Business Analyst Review
at Cisco
Graduate Job
Information Technology, Project Management
Feltham, Greater London
Review Submitted: November 2025
Overall Rating
3.8 /5
The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!
3.8/5
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Overview of the Role
3.8/5
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Experience & Company Culture
4/5
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Recommendations & Advice
Overview of the Role
Overall, how would you describe your experience at Cisco?
Great, I enjoy working with the people and the community in my team is great! There is opportunities to learn and grow, and it is as challenging as you want your role to be!
What are the main responsibilities of the role and which elements of the role do you enjoy the most?
- Present team updates and demo work to Directors and Stakeholders on a biweekly basis.
- Manage Jira Align and help remove any blockers that our team was facing, this included talking to stakeholders and managing any dependencies across other teams.
- Ensured that our team was utilising Agile Methodologies, including guiding any scrum ceremonies as needed (i.e. Daily Scrum, Sprint Planning, Sprint Retro)
- Organised releases and allocated stories into a release cycle based on stakeholder asks and deadlines.
- Managed the release process ensuring that it was well documented in CRs, and that we were following release protocols.
- Overlooked the testing process, and held biweekly testing syncs to make sure that we had resources needed, to clarify any testing criteria, and to raise any bugs.
- Engaged with User Experience data to implement little changes that could help users find what they were looking for with ease. This included looking at the data for user satisfaction, user completion rate, and what their pain points were when coming onto the site.
- Manage Jira Align and help remove any blockers that our team was facing, this included talking to stakeholders and managing any dependencies across other teams.
- Ensured that our team was utilising Agile Methodologies, including guiding any scrum ceremonies as needed (i.e. Daily Scrum, Sprint Planning, Sprint Retro)
- Organised releases and allocated stories into a release cycle based on stakeholder asks and deadlines.
- Managed the release process ensuring that it was well documented in CRs, and that we were following release protocols.
- Overlooked the testing process, and held biweekly testing syncs to make sure that we had resources needed, to clarify any testing criteria, and to raise any bugs.
- Engaged with User Experience data to implement little changes that could help users find what they were looking for with ease. This included looking at the data for user satisfaction, user completion rate, and what their pain points were when coming onto the site.
To what extent does your role give you the opportunity to contribute meaningfully and feel valued by your team?
4/5
How does your compensation package - including perks & benefits - fairly remunerate you for the work you do?
4/5
Bonus - Your bonus is reflective of how well you perform
GymFlex - discount on gyms, a wide range of gyms you can join
Flexible Working - I can work from anywhere and everywhere
GymFlex - discount on gyms, a wide range of gyms you can join
Flexible Working - I can work from anywhere and everywhere
How well do you feel the role is preparing you for your future career?
3/5
Presentation, Communication, and working with stakeholders
How would you rate the extent to which you were developing new or existing skills through formal training and your day-to-day role?
4/5
I've moved roles now, and I'm no longer a BA and I would say a lot of my time is used to develop and train for the current role that I have now. For my previous role, I was getting certification to prove and develop in the Scrum Lead role.
Experience & Company Culture
How is the support you receive?
4/5
They were supportive of me making a career change after a couple months of doing BA, I am now a Software Engineer. The support I have received was key to this transition, I was given opportunities to
How is your work-life balance?
4/5
I usually have to work late, but my work day is very flexible - if I work late one day I can start later the next day. My managers and leadership are very supportive of that.
What is the organisational culture, values and general atmosphere like?
5/5
It is hybrid which works with my lifestyle. The working culture at Cisco IT is great, I think Cisco do a good job at hiring people who are open and value helping one another.
How would you rate Cisco initiatives when it comes to equality, diversity, inclusion and accessibility?
4/5
How would you rate Cisco CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) initiatives?
2/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Cisco to a friend?
Yes
Why?
It's a great place to work and start your career as there are so many supportive people around you that help you learn and improve your skills.
How well did the role match your expectations based on the recruitment process?
4/5
When considering the recruitment & onboarding process, have you any specific tips or advice you would give to others applying to Cisco?
Talk about yourself outside of work, and what you like to do as hobbies, Your hobbies and interests outside of work also make who you are.
