System Analyst

KPG99 INC; Pasadena (CA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

KPG99 INC is seeking a System Programmer Analyst to support SQL, migration, testing, and mainframe activities in a hybrid Pasadena environment. You will analyze business and system needs, document requirements, and translate them into clear specifications for delivery.

The role involves validating complex SQL queries, supporting data migrations, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure accurate data processing and reliable production support.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required with 3+ years of IT experience in systems analysis, requirements documentation, or related technical analysis work.
• Strong systems analyst experience including requirements gathering, functional analysis, and implementation support.
• Advanced SQL proficiency for writing, debugging, and optimizing queries across data analyses and system validation.
• Experience analyzing relational databases, data models, stored procedures, and data quality issues.
• Experience supporting application development, enhancements, conversions, or modernization initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a Systems Programmer Analyst responsible for analyzing business and system needs, documenting requirements, and translating them into clear functional and technical specifications.
• Perform systems analysis across applications, databases, batch jobs, interfaces, reports, and operational processes to support enhancements, troubleshooting, conversions, and production support.
• Develop, execute, validate, and optimize complex SQL queries and scripts to research data issues, support analysis, confirm expected results, and validate business rules or system changes.
• Analyze data structures, database relationships, source-to-target mappings, and application logic to support reporting, integrations, batch processing, and modernization efforts.
• Create and maintain requirements documents, functional specifications, process flows, data mappings, test scenarios, validation results, and implementation support materials.
• Collaborate with business users, developers, database administrators, quality assurance staff, architects, and project teams to clarify requirements, evaluate options, and support delivery of system changes.
• Support development and testing activities by reviewing logic, validating program output, creating test data, documenting defects, and assisting with optional programming or scripting tasks when needed.
• Assist with production support, implementation planning, post-deployment validation, and clear communication of findings, risks, and recommended remediation steps.

Skills

SQL development

Systems analysis

Data analysis

Testing support

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science / Information Systems

Tools

Java

Spring

Batch processing

Mainframe

Legacy technologies

Job description

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Position: System Programmer Analyst with SQL/Migration/Testing/Mainframe

Location: Hybrid 2-3days a week in Pasadena CA (Need Locals)

Duration: 6+ Months (Will be a Long Term Contract or CTH)

PREFERRED TO WORK ON W2 OR 1099

Job Description:

Responsibilities and Requirements:

• Serve as a Systems Programmer Analyst responsible for analyzing business and system needs, documenting requirements, and translating them into clear functional and technical specifications.
• Perform systems analysis across applications, databases, batch jobs, interfaces, reports, and operational processes to support enhancements, troubleshooting, conversions, and production support.
• Develop, execute, validate, and optimize complex SQL queries and scripts to research data issues, support analysis, confirm expected results, and validate business rules or system changes.
• Analyze data structures, database relationships, source-to-target mappings, and application logic to support reporting, integrations, batch processing, and modernization efforts.
• Create and maintain requirements documents, functional specifications, process flows, data mappings, test scenarios, validation results, and implementation support materials.
• Collaborate with business users, developers, database administrators, quality assurance staff, architects, and project teams to clarify requirements, evaluate options, and support delivery of system changes.
• Support development and testing activities by reviewing logic, validating program output, creating test data, documenting defects, and assisting with optional programming or scripting tasks when needed.
• Assist with production support, implementation planning, post-deployment validation, and clear communication of findings, risks, and recommended remediation steps.

Requirements:

• A Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Information Systems, or a closely related field, -AND- at least three (3) years of progressively responsible, full-time, paid experience in a centralized Information Technology organization performing systems analysis, requirements documentation, application support, data analysis, SQL development, application development, or related technical analysis work.
• Strong systems analyst experience is required, including requirements gathering, functional and process analysis, technical documentation, stakeholder coordination, testing support, and implementation support.
• Advanced SQL proficiency is required, including writing, modifying, debugging, optimizing, executing, and validating SQL queries and scripts for data analysis, reconciliation, troubleshooting, reporting, and system validation.
• Experience analyzing relational databases, data models, source-to-target mappings, stored procedures, data quality issues, and application or batch processing logic is required.
• Experience supporting application development, enhancement, conversion, or modernization initiatives is required, including the ability to work with developers and technical teams to clarify logic, validate outputs, and support design decisions.
• Programming experience is preferred but not required; desirable experience may include Java, Spring, scripting, batch processing, report development, stored procedures, mainframe, or legacy technologies.
• Experience designing automated parity/comparison gates instead of manual report-by-report checks, and supporting a legacy-to-modern parallel-run/cut-over cycle is preferred.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, problem-solving, communication, facilitation, documentation, and attention-to-detail skills are required.