Systems Analyst Lead

About the role

Plans, organizes and manages one or more IT applications that support Exchange business functions for IT application management. Uses proficient knowledge to manage the tasks and events associated with the IT process. Safeguards physical access to Exchange restricted data, processes and services.

Responsibilities

• Reviews, analyzes and evaluates business systems and user needs.
• Prepares and presents status reports to senior management.
• May develop budget and expenditures for the IT process.
• Interprets program specs, programs, tests and debugs programs.
• Creates and maintains applications and develops written programming specifications and documentation to support applications.
• Ensures internal controls are adhered to in relation to audit procedures and security.
• Ensures systems and data integrity, confidentiality, and availability by managing and implementing controls.
• Provides subject matter expert support in identifying and troubleshooting issues for IT applications.
• Coaches and manages staff.
• Provides project leadership for new initiatives.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Six years of experience in programming and/or systems analysis and design.
• One year of experience at the pay band 4-2/4-3 level or equivalent industry experience is required.
• Or a technical bachelor's degree and four years of experience in programming and/or systems analysis and design.
• One year of experience at the pay band 4-2/4-3 level or equivalent industry experience is required.

Qualifications

A bachelor's degree in a preferred major such as ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, or MATH/COMP SCI is preferred.

Skills

• Strong leadership, stakeholder management, communication, and vendor-management skills.
• Enterprise experience with Git-based source control and CI/CD platforms, such as GitLab and Jenkins.
• Knowledge of Data DevOps controls: SAST, DAST, secrets scanning, and vulnerability management.
• Experience with AWS, Jira, Confluence, JFrog, SonarQube, IBM DevOps Deploy (UCD), ELK or comparable enterprise tools.
• Knowledge of Linux, cloud/hybrid infrastructure, containers/Kubernetes, IAM, networking, monitoring, and disaster recovery.
• Basic financial and budget-management skills, including tracking operational spending, software licensing, vendor renewals, invoices, purchase requests, and forecasted platform or infrastructure costs.
• Programming, system analysis, and system design skills are required.
• .NET, ABC, C-SHARP, COBOL, CONNX, DECNET, EASYTRIEVE PLUS, KORN SHELL, ORACLE, PATHWORKS, PERL, TERADATA AND/OR RELATED, XENTIS, and XML/XSL are preferred skills.

Work Environment

This is an onsite position located at HQ in Dallas, Texas, with no remote or telework options available. The work environment is 24x7, supporting Exchange operations, which may require shift work, on-call, and/or after-hours project work, including holidays and weekends.