Senior Systems Analyst

Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC); Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 600 000 - 800 000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency in South Africa is seeking a Systems Analyst to enhance and design systems ensuring optimal project outcomes. You will analyze business requirements, create specifications, and lead architecture designs for software solutions. Candidates should have at least six years in ICT environments, a BSc or BTech in Computer Science, and familiar with integration patterns. Strong leadership and clear communication with stakeholders are essential, along with designing enterprise architecture that meets business goals.

Qualifications

• Minimum six years’ experience in the ICT software development environment.
• Minimum six years’ experience in designing enterprise-wide software solutions.
• Solid understanding of overall architecture and design patterns.

Responsibilities

• Analyse, design and enhance systems to ensure project delivery.
• Create and finalise Functional Systems Specification documents.
• Work with stakeholders to gather and translate business requirements.

Skills

Modelling tools

BPMN/UML notation

Object-oriented design patterns

Software development methodologies

System and application integration

Education

BSc or BTech in computer science or equivalent

TOGAF certification

Tools

Enterprise Architecture tools like Casewise

Job description

Overview

The purpose of this job is to analyse, design and enhance systems, in order to obtain optimal results and agreed project delivery level.

Key Performance Areas

• Understand and familiarise with the project’s business requirements
• Understand and familiarise yourself with the organisation’s business processes
• Understand and familiarise yourself with the logical architecture of the blueprint design
• Define the physical architecture for the proposed solutions
• Create and finalise the Functional Systems Specification documents
• Assist in the compilation of the Terms of Reference for the RFP process to procure the required services for build and buy solutions as defined and design
• Analyse, prioritise, and organise requirement specifications, data mapping, diagrams, and flowcharts for developers and testers to follow
• Translate business requirements into technical specifications, including related artefacts and models
• Identify system requirements and liaise with stakeholders to track additional requirements and features
• Examine and evaluate current and future systems and document interfaces between legacy systems. Map and document interfaces between legacy systems and new systems
• Perform analysis and detail design of information systems to meet the business and user needs
• Define and analyse system problems
• Collaborate with Business Analysts, Project Leads and ICT team to resolve issues and ensuring solutions are viable and consistent
• Create system guidelines and manuals for the organisation
• Provide inputs into the architecture deliverables across all domains
• Develop system deployment models and plans and ensure alignment with the FIC deployment processes
• Assume technical leadership in the implementation of custom off the shelf solutions and development of new solutions
• Work with the customer and end users to define application and technical requirements
• Define the application and technical architecture structure, ensuring that it meets the business requirements and performance goals that the technical direction is consistent with the client’s long-term direction
• Work with other architects to ensure that the products and components work together to meet the objectives and performance goals as defined in the requirements
• Review and integrate all application requirements, including functional, security, integration, performance, quality, and operations requirements. Review and integrate the technical architecture requirements for the development, execution, and operations environments
• Make decisions regarding hardware, network products, system software, and security
• Perform the application and technical architecture analysis, design, and implementation, and ensure that the product fulfils the requirements
• Design application tiers, middleware tiers, database tiers, infrastructure and security designs for an enterprise solution
• Maintain and support application designs in production, and provide input into operational process, e.g. back-ups, disaster recovery, system performance
• Obtain stakeholder buy-in for application and technical designs
• Identify and communicate any cross-area or cross-release issues that affect other project areas
• Ensure adherence to all quality management plans and standards by participating in quality management reviews
• Validate the design with the stakeholders to ensure that the design satisfies the requirements
• Develop configuration specifications for the chosen systems or solutions
• Participate in the selection of the technology stack, frameworks, platforms
• Develop the solution’s proof of concept specifications
• Provides appropriate information; shares information with stakeholders to build their understanding of issues and capabilities

Skills, Experience and Education

• BSc or BTech in computer science or equivalent
• TOGAF certification is desirable
• Minimum six (6) years’ experience in the ICT software development environment)
• Minimum six (6) years’ experience in designing enterprise-wide software solutions
• Experience using modelling tools and BPMN/UML notation
• Minimum five years’ experience in object-oriented design patterns
• Minimum five years’ experience in the use of different software development methodologies
• Solid understanding of overall architecture and design patterns
• Adequate experience and knowledge of system and application integration.
• Adequate experience and knowledge on development frameworks and patterns
• Ability to perform technical analysis including data, off-the-shelf applications and technical infrastructure.
• Experience in Enterprise Architecture tools like Casewise.