Systems Analyst

Systems Analyst

Job Description

Description of Major Duties & Deliverables

The client requires the services of one Systems Analyst for BSE system software development and support. The Systems Analyst will work under the direction of the BSE supervisor responsible for supporting the Career Offender Application for Statewide Tracking (COAST) within the client.As needed, the Systems Analyst may work on special assignments or other BSE application software needs.

The person in this position:

Is a technical expert in all phases of system development. They must understand business, business insight and have a broad understanding of multiple business areas in order to successfully maintain, enhance, and develop systems and applications in BSE.
Is responsible for technical research of current industry trends, emerging technologies, system integration and configuration for meeting functional and nonfunctional requirements.
Is responsible for clear communication and coordination between stakeholders and IT leadership, project managers, other developers, and other implementation technicians to address various issues, resolve queries, communicate project status, milestones, delays, challenges, risks and risk mitigation plans.

Systems Analyst responsibilities include but may not be limited to the following:

Gather and analyze business requirements and prepare functional requirements, design documentation, technical specification documents to develop client systems
Provide structured, detailed analysis of business processes, requirements and documentation
Functions as a technical consultant or researcher
Perform technical research and evaluation of technologies, tools, databases, methods, etc.
Analyze detailed requirements and documentation
Program and implement efficient solutions for business requirements
Contribute on project planning, organization, implementation
Contribute to activity definition, activity sequencing, activity resource estimating, activity duration estimating, WBS development
Contribute to risk identification, tracking, analysis
Contribute to issue management and tracking
Effective communications management
Effective communication among project stakeholders
Coordinate activities with client staff required to support the project
Aids client staff in the preparation of procurement documents and evaluation of proposals and contract negotiations
Provide weekly status reports to the project manager
Assist in user training in a train-the-trainer environment
Customer expectations met with project
Create, update, and execute test case scenarios following the client methodology of development testing, system testing, and User Acceptance testing
Assist with the production implementation as needed

Mandatory Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or other related field or equivalent work experience
Minimum of 3 years of experience as a Systems Analyst on successful, enterprise level information technology projects
Model and apply software engineering methods and techniques to the design, definition, development, evaluation, integration, and/or support of IT solutions
Work independently or cooperatively with other software developers
Perform analysis and troubleshooting of system defects and issues
Experience with business analysis to gather and document requirements
Experience creating test plans, test cases, and performance testing
Ability to code according to specifications with minimal defects
Use defined procedures to configure, test and debug software
Assists with technology solution architecture design and installation
Experience in programming to adhere to ADA compliance in web applications
Experience in delivering projects in the agreed schedule, to the correct technical specification, and within the approved budget
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Ability to code in the following environments and/or using the tools:
JBOSS EAP 7.0 and higher
Java 8.0 and higher
J2EE (JSP, EJB, JPA)
Java Frameworks like JSF or similar
Javascript
MS SQL Server 2012 or higher
Oracle 12c or higher
Stored procedures, triggers, views, etc.
Web services
XML
Linux
HTML
CSS

Preferred Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration or other related field or equivalent work experience
MS Project
MS Visio
Eclipse (IDE)
PrimeFaces
Jasper Reports
Alfresco
JIRA
Hardware problem-solving skills between an application and signature pads, cameras, driver license readers, scanners, and finger-print readers

The Systems Analyst will report to the designated client supervisor in BSE. The Systems Analyst is expected to perform the tasks and specific assignments given by the client supervisor.

VIVA is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants have an equal opportunity for placement, and all employees have an equal opportunity to develop on the job. This means that VIVA will not discriminate against any employee or qualified applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status