Business Analyst - Mainframe - z/OS

Business Analyst – IBM Z / Mainframe Migration

Location: Remote, with occasional travel to Canberra
Contract: 12 months, with potential extension up to 24 months
Eligibility: Australian Citizens only
Security: Australian Government security clearance preferred

About the Opportunity

A major technology services organisation is seeking an experienced Business Analyst to support a large-scale infrastructure and software migration within a highly regulated Australian Federal Government environment.

The role will focus on discovery, requirements gathering, product mapping and stakeholder engagement across an IBM Z / mainframe environment. Working closely with business users, architects, operations teams and delivery specialists, you will help establish how existing tools and processes operate and ensure critical functionality is preserved throughout the migration.

This is a predominantly remote opportunity, although occasional travel to client sites in Canberra may be required.

Key Responsibilities

• Support project discovery by documenting current tools, scheduled jobs, reports, alerts, monitoring rules and access patterns.
• Engage with business users to capture requirements and define use cases.
• Work with architects on product mapping, including identifying differences, functional gaps and areas where there is no direct replacement.
• Provide input into test cases and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) scripts.
• Support stakeholder engagement and end-user readiness, including documentation, training inputs and communications.
• Report project activity, scope changes, challenges and requirements to leadership.
• Communicate project status, milestones and risks to program management and customer stakeholders.
• Work across business, operational and technical teams to support a successful migration.

Required Skills & Experience

• Proven Business Analyst experience within infrastructure or software migration programs, rather than solely application-development projects.
• Previous experience working in a regulated environment, with a sound understanding of change-control, audit and compliance requirements.
• Extensive experience working across business, operations and delivery teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, particularly requirements documentation, requirements sign-off and stakeholder expectation management.
• Demonstrated experience facilitating workshops and requirements-validation sessions.
• Sound operational and project-management knowledge.
• Strong negotiation and prioritisation skills, with the ability to manage competing demands and adapt to change.

Highly Desirable

• IBM Z / mainframe experience.
• Experience with IBM Z software products.
• IBM Z application-development experience.
• Exposure to mainframe programming languages such as COBOL or PL/I.

What’s on Offer

• Initial 12-month contract, with potential extension up to 24 months.
• Predominantly remote working arrangement.
• Opportunity to contribute to a significant Federal Government technology migration.
• Work across business, architecture, operations and delivery teams in a complex enterprise environment.
• Exposure to IBM Z and enterprise mainframe transformation activities.

Eligibility

Applicants must be Australian Citizens. Australian Government security clearances are preferred.

The position supports remote working, with occasional travel to Canberra where required.

How to Apply

If you are an experienced Business Analyst with a background in infrastructure or software migrations and exposure to IBM Z / mainframe environments, please submit your CV for consideration.

Farabr Siddiq
Recruitment Consultant
Email: farbars@whizdom.com.au
Phone: 0489 922 211