Solution Design Engineer (Business VoiceEdge) 5415/4557 (2) - Georgia IT Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
About the Job
Solution Designer
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Position Type: Contract
Interview Process: Phone then onsite no Skype/webcam or phone-to-hire
NOTE: A Business Analyst is totally acceptable for this role if s/he has the required experience
Overview
The Solution Designer is a member of an eCommerce and self Service team deployed to projects as the requirements and analysis phase of the SDLC is concluding and technical analysis, design and planning is beginning.
Job Summary
The Solution Designer will be responsible for interfacing with business units to understand their needs, working with various architecture and development teams to create a solution to the business need utilizing application and services infrastructure, and then working with impacted development and testing team(s) to ensure successful delivery of the proposed solution. Projects will include working with business needs for the eBusiness Self-Service team and other emerging technologies. The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and a background in architecture and business/system analysis. Proven experience in requirements gathering techniques, use case definition, architecture diagramming, sequence diagrams, test planning/execution and system requirement analysis.
Essential Functions of Position Include, But Are Not Limited to the Following
The Consultant Selected for this Role Must Be Able to Do the Following
Minimum Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Position Type: Contract
Interview Process: Phone then onsite no Skype/webcam or phone-to-hire
NOTE: A Business Analyst is totally acceptable for this role if s/he has the required experience
Overview
The Solution Designer is a member of an eCommerce and self Service team deployed to projects as the requirements and analysis phase of the SDLC is concluding and technical analysis, design and planning is beginning.
Job Summary
The Solution Designer will be responsible for interfacing with business units to understand their needs, working with various architecture and development teams to create a solution to the business need utilizing application and services infrastructure, and then working with impacted development and testing team(s) to ensure successful delivery of the proposed solution. Projects will include working with business needs for the eBusiness Self-Service team and other emerging technologies. The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and a background in architecture and business/system analysis. Proven experience in requirements gathering techniques, use case definition, architecture diagramming, sequence diagrams, test planning/execution and system requirement analysis.
Essential Functions of Position Include, But Are Not Limited to the Following
- Collaborate with business units requesting systems changes to clarify and document business requirements and business process flows
- Work with business to identify ROI of proposed changes/enhancements to systems
- Partner with Architecture and Development teams to identify feasible solutions and Services that meet the business need
- Document requirements, use cases, architecture diagrams, and sequence diagrams
- Conduct user interviews, JAD sessions, and other forums to define and capture requirements and design of the solution
- Collaborate with application development and test teams to ensure that use cases and system requirements are understood and actionable
- Utilize requirements management tools to maintain traceability between requirements, design elements, and development work
- Present solutions to business requesters, architects, development and testing teams
- Make informed decisions and choices based upon priority, business necessity and bottom line impacts
- Assess work effort, provide timelines for completion of work and deliver within set expectations
- Creates regular status reports
The Consultant Selected for this Role Must Be Able to Do the Following
- Communicate and collaborate with many stakeholder groups, from executive sponsors, end users, and business analysts, to system analysts, software engineers, quality assurance testers and system administrators, to the enterprise architecture team members, ultimately brokering many different points of view to consensus and clarity.
- Quickly assess requirements in various documented artifacts for gaps and ambiguity before a technical design can be fully depended upon.
- Understand enterprise architectures, shared services and common components and their associated roadmaps, and how each may or may not affect detailed technical design and planning for a set of functional requirements in the later stages of the SDLC.
- Produce, describe and present technical design artifacts, include UML diagrams, particularly class diagrams, sequence diagrams & deployment diagrams
Minimum Qualifications
- College/University graduate or equivalent experience
- Minimum 3 years writing IT requirements experience in a complex work environment
- Minimum 5 years working in IT with SDLC
- Proficiency in documenting Use Cases, Requirements, Activity Diagrams and Sequence Diagrams in a technical environment
- Experience conducting JAD/RAD/AGILE /Waterfall scrum sessions
- Understanding of SOA and experience writing requirements in a SOA environment
- Strong analytical, critical thinking and problem solving skills
- Advanced proficiency with use of Microsoft Office applications including, Word, MS Project, Excel and Visio and other tools that facilitate the requirements gathering and design phases of the SDLC
- Ability to work and deliver under the pressure of deadlines and commitments to the customer
- Proficient at time management and meeting deadlines and flexible with changing priorities
Preferred Qualifications
- BA/BS or Associate degree in Computer Science or related field
- Experience in cable and/or telecommunications
- Experience writing code as a software developer
Source : Georgia IT Inc.
