Agile Change Analyst

In this role, you'll work directly with the Agile Practices and Delivery Lead to enhance productivity and ensure our changes are delivered safely and that we provide maximum value for our customers.

You'll collaborate with teams across Technology Services, introducing automation-first strategies to refine our change processes. You'll play a critical role in getting the most value from our Atlassian tools, elevating our overall approach to change, and improving processes across the wider business.

What you'll do

• Support the rollout of Agile Practices and DevOps, working with SMEs to co-ordinate training sessions as needed on topics such as DevOps / Kanban / AWS / Deployment Principles, etc.

• Chair and organise the Monthly Developer Community of Practice.

• Assistance of JIRA / Confluence / Jira Service Management Administration.

• Work with the automation team to build out best-in-class capabilities with an automation-first mindset.

• Work with the Incident Management team and stay close to root cause analysis findings to close gaps, drive improvements to the change process, and, where applicable, work these into the Key Controls.

• Assist with cross-team dependency mapping and work with teams to address blockers.

• Support teams across the business on their transition to Atlassian, moving from existing tools such as spreadsheets whilst improving their working methods.

What you'll need

• Experience of Agile Methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban,

• Experience as an administrator for Atlassian tools.

• Experience with Agile Development tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, GitLab.

• Knowledge of the entire software development life-cycle (SDLC).

• Knowledge of CI/CD and its basic principles and practices.

• Strong stakeholder management skills.

• Experience using Atlassian tools such as Jira, Confluence and Jira Service Management.

• Experience running Agile Ceremonies, such as retrospectives and stand-ups.

• Agile Certifications, for example, Certified Scrum Master or Product Owner.

• Experience working in an Agile and DevOps environment.

• Excellent communication and documentation skills.

• Planning, organisation, and time management skills.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Desirable:

Educated to degree level

About us:

AJ Bell is one of the fastest-growing investment platform businesses in the UK offering an award-winning range of solutions that caters for everyone, from professional financial advisers, to DIY investors with little to no experience. We have over 503,000 customers using our award-winning platform propositions to manage assets totalling more than £80.3 billion. Our customers trust us with their investments, and by continuously striving to make investing easier, we aim to help even more people take control of their financial futures.

Having listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange in December 2018, AJ Bell is now a FTSE 250 company.

Headquartered in Manchester with offices in central London and Bristol, we now have over 1200 employees and have been named one of the UK's 'Best 100 Companies to Work For’ for five consecutive years.

There are opportunities for growth and professional development for employees wanting to progress within their career including induction training and our study support scheme which is part of our benefits package.

There is an active programme of social events throughout the year, which are open to all employees.

What we offer:

• Competitive starting salary
• Generous holiday allowance of 25 days, increasing up to 31 days with service, plus bank holidays
• Holiday buy/sell scheme
• Hybrid working policy
• Casual dress code
• Discretionary bi-annual bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• Buy as you earn share scheme
• Free shares scheme
• Paid study support for qualifications
• Enhanced maternity/paternity scheme from day one
• Bike loan
• Season ticket loan portal
• Free gym
• Discounted PMI and Dental
• Paid volunteering opportunities
• Free social events and more

AJ Bell is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and all employees are empowered to bring their whole self to work.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, pregnancy, religion, physical and mental disability, marital status and any other characteristics protected by the Equality Act 2010. All decisions to hire are based on qualifications, merit and business need.