Senior Technical Systems Analyst

About us

Were the team behind digital retailerVery.

Our purpose helping families get more out of life powers everything we do.

And we want our people to get more out of life too! If youre high-performing ambitious and make the most of every opportunity we want to hear from return youll enjoy heaps of flexibility great perks and benefits and the freedom to be yourself keep learning and take your career wherever you want it to go.

If you love making a difference youll love making it sparkle for millions of Very customers.

About the team

Were looking for a Senior Technical Systems Analyst to join our Architecture team and play a pivotal role in shaping the technology solutions that support our Logistics & Fulfilment landscape.

This is more than a traditional analyst role. Youll sit at the heart of solution delivery translating architectural designs into detailed build-ready specifications that enable engineering teams to deliver high-quality scalable solutions.

Working closely with Architects Product Owners Engineering Leads and Data specialists youll be the authoritative voice on functional design interface contracts and data mapping ensuring that complex initiatives are clearly defined understood and successfully delivered.

If you enjoy solving complex business problems influencing technical direction and creating specifications that drive real-world outcomes wed love to hear from you.

About the role

As a Senior Technical Systems Analyst youll be responsible for producing and maintaining the functional and interface specifications that underpin successful technology delivery.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Translating solution architecture into detailed implementable technical specifications.
• Creating and maintaining functional specifications process/workload documentation and interface contracts.
• Defining data mappings transformation logic validation rules and error-handling behaviours.
• Supporting delivery teams with clear accurate and testable requirements throughout the SDLC.
• Conducting impact assessments across systems interfaces and data models.
• Ensuring traceability across requirements processes specifications and technical designs.
• Collaborating with Architects to resolve design ambiguities and ensure alignment to enterprise standards.
• Working closely with Engineering and QA teams to ensure solutions are implementable testable and operationally robust.
• Contributing to logical data modelling data governance requirements and GDPR/PII considerations.
• Identifying opportunities to improve specification standards templates and delivery practices across the Architecture community.

About you

Were looking for a highly experienced Technical Systems Analyst who combines strong analytical capability with a deep understanding of systems design and integration.

Youll bring:

• Significant experience within Technical Systems Analysis Systems Design Solution Design or a similar role.
• A proven track record of producing high-quality functional specifications interface contracts and data mapping documentation.
• Strong knowledge of systems analysis methodologies and SDLC (Software Development) practices.
• Experience working within complex multi-system environments.
• Understanding of modern integration approaches including APIs events and file-based interfaces.
• Experience defining data transformation rules validation logic and exception handling processes.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to translate between technical and non-technical audiences.
• Excellent problem-solving and critical-thinking abilities.
• Experience conducting impact assessments and managing requirements traceability.
• A collaborative and consultative approach with the confidence to influence stakeholders across Technology and the wider business.

Some of our benefits

• Flexible hybrid working model
• Inclusive culture and environment check out our Glassdoor reviews

• 1000 flexible benefits allowance to suit your needs
• 30days holiday bank holidays
• LinkedIn Learning access
• Bonus potential (performance and business-related)
• Up to 25% discount on

• Matched pension up to 6%
• More benefits can be foundon our career site

How to apply

Please note that the talent acquisition team are managing this vacancy directly and if successful in securing this role you will be required to undertake a credit CIFAS Right to Work checks and if a specific requirement of your role a DBS (criminal records) check. Should your application progress we require you to let the team know if there is anything you need to disclose in relation to any of these checks prior to them being undertaken including any unspent criminal convictions.

What happens next

Our talent acquisition team will be in touch if youre successful so keep an eye on your emails! Well arrange a short call to learn more about you as well as answer any questions you have. If it feels like were a good match well share your CV with the hiring manager to review. Our interview process is tailored to each role and can be in-person or held remotely.

You can expect a one stage interview process for this position:

1st stage - A one hour face-to-face interview with the hiring team to discuss your skills and relevant experience competency questions. This is also a great opportunity to find out more about the role and to ask any questions you may have.

As an inclusive employer please do let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments.

If youd like to know more about our interviews you can find out here.

Diversity inclusion and equal opportunities

Werebuilding a culture of everyday inclusion and welcome applications from anyone who believes they can do the job. We dont discriminate based on age disability gender reassignment marriage or civil partnership pregnancy or maternity race religion or belief sex or sexual orientation.

We want our recruitment process to be accessible to everyone. If you need reasonable adjustments to apply interview or perform a role let us know via Well be happy to support you.

Were proud to be aDisability Confident Committed Employerand have nine brilliant colleague networks - including DAWN (Disability Awareness at Very) and Think (Neurodiversity at Very) - that are helping us make Very an even more inclusive place to work.

Required Experience:

Senior IC