Business Analyst

Senior Software Developer
The Senior SW Developer job performs installation, configuration, and maintenance of information technology (IT) systems software and hardware for multi-user server computers. Working independently under general supervision, this job maintains end user needs by ensuring the uptime; performance, resource availability, and security of the computers are within established operational guidelines.

Key Responsibilities and Duties
• Performs routine analysis during normal of information technology (IT) infrastructure, including on networks, firewalls, servers, operating systems, applications and devices.
• Supports the acquiring, installing, and upgrading computer components and software and planning for service outages and other problems.
• Maintains the automation of routine tasks using scripting and writing basic computer programs to address more complex systems software configuration and enhancement.
• Implements domain solutions and executes changes in line with the implementation plan.
• Helps senior domain administrators with trouble shooting of day-to-day domain issues.
• Configures servers and associated routers to ensure their smooth and reliable operation.
• Creates documentation as it relates to domain configuration, routing, processes, and service records.
• Updates current documentation of all equipment under operational control.
Educational Requirements
• University (Degree) Preferred
Work Experience
• 2+ Years Required; 3+ Years Preferred
Physical Requirements
• Physical Requirements: Sedentary Work

Career Level
6IC

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Senior Business and Systems Analyst serves as a conduit between IT technical staff and business Product Management staff, working on a day-to-day basis within one or more Agile Scrum teams. The Senior Systems Analyst also serves as the primary functional expert for applications, processes, or platforms for which they are assigned. Sr Systems Analysts also serve as the primary point for requirements and systems documentation and assist Quality Assurance teams and Production Support teams in describing and documenting correct systems behavior.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:
• Plan, conduct, and manage the analysis of complex business systems and functional issues within Advice tech domain
• Apply knowledge of related business processes, products, and applications, in addition to functional/ technical knowledge and testing knowledge to analyze and anticipate impacts to system changes
• Facilitate requirements\user story gathering, decomposition and analysis in various meeting formats, including one-on-one user interviews, collaboration sessions with business and IT (story grooming sessions), targeted sessions with Subject Matter Experts and design discussions between vendor and internal technical staff, all with the goal of providing solutions that meet business needs
• Daily work includes analysis and documentation tasks, operating within a Scrum team, personally translating Epics\Features into actionable, groomed user stories, that can be accepted by development teams (including detailed acceptance criteria
• Analyze business operations and application usage to understand strengths/weaknesses and determine opportunities to improve/automate processes and functions.
• Follow SDLC and Agile Scrum best practices, comply with internal Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) and other compliance related processes and adhere to Change Control and Problem Management procedures.
• Assist development teams with clarifications around functional requirements, analysis, and design tasks
• Work closely with Quality Assurance (testing staff) to create the right test cases for all development work
• Assist Scrum teams in determining root cause analysis (RCA) for detected defects and assist production support teams with RCA for Incidents (INCs) and Problems (PRBs)
• Assist with impact analysis and estimation of new work intake items

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required Skills
• Minimum of bachelor’s degree. Preferably MBA in Finance.
• Total experience between 6 to 8 years.
• 3 or more years’ experience working as a Systems or Business Analyst or QA Analyst, documenting and testing requirements using at least one of the following collaborative management tools; Rational Team Concert, Rational Requirements Composer, JIRA, Requisite Pro, Caliber, Rally, Version One, ALM or Confluence
• Experience in working with product owners, stakeholders, and tech staff

Preferred Skills
• Experience in working with executives or vendors
• Experience working with Financial Planning and Wealth Mgt systems development highly desirable
• Proven experience in serving as an analyst with full systems development Lifecyle
• Demonstrated communication skills in both writing and speech. Demonstrated critical thinking skills and clarity of thought.
• Independent and critical thinking experiences; able to go to the logical next step in a process with minimal direction, (not just order taking and waiting for instructions)
• Financial Services industry experiences is a plus, working in a distributed enterprise IT environment (within a Scrum\project team, production support or testing unit)
• Splunk, SQL, XML\XSD, experience working with XML based test harnesses, web service troubleshooting tools, assist with API design, data models, understanding DB Entity Relationship diagrams and documentation a plus
• Specific experiences with building and analyzing Brokerage, Advisory, Managed Accts and\or Wealth Management software (experience in at least one of these areas required, the more the better).
• Understanding and experiences with highly integrated enterprise level systems (both internal and web facing)
• Understanding of retirement planning, modern portfolio theory or general investment principles is a plus
• Skill and experience in working as an end-to-end subject matter expert or functional analyst for a particular platform (experience with all phases of development lifecycle)

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