Business Analyst

NV1 - Business Analyst

Canberra | Sydney | Melbourne

Permanent

Cleared are partnering with a leading professional services and technology organisation to recruit a Business Analyst to join their Security Transformation team. This is a full-time role for candidates with security clearance and an interest in Defence and secure information systems.

About the Role

As a Business Analyst, you will work on designing and integrating next-generation firewall, guard, and cross-domain solutions. You will contribute to enabling federated mission networking (FMN) in multi-domain environments, ensuring compliance with NATO standards and Australian Government security controls. You will work closely with Solution Architects, project stakeholders, and technical teams to translate operational requirements into clear user stories and specifications for secure data exchange solutions.

This role is vital for ensuring operational solutions meet both functional and non-functional requirements, with a strong focus on data-centric security and interoperability.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders and operational users to analyse and validate requirements for Guard and Gateway solutions.

• Create and manage the product backlog and user stories in an agile delivery environment.

• Facilitate agile ceremonies, including story mapping, backlog refinement, sprint planning, and retrospectives.

• Ensure requirements align with architectural vision, technical constraints, and designated security technologies such as Palo Alto Networks firewalls and Isode m-Guard cross-domain solutions.

• Conduct gap analyses to identify changes required for FMN interoperability and compliance with NATO STANAGs.

• Develop detailed documentation including requirement specifications, process flows, and technical specifications.

• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and ensure solutions meet defined requirements.

• Act as the liaison between product owners and technical teams to ensure shared understanding of scope and deliverables.

• Assist in managing project scope, risks, issues, and changes.

Qualifications & Skills

Education: Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Engineering, or related field.

Experience:

• 7+ years as a Business Analyst in complex IT environments, ideally Defence, Government, or regulated sectors.

• Proven experience in Agile delivery frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe).

• Experience with secure information systems, networking, or infrastructure projects.

Technical Expertise:

• Strong skills in requirements elicitation, documentation, and business analysis tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Visio, DOORS).

• Familiarity with security concepts, access control, and basic networking.

• Ability to interpret and apply complex regulatory or compliance standards, including NATO STANAGs.

Soft Skills:

• Excellent communication bridging technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking abilities.

• Collaborative team player with self-motivation and attention to detail.

Desirable Qualifications:

• Industry certifications such as CBAP, CSPO, PMI-PBA, or relevant security certifications.

• Prior Defence, National Security, or NATO experience.

• Knowledge of Isode M-Guard, Palo Alto Networks platforms, ArchTiS, and cross-domain interoperability concepts.

Security Clearance:

• Current NV1 Security Clearance.

• Must be willing to work onsite 5 days a week.

Why Work Here

• Comprehensive career development and structured training programs.

• Opportunities to work locally and internationally on complex and innovative projects.

• Flexible work arrangements and support for health, wellbeing, and work-life balance.

• Inclusive and diverse workplace with progressive policies supporting equality.

Cleared Recruitment is leading the way for Defence recruitment services, bringing together some of Australia's best talent in ICT, Engineering and business and connecting those with specialised and future thinking Defence industry suppliers to ensure Australia is mission-ready at all times.