Tech Analyst

INSPYR Solutions; Vienna (VA); Hybrid; USD 172,200,000 - 183,221,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical benefits

Competitive pay

401(k) retirement plan

Job summary

INSPYR Solutions is seeking a mid-to-senior level Technical Analyst for a hybrid role in Vienna, VA. The contractor will work with a Digital team to translate business needs into technical requirements for web, mobile, chat, and voice solutions.

Responsibilities include collaborating with product ownership, mapping data across systems, and supporting Agile Scrum processes. Strong API experience and SQL skills are required; US work authorization is mandatory.

Qualifications

• Ability to write SQL queries.
• Problem solving under pressure and strong listening/analytical skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication with leadership.
• Experience performing complex technical analysis across products.
• Experience working in Agile methodology.
• Writing system requirements and API-related specs.

Responsibilities

• Lead collaboration with product ownership to translate business needs into technical requirements.
• Identify requirement gaps and communicate to product ownership.
• Ensure coverage of non-happy path scenarios and maintainability.
• Leverage documentation and test versions of apps/APIs to identify enhancements and new capabilities.
• Investigate enterprise and vendor APIs to verify data availability for capabilities.
• Map data between interfacing systems and assist in prioritizing features and epics.
• Participate in Scrum ceremonies and project planning including stand-ups, demos, reviews, and backlog refinement.
• Perform application and services testing/validation and produce interface specifications.
• Provide demos to project teams and stakeholders and support production issue resolution.

Skills

SQL queries

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Agile methodology

Team collaboration

Tools

Postman

SoapUI

Job description

Title: Technical Analyst
Location: Vienna, VA (HYBRID)
Duration: Initial 6-month contract with possible extensions
Compensation: $60/hour - $64/hour
Work Requirements: US Citizen, GC Holders or Authorized to Work in the U.S.

Technical Analyst

This entry to mid-level Technical Analyst position is targeted specifically to contractors with 8 or more years of relevant information technology experience to support our client’s Digital team in developing industry leading web, mobile, chat and voice solutions to meet our Members’ evolving financial needs. The role involves collaboration with business analysts, solution architects, developers, and testers to assess needs and define the technical system requirements for solutions.

Job Description:

• Assume leadership of collaboration with product ownership to translate business need into the technical system requirements of the product
• Proactively identify requirement gaps and issue to product ownership
• Ensure non-happy path scenarios are considered and handled
• Advocate for solutions that consider ease of maintenance and component reuse opportunities
• Leverage available documentation and exercises test versions of applications and APIs to understand existing functionality to inform enhancement opportunities and creation of new capabilities
• Investigate enterprise and vendor APIs to determine whether necessary data is available to support intended system capabilities
• Map data between interfacing systems
• Assist lead analysts in developing and prioritizing features and epics to ensure work focuses on requirements with maximum value and are aligned with product delivery strategy
• Participate in project planning, sprint and release planning, daily stand-up meetings (scrums), demos/reviews, retrospectives, backlog refinement meetings, and other Scrum-related meetings.
• Perform application and services tests/validations
• Responsible for creating system requirement documentation for applications and services, including interface specifications
• Provide demos to internal project team, as well as to business stakeholders.
• Works closely with Business, Quality Assurance team and developers on projects and to address production issues
• Demonstrate ability to excel in a fast-paced environment with aggressive timelines that require managing multiple priorities concurrently
• Utilize system documentation, database information, application logs and scenario testing to determine root cause of system issues.

Have general understanding or working knowledge of the following:

• Services-oriented architecture / microservices
• Multi-tier applications (presentation tier/services-processing tier/data management tier)
• Enterprise and vendor API integration
• Managing system behavior through configurable variables
• Error handling
• XML and JSON data structures

Qualifications/Experience:

• Ability to write SQL queries
• Problem solving skill – Works well under pressure and challenges, team-player, good listener, analytical, creative, approachable, etc.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to partner with various levels of leadership within the organization
• Conducting complex technical analysis across multiple products
• Work in Agile methodology
• Writing requirements for a system
• Writing front end mobile and/or web application requirements is a plus
• Writing back end service requirements is a plus
• Experience using tools such as Postman or SoapUI to exercise APIs is a plus

Must Have's:

• Experience capturing technical requirements for information systems/applications
• Experience working with APIs
• Familiarity with multi-tier applications (application layer, services layer, data layer)

Nice to Have's:

• Experience using tools such as Postman or SoapUI to exercise APIs
• Experience in the financial industry
• Experience working on requirements for native mobile applications

Our benefits package includes:

• Comprehensive medical benefits
• Competitive pay
• 401(k) retirement plan
• and much more!

About INSPYR Solutions

Technology is our focus and quality is our commitment. As a national expert in delivering flexible technology and talent solutions, we strategically align industry and technical expertise with our clients’ business objectives and cultural needs. Our solutions are tailored to each client and include a wide variety of professional services, project, and talent solutions. By always striving for excellence and focusing on the human aspect of our business, we work seamlessly with our talent and clients to match the right solutions to the right opportunities. Learn more about us at inspyrsolutions.com.

INSPYR Solutions provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or any other protected status.

INSPYR Solutions complies with all applicable laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.

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