Our valued client is seeking an Intermediate Systems Analyst to plan, coordinate and oversee the design and implementation of enhancements to various systems
1 year contract. % remote. Must work EST Time zone.
Responsibilities:
1. Plan, coordinate and oversee the design and implementation of enhancements to various systems, including workflows and forms, in support of core organizational functions. Create or update technical documentation (workflow actions, custom scripts, web service calls). Responsible for ensuring that the technical architecture is followed and that services necessary to meet the changing needs of the organization are implemented and maintained.
2. Provide technical support, guidance, advice, and participates in the areas of scheduling, technical direction, future planning, and standard development practices.
3. Coordinates system analysis, application development and testing activities through direct and indirect staff
4. Work in an Agile team of system analysts to deliver bug/fixes, operational enhancements, and new functionality to existing in house software.
5. Translate business requirements into viable technical solutions.
6. Collaborate with other infrastructure groups within the organization
7. Use best practices and coding standards. Ensure implementations follow proper corporate design, development and deployment standards and adhere to corporate security policies.
8. Collaborate with Testing team for testing of overall technical solution.
9. Ensure all changes are developed in a secure source control process, allowing for deployment and rollback of releases where necessary.
10. Define levels of security/access control required for technical solution within and across non-production environments.
11. Leads/Assists in the deployment of new applications and enhancements to existing applications, utilizing modern DevSecOps practices
12. Reviews and analyzes the effectiveness and efficiency of existing systems and develop strategies for improving or further leveraging these systems.
13. Support go-live activities to transition to Production.
14. Perform knowledge transfer to Solution Support team to ensure product sustainability.
15. Collaborate with Solutions Support team(s) and contribute to Level 3 Support activities for Incident and Problem resolution as required.
Must Have Skills:
16. 3+ years’ experience as a Systems Analyst with IT systems development, full software agile lifecycle or related experience
17. 3+ years’ experience knowledge and experience in C#, building APIs, Azure and Terraform
18. Must hold a valid Government of Canada Reliability Clearance
Nice to Have Skills:
19. Experience working as part of an Agile team with Business Subject Matter Expert, Business Analyst, Solution Architect, Tester, Scrum Master, Product Owner
20. Excellent Microsoft Office skills especially Excel
21. Working with 3rd party vendors and integrating applications
22. Experience with automated and/or manual testing
23. Ability to operate under structured release management frameworks, including the need for various environments, system maintenance, risk avoidance, etc.
24. Must be business results oriented. Strong ability to translate business questions and requirements into technical solutions
25. Strong analytical ability with demonstrated application of technical problem solving and analytical tools and techniques. Ability to identify issues and risks and provide options analysis
26. Strong communication and collaboration skills
27. Experience in an Insurance or Financial Services environment is an asset, but not essential
28. Experience with Financial Crimes Risk Management is an asset, but not essential