Senior Functional Analyst

Job Description

Role Summary: We are seeking a highly strategic Functional Analyst with 5 to 10 years of experience in gathering requirements, designing events and processes for event-driven architecture (EDA) projects. This role serves as a critical link between business stakeholders and technical teams, ensuring seamless collaboration, accurate requirement translation, and the efficient development of event-driven systems. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical skills, has a technical background in java or integration, and extensive experience in leading requirement gathering, documentation, and testing efforts within large-scale EDA implementations. Key Responsibilities: Stakeholder Engagement and Requirement Analysis: Lead discussions between business stakeholders, architects, and producer/consumer application teams to define EDA-based solutions. Facilitate alignment on business objectives, ensuring technical feasibility and optimal integration strategy. Guide requirement-gathering sessions by leveraging deep knowledge of EDA, event streams, and system design. Functional Documentation and Translation: Develop and refine high-level functional specifications, event definitions, and system workflows to support business needs. Create and maintain comprehensive data models, process flows, and integration design documents, ensuring scalability and efficiency. Drive improvements in documentation quality and standardization across functional teams. Build and Development Support: Work closely with architects and developers to ensure EDA design principles are accurately implemented. Provide advanced functional support in system integration, event sourcing, and business workflow mapping. Identify and address bottlenecks in functional design, recommending optimal solutions. Testing and Validation: Lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT) strategy, focusing on validating event interactions and data flow consistency. Develop and refine UAT test cases, execution plans, and validation frameworks for event-driven applications. Work alongside QA and business teams to track defects, troubleshoot issues, and optimize workflows before production rollout. Qualifications: Experience: 5 to 10 years of experience as a Functional Analyst or Business Analyst in EDA, microservices, or enterprise integration projects. Experience with logistics and related processes Proven expertise in leading requirement workshops, translating business needs into process, event and functional designs Experience coordinating between cross-functional technical and business teams in high-scale environments. Technical Skills: Deep understanding of event-driven architecture principles, including event sourcing, pub/sub models, and streaming technologies. Strong experience with functional documentation (use cases, process flows, event modeling, and API integration). Proficiency with diagramming and documentation tools (e.g., Visio, Lucidchart, Confluence). Hands-on knowledge of integration patterns and event-driven workflows, ensuring optimal data flow and system performance. Soft Skills: Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, with a strategic mindset in bridging business and technical perspectives. Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, particularly in complex integration and workflow scenarios. Highly organized, detail-oriented, and adaptable to dynamic business needs. Preferred Skills: Experience working in Agile environments, leading functional discussions within Scrum and Kanban teams. Exposure to EDA platforms and tools such as Kafka, Confluent, and cloud-based event management solutions. Experience with Event streaming in Kafka Familiarity with Java is an added plus