Senior Business Analyst (SBA0126)

| Lagos, Nigeria

Salary Negotiable
Job Type Full-time
Experience N/A
Deadline 26 Jun, 2026

Job Description

Job Posting

  • The Senior Business Analyst is responsible for end-to-end technical analysis, systems design support, and coordination of software lifecycle activities.
  • This role bridges the gap between functional business needs and technical implementation, ensuring high-quality system delivery through structured requirements engineering, process modeling, API documentation, and testing coordination.
  • The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience working with development teams, system architects, and DevOps, and will leverage AI-based tools to enhance technical documentation, prototyping, and validation. The role involves leading and mentoring cross-functional teams, coordinating deliverables, and ensuring alignment across stakeholders to drive successful project execution.

Key Responsibilities

  • Conduct technical stakeholder sessions to gather, validate, and document functional and non functional requirements.
  • Define and manage system-level specifications including user stories, sequence diagrams, state transition diagrams, and data dictionaries.
  • Lead a cross-functional team of business analysts, designers, and engineers.
  • Collaborate with developers and solution architects to define technical scope and break down requirements into modular components.
  • Maintain and update system design documentation across sprints/releases.
  • Define data schemas, interface definitions, and endpoint documentation for REST/SOAP APIs.
  • Coordinate with backend developers and third-party service providers on integration flows and authentication protocols.
  • Model current state (as-is) and future state (to-be) business processes using BPMN/UML.
  • Recommend system enhancements based on gap analysis and bottleneck identification.
  • Facilitate Agile ceremonies including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
  • Perform feasibility studies and cost-benefit analysis for proposed features or system changes.
  • Assess system impacts due to changes in architecture, data structure, or third-party dependencies
  • Support DevOps and QA by coordinating test environment readiness, deployment schedules, and rollback planning.

Requirements

Qualifications and Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Finance or related fields.
  • 5+ years of experience as a Technical Business Analyst, Systems Analyst, or Solution Analyst. With at least 2 years in a leadership role.
  • CBAP (Certified Business Analysis Professional) certification is an added advantage.
  • Strong understanding of: SDLC, Agile/Scrum, System architecture (microservices, event-driven, monolith), API standards (REST, JSON, XML, OAuth2), Database concepts (SQL/NoSQL).
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and system monitoring concepts is a plus
  • Hands-on experience with tools like Postman, Swagger/OpenAPI, Draw.io/Lucidchart, Figma, Git, Jira, Confluence.
  • Working knowledge of APIs, databases, and modern web architecture is an added advantage.
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively across teams.
  • Excellent leadership, problem-solving and communication skills.

Benefits

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: careers@sage-grey.com using the Job Position as subject of the mail.