Function Description
For its development team working on in-house developed software,
our Client is actively looking for an agile functional analyst
who will be able to:

• Work in an agile software development team, incrementally

developing working software in sprints (using scrum)

• Understand business processes and requirements related to

metering of natural gas flows, both for local real time
acquisition systems as for central validation and reporting
systems

• Analyze business requirements and translate them into the most

appropriate conceptual model, while building upon the existing
architecture and systems

• Document the chosen solution into functional and technical

specifications using Client's standard tools and methodology

• Assist the developers in producing high quality products, based

on defined specifications

• Participate in estimating the product backlog items
• Create test scenarios and execute system tests
• Assist the users during the execution of user acceptance tests
• Provide support to end-users on (critical) production systems

Responsibility
Analyze business requirements and translate them to clear and
concise user stories - Create business process and functional
system documentation using UML-artifacts (use case diagrams,
activity diagrams, information models,...) - Create and execute
test scenarios on different levels (component, system, UAT) -
Define an “action plan” to deliver user stories by helping the
team to break down user stories in tasks - Review functional
documentation of peers
Experience & expertise
Good analytical and synthesizing skills to clearly define
problems and requirements and determine solutions with
controllable impact for them on mission-critical applications -
Master level degree in an exact science like physics, mathematics
or chemistry - Experience working in agile software development
teams - Experience providing support to end users - Background
knowledge on the energy sector in general and real time data
acquisition systems is a bonus
Technical Skills
Fluency in the use of the following tools o UML modeling tools
(e.g. Sparx Enterprise Architect) o agile software development
tools (e.g. MS Visual Studio Team System) o
documentation-communication tools (e.g. Microsoft Office)

• Knowledge of relational databases and being able to write

simple database queries (SQL)
Communication Skills

• Skills to interview end users: listening actively to their

needs, asking the right questions and interpreting the answers
correctly

• Ability to work and communicate in a team (e.g. work together

with developers to explain analysis or to review developed code,
escalate impediments to scrum master ...)

• Ability to demo / discuss the sprint result with end users

during a sprint review session and to guide end users in
acceptance testing
Personal Skills
Team player: being flexible to help the team achieve its goals

• Goal directed attitude: focus on delivering the planned user

stories

• Pragmatic approach: prefer talking to people and taking action

to solve problems

• Improvement minded: propose new improvement idea's during the

sprint retrospectives

• Ability to adapt in an ever-changing environment
• Ability to advise stakeholders on different possible solutions
• Lifelong learner (e.g. new business processes, ways of working

together or technical matters)

• Ability to fluently communicate in Dutch (spoken) or French

(spoken) and English (spoken and written)