Systems Analyst

Eliassen Group; Westlake (TX); Hybrid; USD 69,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401k with company matching

Life insurance

Job summary

The Eliassen Group is seeking a Systems Analyst to join the Workplace Investing Technology team in Westlake, TX, supporting the Defined Benefit platform. The role translates complex business needs into scalable solutions, improves data integrity, and supports platform performance in an iterative delivery environment.

Hybrid—onsite every other week with 5 days in Westlake, TX; w2 employment with benefits including Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k with company matching, and Life Insurance.

Qualifications

• 4 to 6 years as a systems analyst with ALM and production support experience.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Defined Benefit stakeholders to analyze requirements and translate them into actionable user stories and backlog items.
• Perform complex data analysis and data mining across recordkeeping systems to support insights and issue resolution.
• Partner with technical leads and architects to design, document, and maintain system flows, data models, and integration patterns.
• Support the design and documentation of API contracts and enterprise integrations aligned with standards.
• Develop an understanding of end-to-end platform architecture to perform impact analysis across interconnected systems.
• Support production issue triage, root cause analysis, and timely resolution.
• Contribute to team ceremonies, iterative planning, and continuous improvement to enhance delivery quality and efficiency.
• Create epics and user stories, maintain documentation, and ensure clarity for engineering teams.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder management

Communication

Problem solving

Business analysis

Education

BS in related field

Tools

SQL

REST

SOAP

JSON

Java

Job description

Description

Hybrid Every Other Week onsite / 5 days in Westlake, TX

Our client seeks a Systems Analyst to join the Workplace Investing Technology team supporting the Defined Benefit platform. The role contributes to mission-critical pension systems by translating complex business needs into scalable solutions, improving data integrity, and supporting platform performance in a collaborative, iterative delivery environment.

Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $50.00 to $56.00/hr. w2

JN -062026-107304

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Defined Benefit stakeholders to analyze requirements and translate them into actionable user stories and backlog items.
• Perform complex data analysis and data mining across recordkeeping systems to support insights and issue resolution.
• Partner with technical leads and architects to design, document, and maintain system flows, data models, and integration patterns.
• Support the design and documentation of API contracts and enterprise integrations aligned with standards.
• Develop an understanding of end-to-end platform architecture to perform impact analysis across interconnected systems.
• Support production issue triage, root cause analysis, and timely resolution.
• Contribute to team ceremonies, iterative planning, and continuous improvement to enhance delivery quality and efficiency.
• Create epics and user stories, maintain documentation, and ensure clarity for engineering teams.

Experience Requirements

• 4 to 6 years as a systems analyst with application lifecycle management and production support experience.
• Experience with financial systems, recordkeeping platforms, or retirement and benefits administration, with Defined Benefit preferred.
• Ability to distill business processes and objectives into well-defined epics, stories, and requirements.
• Strong analytical skills to interpret complex business rules, including pension calculations, eligibility, and compliance, and translate them into technical solutions.
• Decision-making skills in ambiguous situations using facts, knowledge, experience, and judgment.
• Extensive data analysis skills with strong SQL proficiency.
• Working knowledge of REST, SOAP, JSON, and APIs.
• Working proficiency with object-oriented concepts, with Java as a plus.
• Effective written and verbal communication and stakeholder management.
• Proven success in a coordinated, iterative delivery environment.
• Preferred: Defined Benefit domain knowledge, exposure to AWS or Azure, and experience with data governance, reconciliation, and audit processes.

Education Requirements

• BS or above in a related field.