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Senior Systems Analyst

Fidelity

Fidelity

Software Engineering, IT
Westlake, TX, USA
Posted on Dec 4, 2024

Job Description:

Position Description:

Translates business requirements into system requirements using JIRA. Crafts web-based transaction applications using Agile/SCRUM methodology. Develops Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). Executes analysis for medium-sized projects. Documents requirements and creates specifications, and makes design recommendations for medium-sized projects.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Works with business partners and technology partners to identify, review, define, interpret, and clarify scope of work in terms of business and/or system requirements and processes.
  • Contributes to the analysis strategy for technology projects culminating in the creation of documentation to support project needs.
  • Recommends changes to existing systems design to achieve requirements, and recommends designs for new systems based on requirements.
  • Documents objectives, use cases, requirements, and specifications.
  • Monitors documentation standards and best practices.
  • Recommends traceability improvements.
  • Establishes project plans for projects of moderate scope, and works on multiple projects concurrently.
  • Works directly with the user community for project definition.
  • Communicates project plan information, objectives, and deliverables to the team.
  • Works on complex assignments and on multiple phases of a project.
  • Assists in defining analysis strategy.
  • Writes business cases for review.
  • Identifies and records risks, issues, dependencies, and assumptions in accordance with project standards.
  • Participates in the review and validation of Quality Assurance test plans to ensure requirements have been met.

Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Technology and Management, Information Systems, Mathematics, Physics, or a closely related field and three (3) years of experience as a Senior Systems Analyst (or closely related occupation) performing systems analysis on web applications in a financial services environment.

Or, alternatively, Master’s degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Technology and Management, Information Systems, Mathematics, Physics, or a closely related field and one (1) year of experience as a Senior Systems Analyst (or closely related occupation) performing systems analysis on web applications in a financial services environment.

Skills and Knowledge:

Candidate must also possess:

  • Demonstrated Expertise (“DE”) troubleshooting financial web applications by analyzing application logs, using Splunk and Datadog; configuring content to directly call various SOAP and REST webservices, using Postman and Insomnia; and analyzing usage volume, using Adobe Analytics.
  • DE writing complex T-SQL/PLSQL queries and scripts to insert and extract data into/from large data sets within relational database environments (DB2, Oracle, Sybase, and MSSQL); and writing stored procedures to insert and maintain test data for financial web applications.
  • DE creating planning session Epics and Stories for Agile project management processes using Atlassian JIRA and Confluence; maintaining healthy story backlogs using Atlassian Jira; conducting story refinement sessions using Kanban boards; executing and documenting systems analysis of business requirements for financial web applications in user stories using Jira and Confluence.

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