Strategic Applications Architect

Job Description

Position: Systems Analyst

Work Arrangement: Remote || US Citizen or Green Card Holder || W2 ||

Skills: JAD and SQL Must

• Contract with ability to hire
• Health care experience Must

Description:

• Responsible for the elicitation, prioritization, and conversion of business/functional requirements to system requirements, as well as provision of analysis for applications in production (mid-sized to large initiatives)
• Responsible for the development of functional designs for new, customized, or enhanced systems.
• The ultimate outcome of this role is the production of clear, timely, precise and accurate technical designs that are traceable to documented business/functional requirements and guide the successful design, development and deployment of IT Solutions.
• Responsible for Analysis and Functional Design: Quickly understand business issues and data challenges of the customer.
• Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, and decompose high-level information into details; abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding.
• Consider end to end business and technical flows, including impacts to operations.
• Review, edit, and prioritize business requirements, specifications, processes and recommendations related to proposed solution.
• Distinguish user requests from the underlying true business need.
• Translate business/functional requirements into system level functional solutions using various techniques that include: interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, screen interface prototypes, demos, and/or business, task, and workflow analysis.
• Develop functional design specifications, GUI and screen interface designs (internal applications), and VUI designs for customer engagements.
• Include project assumptions, risks/issues, considerations, and dependencies based on the system impacts. Identify the business process and organizational impact of proposed solutions.
• Responsible for Technical Recommendations and Traceability: Partner with project personnel to identify required system changes, additions or retirement.
• Conduct gap analysis for business/functional requirements and current system functionality, with support, review and input from other Technical staff.
• Collaborate with business analysts, designers, developers and subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and analyze tradeoffs between usability and performance needs.
• Help to divide the project into multiple phases based on the business priorities, design, schedule, and level of effort.
• Ensure traceability from business/functional requirements through development of the solution, to confirm system functionality and ensure the completed system fulfills the goals of the project as detailed in the specifications.

Hiring Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree and 3 years of systems analysis experience OR Master’s Degree in a related field with 1 year of systems analysis experience.
• If no degree, 5 years of systems analysis experience required.
• Must have experience in: Requirements Management, Developing Functional Designs and Software development life cycles (SDLC)
• Some experience with project management.

Hiring Preferences:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Engineering or Computer Science preferred.
• MBA or Master’s degree in a related field is preferred.
• Knowledge or experience with Agile methodologies preferred.
• Experience in Joint Application Design (JAD) facilitation preferred
• Experience in the Rational Unified Process (RUP) preferred
• Experience in user interface design preferred Experience with client/server-based systems preferred
• Knowledge and understanding of: Use case business model methodology, Database queries (SQL) and/or Batch and online processing Strong analytical and project management skills required, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements.
• Strong listening, verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group including leadership and subject matter experts.
• Possess and exercise proficient interviewing skills.
• Excellent PC skills.
• Excellent organizational, research and presentation skills Related professional certification is preferred (i.e. CBAP, Agile certification, PMP, Six Sigma)

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $30,707.71 – $35,744.77 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance

Experience level:

• 3 years
• 5 years

Schedule: 8 hour shift

Work Location: Remote