Principal Systems Analyst - Apex Systems

Job#: 2044815

Job Description:

Description:
The Principal System Analyst position supports the business with meeting its objectives and goals by using broad IT and business knowledge to implement IT solutions or process changes that address business needs. In a leadership capacity, this position will develop requirements, facilitate and execute business domain testing, and provide training to ensure that the IT solution reflects the functionality necessary to address business goals and objectives. Additionally, this position will provide leadership to identify, develop and implement effective technology solutions that address complex initiatives to include solution analysis and design. This position guides and assists business product owners (Operations and IT Systems Integration & Architecture team) in understanding and executing their role, drives collaboration amongst stakeholders to make decisions and prioritizes deliverables. This position will participate in business forums for developing tools, standards, policies, and processes, as well as provides application support to ensure that end-user issues are managed to resolution.
Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develops and manages requirements to ensure that the IT solutions reflect the functionality necessary to address business goals and objectives. Includes data analysis, modeling and process management as part of requirements facilitation.
• Model’s systems and data to a logical level, user interface design and prototyping, decision tables/trees, data flows, modeling and processes using various notation (use cases, class diagrams, activity diagrams, business process modeling notation.)
• Develops and drives plans from conception to completion (plans, schedules, budgets, resources, scope of work, deliverables). Schedule and facilitate meetings, such as process design or requirements meetings. Guide group through the use of presentations, white boards, process flows, or other techniques to drive toward and finalize decisions.
• Provide and lead application support efforts to ensure that end-user issues are managed to resolution. Leverage strong domain knowledge of systems and processes to advise team on troubleshooting issues and developing solutions.
• The analyst will guide and assists business and IT Product Owners (Operations and IT Systems Integration & Architecture team) in understanding and executing their role. The analyst will drive
• Collaboration amongst stakeholders to make decisions and prioritize deliverables. In a leadership capacity,
• the analyst will facilitate and execute Systems Testing and may participate in Quality Assurance domain level testing to ensure that the IT solution reflects the functionality necessary to address business goals and objectives.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Writing unambiguous, verified requirements to a testable level (functional and non-functional requirements).
• Extensive knowledge of software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Extensive knowledge of project management methodologies.
• Extensive knowledge of testing methodology and tools.
• Extensive knowledge of technology system interfaces and data integration including operating systems, software/hardware integration components, network design, implementation, and administration.
• Strong domain knowledge in Information Security and security needs specific to the Utility industry including protecting utility systems and customer information.
• Extensive knowledge of unique, software and hardware including meters and metering.
• Extensive knowledge of business; process, roles/responsibility, industry best practices.
• Excellent communications (oral and written), interpersonal and consultative skills.
• Excellent analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Detail oriented and committed to a high level of accuracy.
• Possesses strong domain knowledge in multiple supported business processes and technologies.

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Business, or equivalent training and/or experience.
• 8+ years - Related experience.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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