Systems Analyst

SUMMARY:
My client based in the Northern Suburbs is seeking to employ a experienced Systems Analyst. We are looking for an experienced Systems Analyst to join our Software Engineering team. As a member of this team, you will play a vital role in supporting product development and delivery of multiple quality web and cloud-hosted solutions.

POSITION INFO:
Responsibilities:

• Work closely with internal (business) customers, other stakeholders, and multiple development teams (local and regional/international).
• Learn our different product offerings and analyse these solutions and interfaces. An outcome is an elevated level of system documentation.
• Collaborate with the Product Owners to understand the business requirements and discuss the system implications: additions and/or changes to the current systems. These changes will result in the creation or updating of data flow and solution diagrams that will be used to aid discussions and guide the development teams. Where applicable producing data flow and system diagrams.
• Collaborate with the team to build collective understanding of upcoming work and system impacts so that they are better positioned to design and size the work.
• Assist the team in elevating the level of technical documentation and updating our internal documentation store for our various solutions.
• Contribute to the investigation and reviewing of incidents to identify potential data and system errors.
• Help with the prioritisation of system issues by providing input into the effects of the issue on the system and the impact to our valuable customers.
• Share knowledge about Systems Thinking.
• Work individually as well as part of a sprint team.
• Contribute to Agile development practices.

• BSc. or B.Com degree with Computer Science / Information Technology will be advantageous, however, your ability to demonstrate your in-depth understanding of web application systems and sound software engineering practices will trump a formal qualification.
• Minimum 5 years total work experience as a systems analyst.
• Collaborate to translate business requirements into functional designs.
• Document current and future system states.
• Liaise and communicate the system requirements to the necessary audiences e.g. Product Owners, QAs, Developers, Infrastructure, and Production Support.
• Understanding of front end and back-end development processes.
• Thrives in an Agile environment.

• Understanding the bigger picture of a solution and the flow through the solution.
• Programming, open-source Technologies, and IT in general.
• Optimal systems and simple procedures.
• Agile development and a self-organising team environment.
• Sharing and explaining ideas and innovation.
• Ongoing learning and improvement.
• Technology to serve operational and client requirements.

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