Strategic Systems Analyst & JAD Lead

State of California; California; On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The State of California seeks an IT Specialist I to gather requirements, serve as SME on business rules, and produce system requirement specifications for developing application functionality. You will collaborate with Bureau program staff and project teams to support documentation and ongoing maintenance, including Joint Application Design sessions.

You will also facilitate JAD sessions, analyze requirements, create use cases and test cases, and help prepare demos for stakeholders to ensure

Qualifications

• Experience with project management life cycle methodologies (change control, scope, time, cost, quality, resource, risk).
• Lead Joint Application Design (JAD) sessions with staff to gather requirements for software systems.
• Analyze requirements and produce documentation (use cases, business rules, report specs, test cases).
• Prepare presentations and demos of system functionality for stakeholders to align expectations.
• Create impact analyses for defects and enhancements, and maintain system documentation and test data.

Responsibilities

• Gather requirements and produce system requirement specifications for application functionality.
• Serve as SME in business rules and functionality of the systems built and provide ongoing support and maintenance of project documentation.
• Facilitate Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions with program staff and project team members.
• Generate ad hoc and on-demand reports by collecting and analyzing data.
• Troubleshoot production issues and assist developers in identifying root causes and solutions.

Skills

Project management

JAD facilitation

Requirements analysis

System documentation

Stakeholder demos

Impact analysis

Ad hoc reporting

Troubleshooting

SQL

Tools

SQL

Job description

The State of California seeks an IT Specialist I to gather requirements, serve as SME on business rules, and produce system requirement specifications for developing application functionality. You will collaborate with Bureau program staff and project teams to support documentation and ongoing maintenance, including Joint Application Design sessions.

You will also facilitate JAD sessions, analyze requirements, create use cases and test cases, and help prepare demos for stakeholders to ensure