Systems Analyst

State of California; California; On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

State of California seeks an Information Technology Specialist I to work under the IT Supervisor II. The incumbent will gather requirements, analyze business needs, and produce system requirement specifications for developing application functionality.

You will serve as the SME on business rules and provide ongoing support and documentation maintenance. Additionally, you will facilitate Joint Application Development sessions and collaborate with BOF program staff to ensure the system meets

Qualifications

• Minimum requirements are defined in the Class Specification: Information Technology Specialist I.

Responsibilities

• Gather requirements and produce system requirement specifications for application functionality.
• Serve as SME for business rules and system functionality.
• Provide ongoing support and maintenance of project documentation.
• Facilitate Joint Application Development sessions with BOF staff and project team members.

Skills

Requirement gathering

Business analysis

Joint Application Development sessions

Documentation of requirements

System demonstrations

Impact analysis

Data collection and analysis

Troubleshooting production issues

SQL querying

Job description

Under the general supervision of the Information Technology Supervisor II (IT Sup II). The incumbent provides expertise in requirement gathering and business analysis. The incumbent will work with the Bureau of Firearm (BOF) program staff and project team members to gather requirements and produce system requirement specifications for the development of application functionality. The incumbent will serve as the subject matter expert in the business rules and functionality of the systems built and will provide on-going support and maintenance of project documentations. The incumbent will facilitate Joint Application Development sessions.

You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.

Benefit information can be found on the CalHR website and the CalPERS website.

Minimum Requirements

You will find the Minimum Requirements in the Class Specification.

• INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST I

Desirable Qualifications

In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate:

• Experience in working with management on resource allocations and maintain the project schedule through all phases of the project.
• Experience with implementing and utilizing project management life cycle methodologies such as, change control, scope management, time management, cost management, quality management, resource management, and risk management.
• Ability to lead joint application design (JAD) sessions with program staff and project team members to gather requirements necessary to build software systems to meet program needs.
• Ability to analyze requirements gathered and produce documentations including but not limited to use cases, business rules, report specifications, and test cases.
• Ability to prepare presentation and demoing system functionality to stakeholders to ensure the system built and client expectation remains aligned through all phases of the project.
• Ability to create impact analyses for defect resolution and enhancement requests, and in the creation and maintenance of system documentation, test scripts and data for software changes that take place to address production problems and program needs.
• Ability to perform data collection and analysis for the purpose of generating ad hoc and on demand report requests from the client.
• Ability to troubleshoot production issue and assist developers with identifying the root cause and possible solution.
• Ability to utilize SQL to query, analyze, and correct data as necessary to resolve production issues and address the clients operational concerns.