Systems Analyst (Insurance) - Must be available immediately
Africonology Solutions
Date: 13 hours ago
City: Johannesburg, Gauteng
Contract type: Full time

Job Title: Systems Analyst / Systems Design Specialist (Insurance Industry)
Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced Systems Analyst / Systems Design Specialist with strong expertise in both Business Analysis and Systems Design within the insurance industry. The successful candidate will have a proven track record of working on complex, enterprise-scale projects and will be responsible for requirements gathering, designing solutions, and producing key technical deliverables such as TDDs, LLDs, FRSs, and integration designs.
This role plays a crucial link between business stakeholders, technical teams, and architects, ensuring that solutions meet both business needs and system architecture standards.
Key Responsibilities
Must Have:
Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced Systems Analyst / Systems Design Specialist with strong expertise in both Business Analysis and Systems Design within the insurance industry. The successful candidate will have a proven track record of working on complex, enterprise-scale projects and will be responsible for requirements gathering, designing solutions, and producing key technical deliverables such as TDDs, LLDs, FRSs, and integration designs.
This role plays a crucial link between business stakeholders, technical teams, and architects, ensuring that solutions meet both business needs and system architecture standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Work with business stakeholders and product owners to gather and analyze business requirements.
- Conduct detailed systems analysis, documenting functional and non-functional requirements.
- Create and maintain key technical design documentation, including:
- Technical Design Documents (TDDs)
- Low-Level Designs (LLDs)
- Functional Requirements Specifications (FRSs)
- Integration Designs
- Design and propose system landscape architectures and solution designs in alignment with enterprise architecture standards.
- Collaborate with development teams to ensure that designs are implementable and scalable.
- Support development and testing teams during development, integration, and system testing phases.
- Engage in impact analysis for system changes, enhancements, and new implementations.
- Facilitate workshops, walkthroughs, and design review sessions with technical and business stakeholders.
- Ensure traceability from business requirements through to implementation.
Must Have:
- Minimum 5+ years experience as a Systems Analyst, Business Systems Analyst, or Systems Designer.
- Proven experience working on complex projects within large-scale or enterprise environments.
- Strong background in Business Analysis and Systems Analysis.
- Experience in writing and maintaining:
- TDDs (Technical Design Documents)
- LLDs (Low-Level Designs)
- FRSs (Functional Requirements Specifications)
- Integration Design Documents
- Experience in Landscape Architecture Design or Solution Architecture (working alongside Solution Architects or Enterprise Architects).
- Insurance Industry Experience (e.g., Life Insurance, Short-term Insurance, Group Risk, Employee Benefits, Financial Services).
- Solid understanding of SDLC methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid).
- Exposure to Enterprise Integration Patterns or Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA).
- Experience with integration tools, API design, or middleware technologies.
- Familiarity with UML, BPMN, or other design modeling languages.
- Previous work in data migration projects, insurance platform transformations, or policy administration systems.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication abilities.
- Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and multiple stakeholders.
- Detail-oriented with a focus on documentation quality and traceability.
- Ability to work under pressure and deliver in fast-paced, high-complexity project environments.
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