Technical Business Analyst - Web - Contract- UK

Candidate applying for the role

Thorium Digital is a growing digital agency that has provided services to clients from startups to Fortune 500 companies. We are comprised of self-motivated, professionally sharp and team work oriented individuals. We are looking to expand our team in London, UK and New Jersey, USA. You will be working in a collaborative and flat structured working environment where there are plenty of opportunities to learn and grow with us. We also offer flexible summer hours year-round.

The Technical Business Analyst is responsible for coordinating with the development team to deliver projects on-time and on-budget.  This individual needs to be driven, willing to learn and is not afraid of taking responsibilities.

This is a remote contract role.  The individual will have first-hand opportunity to learn and grow together with the firm.  Must be able to work independently.

Essential duties and responsibilities

• Responsible for eliciting, analyzing, and documenting clear and actionable user requirements to drive optimal system and process solutions.
• Coordinates cross-functional teams and manages project timelines to ensure timely and successful solution delivery.
• Ensures system and process solutions meet user requirements through meticulous quality assurance and comprehensive testing plan.
• Collaborates and coordinates on required testing/validation of system modifications, including creating testcases as needed.
• Ensures issues are identified, tracked, reported, analyzed and resolved in a timely manner, and determines if escalation is required while retaining ownership throughout.
• Complete documentation for project development efforts (including use cases, requirements, test plans, and process maps) and work closely with development team and business teams to ensure successful implementation.
• Decompose high-level information into details and abstract up from low-level information to resolve solution vs. requirements conflicts.
• Proactively researches emerging technologies to stay ahead of industry trends and drive innovation.
• Research new technology.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology or Computer Science.
• 2-5 years of Technology Analyst/Business Systems Analyst experience.
• 1-3 years of SDLC experience.
• 1-3 years of web-related experience.
• Excellent communication, technical, analytical and problem-solving skills with a sense of urgency and commitment to accuracy and the ability to handle ambiguity.
• Strong work ethic, positive attitude, and a desire to work in a challenging position.
• Detail oriented.
• Expertise creating Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, and Visio flowcharts as needed to support the project.
• Must be able to work in a remote working model.
• Must be able to work occasionally Australia and Asia time zones.
• Authorized to work in UK without sponsorship.
• Sponsorship is not available.
• Not a data analyst position.

‍Preferred qualifications

• Minimum of 6 months of web coding experience on a project.
• Have a passion for technology.
• Experience with JIRA, web and mobile related technologies, ReactJS, Java, PHP, .NET, SQL, HTML, CSS and JavaScript preferred.
• Knowledge of front-end frameworks(i.e. Nextjs) and experience working with responsive and adaptive designs.
• Understanding of major cloud services and technologies (e.g., AWS, Docker).
• Knowledge of SEO best practices and Accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA).
• Big Consulting, Vercel, and Contentful experience is a plus.