RQ11194 - Systems Analyst - Senior

Responsibilities:

• Provide senior technical expertise, project leadership and coordination of activities in the development, implementation and maintenance of a diverse range of cost effective I&IT solutions.
  
• Provide technical advice to clients and leverage OPS I&IT solutions and applications to meet program/service goals and objectives ensuring efficiency.
  

General Skills:

• Provides specialized technical expertise in the overall analysis of the design and architecture of systems solutions.
  
• Ability to evaluate recommendations and ensures all recommended solutions for improvement are congruent with the project goals and objectives Identifies short and long-term project goals/objectives, and as a senior technical expert, defines and identifies program and service delivery requirements in support of the development and/or acquisition of client applications
  
• Leads the analysis, development and documentation of design and architecture of systems solutions.
  
• Leads the development of testing, integration and implementation of systems solutions into the clients’ applications Guides the feasibility studies and cost effective analyses of proposed client I&IT initiatives, ensures all studies and analyses are documented
  
• Leads the technical aspects of projects related to the development and/or acquisition of a diverse range of client applications through all stages of the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
  
• This includes planning, scheduling and estimating resources, providing technical expertise, co-ordination, monitoring progress and providing management with project status updates
  
• Demonstrated experience gathering requirements, translating business documents into technical specifications
  
• Experience leading development/support teams supporting multi-dimensional and relational databases and their applications for effective planning, budgeting, strategizing and forecasting procedures
  
• Demonstrated experience designing and developing complex applications utilizing relational and multi-dimensional databases
  
• Ability to provide implementation and post implementation support as required Oversees the research and evaluation of the technical components in the acquisition of software, hardware, technology, systems and products
  
• Recommends and directs the measurement and improvement of tools, techniques, standards and performance criteria to control the quality of application development initiatives
  
• Provides coaching and direction to junior analysts throughout the project, related to the development and/or acquisition of a diverse range of client applications through all stages of the Systems Development Life Cycle.
  

Desirable Skills:

• Knowledge and experience in rapid application development (RAD) methodologies
  
• Knowledge and experience with middleware and gateways
  
• Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices
  
• Experience with development/maintenance of documentation as per Methodology Good working knowledge of Dimensions and Facts
  
• Knowledge of multidimensional structures (cubes) Ability to gather, review and provide feedback to business requirements
  

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

Must Haves:

• Experience with SOA applications in a J2EE, Java environment and integrations: APIs, Oracle database (must have)
  
• Extensive experience with managing Wireframes based on BRD (must have)
  
• Intensive experience with troubleshooting and technical assessment (must have)
  
• Experience in prepare and carry out deployments into test environment (must have)
  
• Hands-on experience in preparing detailed analysis and recommendations to ensure compliance with appropriate OPS standards on security, privacy and accessibility (must have)
  
• Experience to carry out Quality Assurance Testing (must have)
  
• Conduct Design Walkthrough sessions with the project team (must have)
  
• Produce Technical and Application Design Document (must have)
  
• Knowledge and experience with Government Payment Gateway (must have)
  
• Previous Public Sector experience with Secure messaging gateway system (must have)
  

Skill Set Requirements:

Technical Skills:

• Experience with SOA applications in a J2EE, Java environment and integrations: APIs, Oracle database (must have)
  
• Extensive experience with managing Wireframes based on BRD (must have)
  
• Intensive experience with troubleshooting and technical assessment (must have)
  
• Experience with setup Development, Staging and User Acceptance Testing Environments
  
• Experience in prepare and carry out deployments into test environment (must have)
  
• Database management systems and application database administration
  

System/Business Analyst experience:

• Hands-on experience in preparing detailed analysis and recommendations to ensure compliance with appropriate OPS standards on security, privacy and accessibility (must have)
  
• Experience to carry out Quality Assurance Testing (must have)
  
• Walkthrough, Documentation and Knowledge Transfer
  
• Conduct Design Walkthrough sessions with the project team (must have)
  
• Conduct Code-level Walkthrough sessions
  
• Produce Technical and Application Design Document (must have)
  
• Experience preparing/reviewing Solution requirement document (SRD), Solution Architecture Document (SAD), and Information Architecture Document (IAD) for Architecture Board assessment (must have)
  
• Understanding of systems environments, business analysis and change management in projects or programs related to integrated multi-ministries’ government services (must have)
  
• Experience in producing business and technical documentation and agreements
  
• Produce step-by-step Installation and Back-out Procedures
  
• Post-Implementation support (must have)
  
• Knowledge of theory and principles of systems design and development, programming concepts and languages, and related methods, techniques, practices and standards (must have)
  

Project experience:

• Knowledge and experience with Government Payment Gateway (must have)
  
• Previous Public Sector experience with Secure messaging gateway system (must have)