Strategic IT Solutions Analyst

Stanford Reglab; California; On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Stanford University is seeking an IT Business Analyst to capture and model business requirements and work with business partners to prioritize IT solutions. The role emphasizes translating processes into system solutions and collaborating with stakeholders to deliver quality information technology outcomes.

Core duties include requirements creation, feasibility studies, project scoping, system testing, rollout, and ongoing production support, with an emphasis on lifecycle compliance and strong

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and five years of relevant experience or combination of education and relevant experience.
• Experience with process and data modeling.
• Experience with fit/gap analysis.
• Understanding of relational databases.
• Understanding of web application components.
• Understanding of the software development life cycle.
• Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively with minimum direction.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to establish effective, ongoing relationships with clients, staff and management.
• Ability to manage multiple competing priorities and work under pressure.
• Demonstrated ability to program or script.

Responsibilities

• Understand business processes and translate into system solutions.
• Assist with feasibility studies of enhancement requests, identifying options and recommending an IT solution.
• Assist the project manager in developing project scope, cost, resources, impact and schedule.
• Create business requirements, including business rules, quality attributes, performance goals, external interfaces and constraints.
• Collaborate with the business partners and test team to create and execute system test plans, user-acceptance testing and rollout.
• Assist the development team to develop technical specifications.
• Perform production support activities, including triaging issues, evaluating patches and fixes, assessing impact, and implementing solution.
• Conduct in-depth analysis to solve problems, identifying gaps and issues that minimize system modification and maintenance; make recommendations, including discovering new approaches or applications.
• Design and document modules and components and how they will interface with each other.
• Develop functional specifications to ensure compliance with system development lifecycle methods.

Skills

Process modeling

Data modeling

Fit/Gap analysis

Relational databases

Web application concepts

Software development life cycle

Problem solving

Verbal and written communication

Client relationships

Prioritization under pressure

Scripting basics

Education

Bachelor’s degree + 5 years experience

Job description

Stanford University is seeking an IT Business Analyst to capture and model business requirements and work with business partners to prioritize IT solutions. The role emphasizes translating processes into system solutions and collaborating with stakeholders to deliver quality information technology outcomes.

Core duties include requirements creation, feasibility studies, project scoping, system testing, rollout, and ongoing production support, with an emphasis on lifecycle compliance and strong