Technical System Analyst

Midvale UT – Full‑time

Responsibilities

• Serve as Technical Systems Analyst on agile software development projects, developing and maintaining the application integration architecture and leading proof of concept activities
• Serve as a lead systems analyst in the development team to plan, coordinate, analyze, design, document and implement application integrations efforts to meet current and future needs
• Facilitate conversations with the business and technical support teams to document capability needs and outcomes
• Manage the flow of user requirements from the product backlog to the planning meetings, providing a joined-up overall view of the solution requirements at a detailed level.
• Work with the Product Owner to maintain the product backlog, providing assistance in adding, removing, estimating and prioritizing work.
• Help specify acceptance criteria and facilitate the translation of those criteria into test cases with the test team.
• Prepare and co-ordinate the required materials to facilitate successful backlog prioritization and planning meetings.
• Provide leadership to project teams in identifying root cause of issues and directing troubleshooting efforts
• Develop solution architecture models and documentation (key project deliverables) and/or oversee and approve the creation of necessary documentation.
• Specifications to be testable, measurable and definitive.
• Orchestrate overall technical activities including design reviews, defect resolution processes across project teams.
• Collaborate with the broader architecture community to ensure alignment with IT strategies and standards.
• Provide leadership in the development and adherence to all application standards, application portfolio strategy, service level agreements, and processes
• Evaluate business unit and IT decisions to ensure they are in the best interest of customers and company goals and escalate as needed
• Provide inputs to executive level presentations for project stakeholders
• Work with third party vendors as part of tendering processes and assist with specifying and managing deliverables.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Strong analysis background, with at least 3 years spent working with agile methodologies preferably in banking
• Familiarity with industry standard integration patterns such as web services (REST and JSON), batch, publish & subscribe, API etc.
• Experienced in enterprise application integration, middleware technologies, data migrations and conversions, database technologies and backend interfaces
• Demonstrable experience working in a highly collaborative environment, with focus on delivering real business results.
• Hands-on experience with application development, architecture and software maintenance.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken evidenced by the ability to communicate across all levels of an organization
• Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills - lead, collaborate, facilitate, and negotiate as necessary
• Demonstrated experience with problem solving outside-the-box to find solutions that mitigate risks/issues, rather than blindly following process
• In-depth understanding of application development, technologies and software development lifecycles (both legacy and current)
• Experience in a large-scale IT organization with complex systems, environment & infrastructure
• Strong Organizational Skills Required, Project Or Program Management Skill
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Visio and PowerPoint
• Proficient in Azure DevOps and Agile Sprint Planning
• Experience in SQL