Instructions

Each candidate must provide a written response to each of the five essential criteria. Each response cannot be more than 3000 characters, and the criteria are equally weighted at 20% each.

Write each response in STAR format (Situation, Task, Action, Result) and sell your capability rather than listing duties: name the organisation, the project and the legacy systems involved, what you did, and the measurable outcome. Target the specific criterion in each response. Where you can, draw on reverse engineering of poorly documented legacy applications, ERP or revenue system work, and transition of critical processing functions to modern platforms, since those are the problems DAFF needs solved. For criterion 4, point to the actual artefacts you produced (business requirements, functional and non-functional requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria, process maps, business rules and traceability, user journeys) and how they were used. For criterion 5, cover backlog management, UAT, operational readiness, transition to BAU and change adoption.

If you have worked at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry before, include with your application the branch and division you worked in, your role and your dates.

Apply via the website: https://yolkdigital.com.au/site-data/jobs/senior-business-analyst