Systems Analyst 181569

CTI Consulting•Westlake, OH

About The Position

The Systems Analyst role requires a BS/BA Degree or equivalent experience, robust critical thinking skills, and a desire for growth and learning. The individual will engage with peers in technical and design discussions, communicate technical needs to non-technical stakeholders, and produce scalable, maintainable solutions. This role also involves providing guidance on standard methodologies and mentoring other Systems Analysts. The position requires extensive experience in financial services applications and collaboration in a team environment to develop, deploy, and support key applications and features. A strong understanding of Agile software development methodology, excellent communication skills for interviewing business partners and documenting requirements, and strong analytical skills for researching and documenting systems are essential. The ability to diagram business processes, convey technical concepts, and participate in project scope definition is also crucial. The role demands a willingness to understand WS Digital Platforms’ web and mobile applications, communicate technical concepts effectively, learn quickly, and adapt to a fast-paced environment. Strong support for Quality Assurance and Business partners throughout testing phases, including defect triaging, is expected. Extensive knowledge of internet, mobile, and application architecture, current and emerging technologies, and the full software development process is required. Experience with formal methods (structured or Agile/iterative) for delivering applications, identifying processes, and generating requirement documentation is necessary. The ability to work collaboratively with diverse individuals and groups, navigate the organization effectively, and manage multiple efforts simultaneously is key. Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, along with a commitment to organization, responsiveness, and quality, are also important.

Requirements

BS/BA Degree or equivalent experience preferred
Robust critical thinking skills coupled with a desire for growth, to learn and to engage with peers in technical and design discussions
Experience in communicating technical needs and capabilities to non-technical team members, product owners, and partners
Ability to utilize a long-term mentality to help produce scalable, maintainable solutions
8+ years of experience, with a focus in financial services applications
Experience collaborating in a team environment to develop, deploy, and support key applications and features
A proven understanding of the Agile software development methodology
Excellent written and oral communication skills, allowing you to interview Business partners to understand project objectives, use cases and requirements
Strong analytical skills, enabling you to research, document and review existing systems and recommend designs for achieving requirements for self-contained projects within a larger program
Proficiency in assisting in the writing of user requirements and all the supporting documentation
Ability to diagram business processes and system workflows
Expertise in conveying technical concepts with internal customers, technical team members, and/or other technical contributors across the organization
Willingness to actively participate in defining project scope/backlog, while recommending solutions to project issues
Desire to understand WS Digital Platforms’ web and mobile applications, while having the confidence to clearly communicate technical concepts to the internal partners inside and outside of the Scrum team
Ability to learn quickly, adapt and thrive to meet the needs of a fast-paced and evolving environment
Ability to provide strong support to Quality Assurance and Business partners throughout all testing phases, including participating in triaging system defects in production and non-production environments
Extensive knowledge of internet, mobile, and application architecture, as well as current and emerging technologies
Full grasp of the software development process including analysis, design, coding, system and user testing, problem resolution and planning
Use of formal methods (traditional structured or Agile/iterative) for delivering new or improved applications, identifying and communicating systems development processes and generating requirement documentation associated with the respective phases of the lifecycle
Ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups, both in person and virtually, in a constructive and collaborative manner
Strong analytical skills and ability to tackle issues and work through ambiguous situations by making timely decisions based on facts, knowledge, experience and judgment
Communicate effectively in various settings; one-on-one, small and large groups, with peers, and senior management
Skilled at influencing team members and external groups
Proactively navigates the organization in order to accomplish tasks
Willingness to work on multiple efforts simultaneously
Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
Desire to be organized, highly responsive and committed to quality

Nice To Haves

Ability to perform technical analysis of sophisticated Web application development concepts (Spring MVC, Spring Core, XML, CSS, etc.)
Experience with database query tools / Strong SQL skills
Experience with Java and Confluence
Working understanding of QA automation
A sense of humor

Responsibilities

Provide guidance on standard methodologies and mentoring support to other Systems Analysts.
Collaborate in a team environment to develop, deploy, and support key applications and features.
Interview Business partners to understand project objectives, use cases and requirements.
Research, document and review existing systems and recommend designs for achieving requirements for self-contained projects within a larger program.
Assist in the writing of user requirements and all the supporting documentation.
Diagram business processes and system workflows.
Convey technical concepts with internal customers, technical team members, and/or other technical contributors across the organization.
Actively participate in defining project scope/backlog, while recommending solutions to project issues.
Understand WS Digital Platforms’ web and mobile applications, and communicate technical concepts to internal partners inside and outside of the Scrum team.
Provide strong support to Quality Assurance and Business partners throughout all testing phases, including participating in triaging system defects in production and non-production environments.
Utilize formal methods (traditional structured or Agile/iterative) for delivering new or improved applications, identifying and communicating systems development processes and generating requirement documentation associated with the respective phases of the lifecycle.
Work with a variety of individuals and groups, both in person and virtually, in a constructive and collaborative manner.
Tackle issues and work through ambiguous situations by making timely decisions based on facts, knowledge, experience and judgment.
Communicate effectively in various settings; one-on-one, small and large groups, with peers, and senior management.
Influence team members and external groups.
Proactively navigate the organization in order to accomplish tasks.
Work on multiple efforts simultaneously.
Troubleshoot and solve problems.