Description:
Our client in the retail software industry is looking for Senior Systems Analyst to join their team.
The Senior Systems Analyst is responsible for structuring, governing, and operationalising the organisation’s Code Management System across all projects.
This role ensures that:
- Every project is consistently modelled in terms of processes, functions, sub-functions, data concepts, and domains
- Specifications are captured in a machine-readable, AI-ready structure
- Technical and non-technical contributors can accurately populate the system
- The system evolves towards its long-term goal: serving as a complete, authoritative input to large language models capable of designing and generating full production systems
This is a foundational role in preparing the organisation for AI-assisted and AI generated software delivery.
Why this role matters
This role is not about managing code repositories.
It is about:
- Managing the thinking behind the code
The individual in this role will quietly shape how every future system is built.
Required skills and experience
Core technical understandingStrong understanding of software architecture concepts, including:
Backend systems APIs and integrations Data storage (relational databases, JSON, events) Cloud-based systems (especially AWS concepts) Ability to reason about systems end-to-end, not just code Domain and systems thinkingComfortable working across multiple domains, such as:
Accounting and finance data Retail and POS systems OCR and document processing Workflow and state machines Security, compliance, and audit Able to abstract complex real-world behaviour into clean, structured models Specification and modelling capabilityProven ability to:
Write clear, unambiguous specifications Decompose systems into processes and functions Define inputs, outputs, and data contracts Experience with modelling approaches such as: Functional decomposition Domain-driven thinking Event-driven or state-based systems Communication and enablementAble to work with:
Developers Product owners Non-technical spec writers Can explain complex system conce