Senior Application Development Analyst

About the role

An IT Analyst is required to work on a transformation project for the RL Enterprise to a world class Distribution solution and set of processes. Based in North Carolina, this will be a challenging role working in a vibrant environment focusing on delivering capabilities into an existing & new Distribution solution and ensuring transition and support for critical initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Quickly understand an existing complex IT Distribution Eco-System which incorporates many systems and interfaces both internal and external and across many countries and time zones.
• Work with relevant stakeholders to capture requirements, analyze and design solutions.
• Design, develop and test new capabilities within the Distribution eco-system.
• Lead all aspects of Initiatives to successful completion.
• Provide direction to less senior project resources.
• Requirements Gathering & Analysis
• Gap/Fit analysis & Solution Design
• ‘As Is’ analysis and documentation across multiple systems in a complex IT Distribution landscape.
• Documentation including Requirements, Business Process, Solution Design, Functional Design, Test Strategy & Test Scripts all at varying degrees of detail.
• Managing implementation of designed solutions.
• Testing.
• Providing Status Reports and ensuring all required documentation and reports are kept up to date.

Qualifications

• Experience in advanced Distribution solutions, processes, implementation & support including Manhattan WMi/PKMS or potentially equivalents.
• Experience with the IBM i/iSeries OS is a plus.
• Experience with RPG IV or RPG free programming languages is a plus.
• Experience with MarkMagic is a plus.
• End user experience with Aldon LMi or a similar application is a plus.
• Advanced Project Management and leadership skills.
• IT Business Analysis skills and experience relevant to the responsibilities described above.
• Requirements Gathering, Gap/Fit, Solution & Process Design
• Develop Test Strategy & Scripts, execute tests and validate and report results.
• Documentation
• Ability to design and test applications & interfaces between both internal and external systems to support required Distribution capabilities.
• Experience of various project methodologies, standards etc.
• To be able to work in a challenging environment where documentation may be incomplete and to apply a problem solving and self-starting approach.
• Able to work in an organization with multiple connected systems hosted both internally and by external partners.
• Able to support UAT and provide training if required.
• Experience of the full Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
• To be able to work weekends, holidays and extended shifts as required.
• To be on call for a week at a time on a rotating bases.