Business Analyst (SAS Migration)
Posted 2 days ago by eTeam Workforce Limited
£492 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
Telford (Hybrid), UK
Summary: The Business Analyst (SAS Migration) role involves acting as a key liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams during the migration of SAS components to SAS Viya 4 on AWS. The position requires strong experience in business analysis, stakeholder management, and compliance with security standards. The role is based in Telford and requires active SC clearance. The contract duration is 6 months with a pay rate of £492 per day through an umbrella company.
Key Responsibilities:
- Engage with client business areas to capture functional and non-functional requirements for migration.
- Document current-state processes and define future-state requirements aligned with SAS Viya 4 capabilities.
- Analyze dependencies between Legacy SAS services and downstream systems.
- Identify risks and constraints related to data flows, scheduling, and business processes.
- Produce detailed process maps, user stories, and acceptance criteria for migration activities.
- Maintain traceability between requirements and technical deliverables.
- Act as the primary point of contact for business teams, ensuring clear communication of migration plans and timelines.
- Facilitate workshops and walkthroughs to validate requirements and design decisions.
- Collaborate with Test Manager to define UAT scope and ensure business sign-off.
- Support defect triage and resolution from a business perspective.
- Ensure all business requirements comply with client security and data governance standards.
- Assist in preparing documentation for approvals (SRA, BIA, DPIA, GDPR compliance).
Key Skills:
- Strong experience in business analysis within large-scale data or analytics platform migrations.
- Requirements elicitation and stakeholder management in complex environments.
- Knowledge of SAS technologies (SAS 9.4, SAS Viya 3.x/4) and analytical workflows.
- Data governance, compliance, and security frameworks.
- Excellent communication and documentation skills.
- Familiarity with Agile delivery and tools (Jira, Confluence).
- IIBA or BCS Business Analysis certification (desirable).
- Experience in government or regulated environments (desirable).
- Understanding of cloud platforms (AWS) and DevOps principles (desirable).
Salary (Rate): £492 daily
City: Telford
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
We are a Global Recruitment specialist that provides support to the clients across EMEA, APAC, US and Canada
Description
Job Title: Business Analyst (SAS Migration)
Duration: 6 months
Pay Rate: £492 per day (Paye through Umbrella)
Must hold an active SC clearance
Location: Telford with 2 days/week in office
Purpose of the Role:
To act as the key liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams during the migration of client SAS estate (including SAS 9.4 and Viya 3.5 components) to SAS Viya 4 on DPS AWS. The role ensures requirements are captured, validated, and translated into actionable deliverables, supporting a smooth transition with minimal disruption to business operations.
Key Responsibilities
Requirements Gathering & Analysis
Engage with client business areas to capture functional and non-functional requirements for migration.
Document current-state processes and define future-state requirements aligned with SAS Viya 4 capabilities.
Impact Assessment:
Analyze dependencies between Legacy SAS services and downstream systems.
Identify risks and constraints related to data flows, scheduling, and business processes.
Process Mapping & Documentation:
Produce detailed process maps, user stories, and acceptance criteria for migration activities.
Maintain traceability between requirements and technical deliverables.
Stakeholder Engagement:
Act as the primary point of contact for business teams, ensuring clear communication of migration plans and timelines.
Facilitate workshops and walkthroughs to validate requirements and design decisions.
Testing Support:
Collaborate with Test Manager to define UAT scope and ensure business sign-off.
Support defect triage and resolution from a business perspective.
Governance & Compliance:
Ensure all business requirements comply with client security and data governance standards.
Assist in preparing documentation for approvals (SRA, BIA, DPIA, GDPR compliance).
Required Skills & Experience:
Strong experience in:
Business analysis within large-scale data or analytics platform migrations.
Requirements elicitation and stakeholder management in complex environments.
Knowledge of SAS technologies (SAS 9.4, SAS Viya 3.x/4) and analytical workflows, Data governance, compliance, and security frameworks.
Excellent communication and documentation skills.
Familiarity with Agile delivery and tools (Jira, Confluence).
Desirable Qualifications:
IIBA or BCS Business Analysis certification.
Experience in government or regulated environments.
Understanding of cloud platforms (AWS) and DevOps principles.
If you are interested in this position and would like to learn more, please send through your CV and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible. Please note, candidates are often Shortlisted within 48 hours.