Sr Infrastructure Analyst

O'Reilly Auto Parts • Headquarters, KY

3d

About The Position

The Sr Infrastructure Analyst translates business requirements into detailed functional specifications that undergo business stakeholder review. This role involves supporting and contributing to the documentation of current and future processes, conducting research, interpreting business needs, and identifying solution recommendations. The analyst will also contribute to feasibility studies, define testing scripts, maintain documentation, and deliver small- to medium-scale projects. Additionally, the role requires exploring external developments, evaluating their impact, carrying out feasibility work for projects, and supporting a culture of innovation. Continuous professional development is expected, including staying updated on relevant technology, regulations, and industry best practices. The analyst will also perform audit activities, track budgets, and manage stakeholder engagement.

Requirements

• Plans, organizes, prioritizes and oversees activities to efficiently meet objectives.
• Leads facilitated sessions for requirements elicitation, focus groups, and user acceptance testing.
• Identifies, sequences, and resources project schedules for timely completion.
• Estimates and manages the effort and finances to complete the work within budget.
• Conducts audits, identifying exceptions, and developing specific solution or recommendations.
• Identifies, acquires, and manages the resources (physical and human) for the project.
• Manages the documentation, archiving, traceability, changes, and approvals of requirements throughout the project life cycle.
• Identifies potential stakeholders, analyzes their expectations, and develops strategies for managing stakeholders and their expectations.
• Plans, identifies, monitors, analyzes, and prioritizes risks (threats and opportunities), creates response plans, and manages the risk if it occurs.
• Creates, analyzes and monitors budgets in line with organizational and project/program criteria; identifies trends and forecasts.
• Determines and analyzes trends from data that is collected to assist in compiling reports that will help in decision-making.
• Conducts gap analysis between current and future states to identify components of the overall change strategy.
• Understands business context, needs, rules, and architecture, as well as organizational structure, cultures, capabilities, and processes to document the current state of processes and the business.
• Envisions and documents the future state of processes and products by identifying the solution scope, potential value of the future state, and the changes to the process, products, organization infrastructure, capabilities, and technology necessary to achieve the desired future state.
• Interprets, contributes to, or leads business case creation with client departments to quantify current costs, justify project investment, and identify the return on investment.
• Acquires, organizes, protects and processes data in order to fulfill business objectives.
• Identifies, selects, and manages the oversight of business analysis work, including decision making, change control, prioritization, and approval processes.
• Measures and reports on the status of milestones in order to deliver predefined project results.

Nice To Haves

• Basic experience with simple office / operational systems (4 to 6 months)
• Very limited managerial experience (0 to 3 months)

Responsibilities

• Support and contribute to the documentation of "as is" and "to be" processes and describe the changes required to migrate to the "to be" capability to record accurately the change required.
• Support collection of business requirements using a variety of methods, such as interviews, document analysis, and workflow analysis, to express requirements clearly and succinctly.
• Conduct research using primary data sources, and select information needed for the analysis of key themes and trends.
• Interpret the business need and identify solution recommendations to business problems at a business unit level.
• Contribute to and support feasibility studies from a technological and organizational perspective, and document findings.
• Identify, elicit, and document project/process requirements, using appropriate modeling technique, if required.
• Analyze requirements and validate with original users, eliminating confusion.
• Define the testing scripts and verification criteria to ensure requirements are met.
• Maintain documentation and traceability throughout project.
• Create and maintain technical and/or user documentation to a high standard, and back up files to ensure instant recovery if problems occur.
• Deliver small- or medium-scale projects while working within an established program management plan.
• Explore and develop a basic understanding of external developments or emerging issues and contribute to the evaluation of their potential impact on, or usefulness to, the organization.
• Carry out feasibility and assessment work for proposed and current projects to contribute to the development and continuous review of business cases.
• Support a culture of innovation by contributing to solutions that boost creativity, innovation, and collaboration, such as idea generation platforms, jam sessions, and hackathons.
• Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation, where relevant, to improve performance and fulfill personal potential.
• Maintain an understanding of relevant technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.
• Carry out specified audit activities and draft reports of findings, including recommended corrective actions, for review by the lead auditor.
• Track budgets and report variances to more senior colleagues.
• Plan and deliver stakeholder engagement activities to develop effective working relationships for projects and to ensure that stakeholder needs and concerns are identified and met.

Benefits

• Competitive Wages & Paid Time Off
• Stock Purchase Plan & 401k with Employer Contributions Starting Day One
• Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance with Optional Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Team Member Health/Wellbeing Programs
• Tuition Educational Assistance Programs
• Opportunities for Career Growth

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior