Location: Adelaide
Contract: Initial 12 months, with potential extensions
Security clearance: Must be able to obtain Baseline clearance

We're seeking an experienced Lead Systems Analyst to lead a team, shape technical solutions and drive improvements across a complex ICT environment.

You'll translate business needs into technical requirements, ensuring solutions align with relevant architectures and organisational objectives. Working with a high level of autonomy, you'll combine team leadership with systems analysis, application improvement and strategic planning.

Key responsibilities

Lead Systems Analyst

Location: Adelaide
Contract: Initial 12 months, with potential extensions
Security clearance: Must be able to obtain Baseline clearance

We're seeking an experienced Lead Systems Analyst to lead a team, shape technical solutions and drive improvements across a complex ICT workplace.

You'll translate business needs into technical requirements, ensuring solutions align with relevant architectures and organisational objectives. Working with a high level of autonomy, you'll combine team leadership with systems analysis, application improvement and strategic planning.

- Oversee team operations, including performance, priorities, resources and workflow.
- Translate business requirements into clear technical requirements that support effective solution design.
- Guide the delivery of application services, new functionality and enhancements.
- Review existing applications, investigate production issues and develop strategies to improve efficiency and meet user needs.
- Document current and future business processes through AS IS and TO BE process modelling.
- Drive innovation, continuous improvement and change,



contributing to business plans and ICT strategies.
- Use performance indicators and quality assurance reporting to inform decisions and future planning.
- Review and advise on technical and corporate documentation.
- Build relationships with business stakeholders, technical teams, other agencies and service providers to achieve delivery outcomes.

About you

You're comfortable balancing technical detail with broader business priorities. You bring sound judgement, a collaborative leadership style and the ability to communicate complex information clearly.

Your skills and experience will include:

- Team leadership, including managing competing priorities and coordinating resources.
- Systems analysis and translating business needs into practical technical solutions.
- A strong understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
- Experience working with Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
- Analytical and problem-solving skills, particularly in investigating production issues.
- Business process modelling, including developing AS IS and TO BE flows.
- Strong stakeholder engagement, negotiation and written communication skills.
- A bachelor's degree or higher qualification.

The opportunity

This Adelaide-based contract offers the scope to influence technical direction,



support a team and improve systems that underpin service delivery.

Applicants must be able to obtain Baseline security clearance.

Desired Skills and Experience

- * 1.Consultancy: Level 5 (SFIA)
Takes responsibility for understanding client requirements, collecting data, delivering analysis and problem resolution. Identifies, evaluates and recommends options. Collaborates with, and facilitates stakeholder groups, as part of formal or informal consultancy agreements. Seeks to fully address client needs and implements solutions if required. Enhances the capabilities and effectiveness of clients, by ensuring that proposed solutions are fully understood and appropriately exploited.
- * 2.Enterprise and business architecture: Level 5 (SFIA)
Develops models and plans to drive the execution of the business strategy, taking advantage of opportunities to improve business performance. Contributes to creating and reviewing a systems capability strategy which meets the business's strategic requirements. Determines requirements and specifies effective business processes, through improvements in technology, information or data practices, organisation, roles, procedures and equipment.
- * 3.Requirements definition and management: Level 6 (SFIA)
Champions the importance and value of requirements management principles and selecting effective requirements management life cycle models. Develops organisational policies, standards, and guidelines for requirements definition and management. Plans and leads scoping, requirements definition and priority setting for complex, strategic programmes. Drives adoption of, and adherence to, policies and standards. D

📌 Lead Systems Analyst (Adelaide)
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