Senior Application Configuration Analyst

Puget Sound Energy • Kent, WA

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About The Position

Puget Sound Energy's IT Application Solutions team is looking for qualified candidates to fill an open Senior Application Configuration Analyst position. Specific details regarding the work arrangements for this position will be discussed in further detail during the interview process.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s (or foreign educ. equiv.) Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, or related field plus five (5) years (post degree, progressive) experience in the job offered or related occupation.
• Analyzing the business requirements and communicating regularly with business and IT development teams to define test plans, schedules, processes, and cases.
• Performing Requirement gathering, GAP Analysis and translating Business Requirements into clear and concise System Requirements, Functional Specifications, and Technical Designs.
• Leading business requirements discussions, analyzing the requirements, designing and developing the solution by Maintaining the Timeliness and Quality of the deliverable.
• Effectively coordinating activities between Businesses, functional, Technical, On-Shore and Off-shore teams during all phases of the Project.
• Participating in design and specification reviews with SAP Module Configuration team. Maintaining extensive knowledge of their assigned functional area in environment, active business processes, business areas, and industry.
• Having extensive knowledge in SAP IS-Utilities that includes Device Management, Financial Accounting & Customer interaction service functional areas.
• Participating in the development and adoption of enterprise quality standards, processes, tools and methodologies to ensure cost-efficient, timely and effective services that support the IT strategy.
• Developing, maintaining, and executing test strategies, plans, standards, and processes strategies including Requirement Gathering, Building Test Scripts, Test Execution, Environment Monitoring, Result Analysis and Reporting.
• Using SAP ABAP, SAP PI, SAP BI/BW, SAP HANA, and SQL.

Nice To Haves

• Working on SAP Portal, ECC6, CRM4.0 architecture, demonstrating a strong understanding of SAP NetWeaver platform functionality and database technologies, including using SAP ABAP, SAP PI, SAP BI/BW, SAP HANA, SQL, and Oracle, and debugging SAP ABAP/4 code, MS Project, Microsoft Office applications, Microsoft Access, and MS Office products.
• Implementing a deep understanding of project and software development ASAP or Agile methodologies and processes to assist in aligning the process with project needs.

Responsibilities

• Diagnosing complex problems and developing and implementing solutions in an SAP environment by leading business requirements discussions, analyzing the requirements, designing and developing the solution by Maintaining the Timeliness and Quality of the deliverable.
• Effectively understanding relevant business processes to be modeled in internal systems by performing requirement gathering, GAP Analysis and translating Business Requirements into clear and concise System Requirements, Functional Specifications, and Technical Designs.
• Analyzing, designing, configuring, developing the implementation of solutions serving business lines and functional units while participating in design and specification reviews with SAP Module Configuration team and maintaining extensive knowledge of the assigned functional area, active business processes, business areas, and industry.
• Developing detailed system design and writing functional and technical requirements/specs, developing test plans and applying testing, and quality monitoring procedures by analyzing the business requirements and communicating regularly with business and IT development teams to define test plans, schedules, processes, and cases.
• Developing and maintaining scope and objectives for internal systems requirements inclusive of SAP ECC, SAP IS Utilities, and other applications, including effectively coordinating the activities between Businesses, functional, Technical, On-Shore and Off-shore teams during all phases of the Project by having extensive knowledge in SAP IS-Utilities that includes Device Management, Financial Accounting & Customer Interaction Service functional areas.
• Assisting in tailoring the development process to meet the project needs and assist SAP project manager by participating in the development and adoption of enterprise quality standards, processes, tools and methodologies to ensure cost-efficient, timely and effective services that support the IT strategy.
• Serving as a resource to ABAP programmers, developers, and BASIS Administrators in designing, configuring, and implementing an SAP system, which supports the company’s business and operational needs.
• Performing testing, analysis, and validation of SAP configurations and solutions by developing, maintaining, and executing test strategies, plans, standards, and processes strategies including Requirement Gathering, Building Test Scripts, Test Execution, Environment Monitoring, Result Analysis and Reporting.
• Working on SAP Portal, ECC6, CRM4.0 architecture, demonstrating a strong understanding of SAP NetWeaver platform functionality and database technologies, including using SAP ABAP, SAP PI, SAP BI/BW, SAP HANA, SQL, and Oracle, and debugging SAP ABAP/4 code, MS Project, Microsoft Office applications, Microsoft Access, and MS Office products.
• Configuring complex application components (analysis, design, development, and implementation of solutions) based on functional requirements without supervision in the SAP environment.
• Implementing a deep understanding of project and software development ASAP or Agile methodologies and processes to assist in aligning the process with project needs.

Benefits

• sick and vacation pay
• medical, dental, vision, basic life, and short- and long-term disability insurance
• supplemental life insurance
• accidental death and dismemberment insurance
• flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent daycare
• Employee assistance program (EAP)
• 401(k) investment option
• cash balance retirement plan
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid Holidays

What This Job Offers

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