Technical Business Analyst

Job description

If you could change one thing about travel, what would it be? At Amadeus, you can make that happen!

Travel makes the world a better place and we are fully dedicated to improving it and making it even more rewarding. We are one of the world’s top 15 software companies: we provide technology solutions and services within the travel industry.

Do you have ideas on how to improve travel for everyone? Do you find the idea of working in a diverse, multicultural environment exciting? Are you ready to make an impact across the world? Great, then join us! Let’s shape the future of travel together. #shapethefutureoftravel@Amadeus

I. Summary of the role

Amadeus is looking for technical business analysts to join our Airlines R&D Inventory team. We are a team passionate about finding solutions to complex problems and delivering distributed, scalable and reliable back-end applications on which airlines rely for their commercial operations.

Amadeus has a comprehensive functional coverage of the different airlines' needs, and a strong technical leadership in the domain. Our inventory applications are used by hundreds of airlines around the world and are inter-connected to many other airlines' systems.

We are looking for someone who loves understanding the true business needs behind complex customer requirements and is able to design and propose solutions by leveraging existing pieces in our applications and by specifying required evolutions to fulfill the needs. As a technical business analyst, you will help design, specify and validate our applications to keep the pace of the continuously changing business trends of the travel industry.

Our inventory team is responsible for a large scope of airline applications where we thrive in a fast paced, fun and dynamic environment of collaboration and work remotely with other engineering teams. You should have great communication skills and be able to develop working relationships with team members in other locations around the globe. As a member of our team you will have autonomy to make decisions and organize your work while always being challenged to solve unique and interesting problems that have a real impact in the travel industry and the airlines’ operations.

II. Main responsibilities

· Analyse business requirements submitted by Product Management.
· Review change requests.
· Size specification and testing phases.
· Provide information to the Product Management as necessary for the elaboration of business cases and RFP responses.
· Elaborate functional specifications.
· Deliver test plans and test scenarios.
· Interface with relevant departments to identify interaction with other Amadeus packages and assure functional compatibility.
· Test product in order to ensure compliance of the delivered functionality and system integrity, and perform functional sign off.
· Carry out the functional walk-through of the product with the Development team and Product Management.
· Ensure production integrity by validating and prioritizing reported problems.
· Interface and communicate with Product Management.
· Interface with customer during functional specification, testing and initial implementation phases as necessary.

III. Requirements

Education and Relevant work experience:

Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science or related field or relevant

- 2 years of software experience with a bachelor’s degree.

- 0 years of experience with master’s degree.

Business understanding : Travel industry knowledge is a plus

Skills :

Analysis :

· Strong analysis and problem solving skills
· Testing and UML Modeling skills preferred

Languages : Fluent English is a must. Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.

Specific knowledge :

· Understanding of the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
· Agile experience/knowledge preferred
· Travel industry knowledge is a plus

Other mandatory :

· Fast, thorough and autonomous learner who also understands prioritization
· Innovative thinker
· Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
· Ability to identify and resolve project issues quickly and effectively
· Interested in, and eager to learn new technologies and methodologies
· Ability to maintain a proactive and positive attitude in a fast paced, changing environment
· Thrives in a multi-cultural, global organization

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Amadeus strives to achieve outstanding results through a diverseworkforce. Our employees represent over 123 nationalities. We welcomeand embrace individual differences to bring out the brilliance inourselves, our customers and each other. We are proud to be an equalopportunity employer.