IT Business Analyst

Springs Window Fashions•Middleton, WI

10d

About The Position

IT Business Analyst Description Springs Window Fashions has been part of the window treatments industry since 1939. Headquartered in Middleton WI, we have over 8,000 associates and 18 locations worldwide. Our products are available in nearly every major retailer, in thousands of designer showrooms and showcased in large commercial buildings. Our company is privately owned with products marketed across a broad portfolio of brands including Bali, Graber, SunSetter and Mecho. We pride ourselves as “The Best Experience Company”, striving to provide the best experience for our consumers, channel partners, and associates. Position/Department The IT team supports both the “Grow the Business” and “Run the Business” activities. From simple changes and updates to complex development projects. These team members design, develop, and validate the systems that is used to control, track, and document the transformation of raw materials into finished goods in real-time. Position Specific Mission The IT Business Analyst is responsible for translating the functional specifications to a viable technical solution that meets the business needs. This entails technical subject matter knowledge, collaboration with architecture, process teams, testing and deployment teams to design a viable solution. The business analyst also ensures that technical and process design align and that the integrated solution interdependencies are accounted for and work as designed. Projects are typically medium in scope, cross-functional and technically difficult to solve, potentially involving combinations of platforms and technologies. This position interacts closely with functional process owners to define business requirements, provide analysis and define IT solutions to address complex business needs.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or related business field required.
2+ years experience in progressive experience in Information Technology.
Minimum of 1 years serving as a lead developer.
Minimum of 1 years of development experience using Microsoft Visual Studio Suite
Minimum of 1 years programming experience in an object-oriented SOA Environment
Minimum of 1 years of Microsoft SQL Server development and profiling tools experience
System integration across equipment & software environments
Experience with implementing an MES in Manufacturing Plants
Experience with project management best practices
Proficiency using: Microsoft Project, Visio, Power Point, and Excel

Responsibilities

Meets with business users and elicits and documents requirements for business systems
Supports the technical design and development activities of the solution
Acquires in depth knowledge of an end-to-end technical solution and their functional capabilities
Understands limitations of technologies and software used to implement business systems
End to end ownership/accountability of technical solutions
Collaborate with developers to review end-to-end solution architecture and design
Collaborate with Process Teams and IT organizations on solution design
Maintains system architecture documentation to ensure appropriate architecture is leveraged for an end-to-end integrated solution.
Acquires clear understanding and capabilities of 3rd party packages and how they fit into our IT solution
Acquires clear understanding of the interaction between systems
Participates in strategic analysis, proof-of-concept, and prototyping initiatives to prepare for utilization of new technology
Designs solutions based on development standards and approaches
Oversee and collaborate with other IT associates to ensure all dependencies are identified
Evaluates alternative designs, makes appropriate recommendations, and documents design solutions
Prepares technical specifications based on thorough understanding of functional specifications
Provides design and builds impact assessments for upgrades
Maintains detailed project plan and ensures projects are staffed with sufficient resources
Manages scope of projects to deliver solutions to expected timelines
Provides effort estimates based on business requirements
Provides timely status updates
Maintains awareness of patches and fixes to collaborate for application health
Performs system testing and coordinates user acceptance testing with business users
Supports testing activities by fixing or assisting in fixing defects through technical issue resolutions
Leads and performs various testing phases such as extended unit tests and performance tests
Facilitates extended unit tests
Provides interface support
Assists with functional acceptance testing as needed
Provides timely defect resolution to minimize delays in project timeline
Provides after-hours support
Develops training materials, participates in the implementation, and provides post-implementation support
Contributes to, understands and adheres to Application Development processes, software development standards, and technical approaches relevant to assigned technology
Researches, builds and maintains development standards and approaches
Proactively monitors, performs root cause analysis and recommends solutions to reduce on-call and improve application health
Integrates quality at the source thinking and activities in daily, individual, team and project work.
Utilizes quality/process tools and methodology in daily individual work
Utilizes quality/process tools and methodology on teams
Defines and documents individual processes within sphere of control
Ensures that others are trained as back-ups on (processes) within the area/department
Improves processes within sphere of control
Identifies waste and rework and enacts plan to improve/solve
Checks satisfaction of internal customers through use of quality tools and Customer/Supplier metrics