Technical Business Analyst – Application Migration Programme

Technical Business Analyst – Application Migration Programme Location: London/Dubai Employment Type: Contract - 6 months rolling About the Role We’re looking for a Technical Business Analyst (TBA) to join a large-scale infrastructure & application migration programme. You’ll partner with architects, engineers, and application owners to analyse complex systems, define migration strategies, and ensure smooth transitions into modern hosting environments. What You’ll Do • Assess applications: analyse architecture, dependencies, integrations, and risks. • Define migration strategies: rehost, replatform, refactor, or retire. • Support infrastructure alignment: validate target environments, create runbooks, and readiness criteria. • Manage dependencies & risks: map inter-application impacts, sequence migrations, and track blockers. • Stakeholder engagement: liaise with SMEs and programme teams, presenting clear findings and recommendations. • Produce high-quality documentation: assessment reports, migration paths, dependency matrices. What We’re Looking For • Proven experience as a Business Analyst in infrastructure or application migration programmes. • Strong understanding of application architectures, hosting models (UNIX/Linux, Windows, middleware, databases). • Skilled in mapping dependencies and defining migration paths across complex estates. • Exposure to data centre, hybrid, or cloud migrations (AWS, Azure, private cloud). • Excellent analytical, documentation, and stakeholder engagement skills. • Proficiency with MS Project, Excel, JIRA, PowerPoint. Desirable: • Financial services or regulated industry experience. • Knowledge of networks, infrastructure fundamentals, and distributed systems. • Familiarity with release/change management in controlled environments.