Belgium: Telecom Functional Analyst (REF18)

Client : A leading telecom operator

The assignment is open for English speaking consultants. French and Dutch language and communication skills are a plus.
Candidates without EU work permit are invited to apply, and we would be able to prepare the work permit for admitted applicants.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

1. Critically translate business needs or questions into functional and non-functional requirements using "use cases" and "user stories" for projects and/or "change requests".

Challenge requirements and ensure that no important requirements are missed.

Ensuring that required requirements lead to generic, sustainable, future-proof, maintainable and user-friendly IT solutions.

2. Have knowledge of the application landscape architecture and proactively share it, including its context.

Work closely with the software architects, developers and testers such that the scope is kept and functionalities are tested with attention to collaboration and customer satisfaction.

3. Function as a "bridge figure" and coordinate well with business and technical stakeholders (internal or external).

If applicable, also work well with, manage and/or coach the "offshore" vendors/contractors.

4. Assess and validate required capacity/effort as input to facilitate informed decisions.

5. Monitor the quality, consistency, scalability and development of applications in order to optimize utility and cost.

Propose improvements, feed backlog to support efficient prioritization.

Develop (in consultation with technical stakeholders) the best possible, concrete, sustainable solutions, which are in line with the application philosophy and/or capabilities of the "commercial of the shelf" (COTS).

Writing out and maintaining coherent IT processes, requirements, documentation, scripts and/or knowledge management.

Minimum requirements necessary when starting in this position:

Bachelor or Master with 5 years of relevant experience in an industry/domain of similar complexity and business processes knowledge
ENG Strong analytical skills and problem solving ability.

Nice to have - skills to be developed in the first months of this position:

EN, FR
Prior knowledge of Telecom sector

Languages : Fluency in Dutch/French and English

Location : Belgium