Senior Systems Analyst

Position Description: 

Gathers requirements for new features or enhancements for portfolio construction platform, and uses Oracle SQL for data analysis. Coordinates and runs User Acceptance Testing (UAT) sessions. Collaborates with the technology and business teams to deliver high quality solutions for business problems. Contributes to systems enhancements, using analysis and product owner practices across a global team. Executes analysis for medium-sized projects. Documents requirements and creates specifications, and makes design recommendations for medium-sized projects. 

Primary Responsibilities: 

• Works with business partners and technology partners to identify, review, define, interpret, and clarify scope of work in terms of business and/or system requirements and processes. 

• Contributes to the analysis strategy for technology projects culminating in the creation of documentation to support project needs. 

• Recommends changes to existing systems design to achieve requirements, and recommends designs for new systems based on requirements. 

• Documents objectives, use cases, requirements, and specifications. 

• Monitors documentation standards and best practices. 

• Recommends traceability improvements. 

• Establishes project plans for projects of moderate scope, and works on multiple projects concurrently. 

• Works directly with the user community for project definition. 

• Communicates project plan information, objectives, and deliverables to the team. 

• Works on complex assignments and on multiple phases of a project. 

• Assists in defining analysis strategy. 

• Writes business cases for review. 

• Identifies and records risks, issues, dependencies, and assumptions in accordance with project standards. 

• Participates in the review and validation of Quality Assurance test plans to ensure requirements have been met. 

Education and Experience: 

Bachelor’s degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Business Analytics, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, Mathematics, Physics, or a closely related field and three (3) years of experience as a Senior Systems Analyst (or closely related occupation) performing complex analysis of software or cloud-based applications, using SQL, API, or Webservices (REST, JSON, or SOAP). 

Or, alternatively, Master’s degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Business Analytics, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, Mathematics, Physics, or a closely related field and one (1) year of experience as a Senior Systems Analyst (or closely related occupation) performing complex analysis of software or cloud-based applications, using SQL, API, or Webservices (REST, JSON, or SOAP). 

Skills and Knowledge: 

Candidate must also possess: 

• Demonstrated Expertise (“DE”) managing product backlogs by capturing key initiative requirements with internal and external dependencies identified and communicated through collaborative tools – Rally, Microsoft Word, and SharePoint. 

• DE proposing software solutions based on system and data analysis using SQL Developer, TOAD, Postman, or Python; and maximizing the throughput of self-organized teams using Scrum Methodology and Agile principles. 

• DE managing stakeholders with defined roadmaps supported by Risk, Assumptions, Issues, and Dependencies insights by delivering status report showcases using PowerPoint and PowerBI. 

• DE performing functional and user acceptance testing of stories using HP Quality Center, SQL Developer, TOAD, Postman, Kafka - Offset Explorer, and Splunk for data validation and debugging. 

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