Sr. Systems Analys

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Overland Park (KS); On-site; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

SmartRecruiters, Inc. is seeking an experienced business/IT analyst to evaluate technology and infrastructure projects, define detailed requirements, and collaborate across business and technical teams.

The role demands strong analytical and communication skills, experience with enterprise-wide methodologies, and the ability to manage multiple projects while aligning with approved scope.

Qualifications

• 6+ years experience with technology/infrastructure projects.
• 4+ years experience documenting or consuming technical project requirements.
• Extensive experience with corporate technology and infrastructure.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to understand and manage to approved project scope.
• Independent thinker with little supervision.

Responsibilities

• Identify and evaluate technology/infrastructure project impacts through research, interviews, document analysis, workshops and use cases.
• Critically evaluate information from multiple sources and reconcile conflicts to determine true needs.
• Utilize prior experience with enterprise-wide requirements definition and management systems.
• Support multiple project initiatives including business case evaluation and creation.
• Translate project scope into detailed application and operational requirements.
• Develop requirements specifications using standard templates and natural language.
• Collaborate with developers and SMEs to establish technical vision and tradeoffs between usability and performance.
• Serve as liaison between business units, technology teams and support teams.
• Assess and understand technology changes; plan and monitor analysis activities to meet deadlines.
• Lead elicitation, analysis and communication efforts with both business and IT teams.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Critical thinking

Independent thinking

Matrix organization experience

ITIL knowledge

SDLC knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Information Systems or Computer Sciences

High School degree

Tools

ITIL

SDLC

Job description

• Identify & evaluate technology/infrastructure project(server hardware & software upgrades, application migrations,application retirements, platform changes,user workstation hardware & software deployments) impacts through a variety of techniques including technology research, interviews, document and system analysis, workshops, surveys, user shadowing, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, and/or task and workflow analysis.
• Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs.
• Utilize prior experience with enterprise-wide requirements definition and management systems and methodologies required.
• Successfully support multiple project initiatives simultaneously. Along with business case evaluation and creation for upcoming projects.
• Strong analytical skills required, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret project scope and translate them into application and operational requirements
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group, executives, managers, and subject matter experts within both business and technical teams.
• Develop requirements specifications according to standard templates, using natural language.
• Collaborate with developers and subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and analyze tradeoffs between usability and performance needs
• Be the liaison between the business units, technology teams and support teams.
• Strong knowledge of systems, interfaces and environments.
• Ability to assess and understand technology changes. - Planning and Monitoring (10%)
• Effectively apply methodologies and enforce project process and standards. Responsible for meeting project deadlines for planned analysis activities. Effectively communicate relevant project information to project team and superiors. - Elicitation (20%)
• Elicit and define requirements (Functional Specifications) using standard analysis techniques. Conduct interviews with users to identify possible business impacts of upgrade, analyze existing procedures and application/interface/environment documentation, and evaluate possible interface and environment impacts of change. - Analysis (50%)
• Act as business and technical representative for requirements while leading discovery sessions with technical (development and testing) teams. Document requirements for use by technical teams for creating design documentation and test cases. Consult with business on project scope and requirements as needed. - Communication and Management (20%)
• Act a liaison between the business and technical IT teams. Translate information from IT to the business in easily understood terms. Partner with IT to accomplish goals and provide ongoing communication to various business stakeholders on project status and issues.

Qualifications

• 6+ years experience with technology/infrastructure projects
• 4+ years experience documenting or consuming technical project requirements
• High School degree required
• This position requires incumbents to regularly sit at a desk and operation standard office equipment, such as a computer and phone
• Employee is regularly required to move equipment, up to 10 pounds, to facilitate in-person meetings from computer and/or phone
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus
• Must be able to talk and hear
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions Preferred Experience

• Bachelors degree in Computer Information Systems or Computer Sciences
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Solid analytical skills required, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret needs and translate them into technical requirements
• Extensive experience with corporate technology and infrastructure
• Effectively and efficiently plan and lead meetings and complete necessary follow-up
• Ability to understand and manage to approved project scope
• Critical thinking skills – using logic and reason to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems
• Independent Thinker – requires guiding oneself with little direct supervision and depending on oneself to get things done
• Experience working in a matrix organization for successful project delivery
• Experience working projects with integrated systems and the related complexity of requirements traceability between systems
• ITIL and SDLC knowledge.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.