Software Analyst

i-Link Solutions; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Information Technology Services (ITS) in New York State seeks a Software Analyst – Expert to author business documents for a variety of application features, including use case diagrams, flow charts, data element tables, mock-up screens, and swim lane diagrams, maintaining them in a software document repository.

The role partners with development, architecture, and testing teams to refine requirements, lead joint application design sessions, present requirements, and ensure tests align with

Qualifications

• 84 months experience interpreting customer business needs into application and operational requirements using recognized methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with development and architecture staff to refine requirements and assist in technical designs.

Skills

Business analysis

Monarch Tool

Legacy data testing

COBOL rules extraction

Joint Application Development

Team Foundation Server

Documentation workflows

HTML editors

Document templates

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Monarch Tool

Team Foundation Server

HTML/WSIWYG editors

Job description

Agency: Information Technology Services (ITS)

Job Title: Software Analyst – Expert

Task ID: HBITS-08-15071

Position Duration: 30 Months

Client: State of NY

Description

Author Business Documents for a variety of application features including but not limited to use case diagrams, flow charts, data element tables, mock-up screens using Expression / Balsamiq and swim lane diagrams and maintaining them in a software document repository.

• Work closely with development and architecture staff to refine requirements and assist them in the creation of technical designs and specification documents. The candidate will be expected to provide insight that results in greater efficiency in a variety of child support system processes.
• Guide joint application design sessions, present and participate in requirements solicitation meetings and interviews, requirement reviews, feature demonstrations and presentations of draft and production features to key users and local staff at conferences and meetings.
• Work closely with testing staff to ensure tests of developed application modules conform to requirements, and will be called upon to participate in testing to accomplish scheduled, implementations of new features.
• Work closely with legacy staff in extracting business rules from legacy application.

Mandatory Qualifications

• 1 84 months experience interpreting customer business needs and translating them into application and operational requirements using recognized business analysis methodologies (e.g. business process flows, fit-gaps analyses, functional designs, etc.)
• 2 48 months experience in creating models using Monarch Tool.
• 3 84 months experience in creating and manipulating data in legacy application for testing purposes.
• 4 60 months experience in reading and extracting rules from legacy code (COBOL).
• 5 84 months experience organizing Joint Application Development sessions: collaborating with developers and subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and analyze tradeoffs between usability and performance needs.
• 6 84 months experience using Team Foundation Server to facilitate creation, analysis, and planning of change requests and bugs.
• 7 84 months experience documenting the as-is and to-be states of the business process or function by using flow charts, process models, functional requirements, use cases and interface designs following the agency standard templates.
• 8 60 months experience using HTML/WSIWYG editors to create and maintain mockups.
• 9 84 months experience in creating templates for generating the documents for the agency based on policy inputs

Required Documentation

• Ré́sumé
• Copy of Candidate Identification (i.e., Driver's License/Green Card/Visa and Passport if applicable)
• Any documents referenced in the above Requested Qualifications (i.e., professional certifications, degrees, etc.)

i-Link Solutions requires a Bachelor's Degree or its equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems or a closely related field of study for all positions.

i-Link Solutions Inc. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. We especially invite women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities to apply. EEO/AA/M/F/Vet/Disability