Technical Analyst (JSON, API)
Hybrid Working - London - 2 days a week on site.
Financial Services

Lorien's leading banking client is looking for a Technical Analyst to join a collaborative Agile technology team within the Financial Services sector. The successful candidate will translate complex business requirements into scalable technical solutions, working across the full software development lifecycle, from analysis and design through to development, testing, and deployment.

The Ideal candidate is a technically proficient analyst with strong API, JSON, microservices and UML modelling experience, capable of bridging the gap between business requirements and technical delivery. The ideal candidate will thrive in an Agile environment, working closely with engineering teams and stakeholders to deliver robust, scalable solutions.

This role is based in London.
This role will be Via Umbrella.
Working in a Hybrid Model of 2 days a week on site.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyse business and technical requirements, translating them into clear technical specifications and solutions.
• Design, develop and test API interfaces using JSON, including building interfaces from scratch, and deploying them into test environments.
• Work with microservices architecture, supporting system integration and distributed application development.
• Produce technical designs and UML models to document system processes, functionality, and interactions.
• Collaborate with engineers, architects, and stakeholders to deliver solutions aligned with business objectives.
• Apply Agile and DevOps methodologies to support rapid delivery, automation, and continuous improvement.
• Support prototyping, testing, and deployment activities, ensuring solutions meet functional and non-functional requirements.
• Analyse system performance and identify opportunities to improve scalability, reliability, and efficiency.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong experience in Technical Analysis, solution design, requirements gathering and software delivery.
• Firsthand experience interpreting, designing, and developing APIs using JSON.
• Ability to build API interfaces from scratch, integrate systems and deploy solutions for testing.
• Experience working with microservices architecture and distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of UML modelling within technical analysis and solution design.
• Experience with Agile and DevOps tools, practices, and methodologies.
• Knowledge of software development lifecycles, testing, deployment, and automation.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, with the ability to translate complex requirements into technical solutions.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working in demanding environments with short delivery cycles.

Desirable Experience

• Previous experience within Banking or Financial Services.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, automated testing and deployment.
• Understanding of non-functional requirements, including performance, scalability and high availability.

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Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Vertage Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.