IS System Analyst Senior - Business Applications

Nationwide Children's Hospital • Columbus, OH

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About The Position

The Senior Systems Analyst manages the application lifecycle for medium- to large-scale applications and mentors junior staff on best practices and procedures. The role analyzes business needs, defines requirements, implements systems, and manages installed applications in a complex architecture, while providing technical advice and guidance to team members.

The analyst oversees planning, design, and implementation of complex systems to meet business requirements; coordinates analysts’ work and provides technical guidance; documents system design, testing, and maintenance procedures; and develops and maintains disaster recovery plans to protect data integrity and system survivability. The role also collaborates with stakeholders to define requirements, evaluate existing systems, improve performance, coordinate project work, oversee testing and user acceptance testing, and provide end-user training.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Seven years of combined experience providing information technology support, or equivalent education.
• At least four years of project management experience and excellent project management skills.
• Experience in a healthcare environment.
• Strong problem-solving ability to understand highly complex systems and articulate details verbally and visually.
• Ability to gather quantitative and qualitative requirements, evaluate technical details, and validate data.
• Exceptional interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills to interact effectively with all organizational levels and external contacts.
• In-depth working knowledge of application functionality and integration between desktop clients and servers, including applications, databases, storage, and web services.
• Basic understanding of hardware device and/or operating system capabilities.
• Excellent understanding of ITIL processes related to building, enhancing, and maintaining application systems.
• Ability to interact effectively with customers and information systems personnel across the organization.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced understanding of database systems, including Oracle, SQL, and Access database structures.
• Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft desktop and server platforms, or Epic, including design, installation, configuration, optimization, and administration.

Responsibilities

• Analyze systems and oversee the planning, design, and implementation of large and complex systems to ensure business requirements are met.
• Schedule systems analysts’ work, provide technical guidance and mentoring, and ensure project deadlines are met.
• Document system design, testing, and maintenance procedures.
• Develop and maintain disaster recovery plans for assigned systems to assure data integrity and system survivability.
• Collaborate with professionals to determine functional and non-functional requirements for new software or applications.
• Evaluate existing systems and applications and recommend modifications to improve system performance.
• Collaborate with project managers and other team members to ensure project goals are met.
• Oversee and coordinate system testing, user acceptance testing, and end-user training.

What This Job Offers

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