Systems Analyst 181569

CTI Consulting•Westlake, TX

About The Position

This role requires a Systems Analyst with robust critical thinking skills and a desire for growth and learning. The analyst will engage in technical and design discussions with peers, and communicate technical needs and capabilities to non-technical team members, product owners, and partners. A long-term mentality is needed to produce scalable, maintainable solutions. The role also involves providing guidance on standard methodologies and mentoring support to other Systems Analysts within the Digital Platforms Technology team. The ideal candidate will have 8+ years of experience, with a focus in financial services applications, and a sense of humor. Collaboration in a team environment to develop, deploy, and support key applications and features is essential, along with a proven understanding of Agile software development methodology. Excellent written and oral communication skills are required for interviewing business partners, understanding project objectives, use cases, and requirements. Strong analytical skills are needed to research, document, and review existing systems and recommend designs for self-contained projects within a larger program. Proficiency in assisting with user requirements and supporting documentation, as well as diagramming business processes and system workflows, is expected. The role involves conveying technical concepts to internal customers, technical team members, and other technical contributors. A willingness to actively participate in defining project scope/backlog and recommending solutions to project issues is important. The candidate should desire to understand WS Digital Platforms’ web and mobile applications and confidently communicate technical concepts to internal partners inside and outside the Scrum team. The ability to learn quickly, adapt, and thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment is crucial. Strong support for Quality Assurance and Business partners throughout all testing phases, including triaging system defects, is required. Extensive knowledge of internet, mobile, and application architecture, as well as current and emerging technologies, is necessary. A full grasp of the software development process, including analysis, design, coding, system and user testing, problem resolution, and planning, is expected. The role requires the 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. The ability to work constructively and collaboratively with a variety of individuals and groups, both in person and virtually, is important. Strong analytical skills and the ability to tackle issues and work through ambiguous situations by making timely decisions based on facts, knowledge, experience, and judgment are essential. Effective communication in various settings, including one-on-one, small and large groups, with peers, and senior management, is required. The candidate should be skilled at influencing team members and external groups and proactively navigate the organization to accomplish tasks. Willingness to work on multiple efforts simultaneously and possess strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills are necessary. A desire to be organized, highly responsive, and committed to quality is expected.

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
Passion to provide guidance on standard methodologies and mentoring support to the other Systems Analysts within the wider Digital Platforms Technology team
8+ years of experience, with a focus in financial services applications
A sense of humor
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

Responsibilities

Communicate technical needs and capabilities to non-technical team members, product owners, and partners.
Produce scalable, maintainable solutions with a long-term mentality.
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.
Use 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.