System Data Analyst Job at Eliassen Group in Durham

Overview

In this role, you will be responsible for requirements, analysis, and high-level design and development for our Oracle Database Development and Enablement Team and the Operations Experience Product Area. You represent the team on large- and small-scale projects, while also working on individual tasks and support requests. You should enjoy collaborating in-person with leadership and teammates in our NC location, along with partners and teammates across the globe. You should have strong systems analysis experience, along with good communications skills and a team-first approach.

Rate: $50 - $60 / hr. w2

Responsibilities

• Performing technical and functional analysis for analyzing and developing the best delivery approaches based on requirements, swarming and iterating with teammates and your squad leader as needed
• Providing original and creative technical solutions to on-going development efforts and critical initiatives
• Desire to understand all phases of testing leading to final implementation, including unit, integration, acceptance testing and production install validation
• Creating and maintaining clear and concise user documentation and status
• Providing high-level application support, problem diagnosis, and resolution, supporting the on-call developers
• Provide systems analysis support on an Agile team that includes multiple business and technology partners (cross business unit, cross domain).
• Collaborate with multiple other Agile teams (Scaled Agile) to lead dependencies and scope.
• Work with business and technology partners to define the scope of problems/issues, in terms of business and/or system requirements and processes.
• Work with Agile team to develop user stories, acceptance criteria, and story maps.
• Lead backlog refinement sessions. Translate complex business needs into clear, practical, requirements/user stories. Research and evaluate alternative solutions.
• Evaluate design of existing systems to judge their functionality, efficiency, reliability, performance, usage, maintainability, and cost of ownership.
• Collaborate with Agile team members to build comprehensive and cohesive solution approaches.
• Assist in devising the Agile team’s analysis strategy.
• Provide support in estimating, planning, scheduling, and prioritizing work.
• Apply documentation standards and procedures.

Experience Requirements

• 7+ years of experience as a Systems Analyst in software application development with experience writing and executing SQL queries
• Experience in analysis in some or all of PL/SQL, Java, Spring Framework, Cloud applications (AWS), and REST/SOAP Web Services preferred
• Prior experience with Production Support activities is a plus
• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field is a plus
• Proactive, organized, highly responsive and committed to quality
• Highly effective written and verbal communication is a must
• Robust critical thinking and analytical skills
• Confidence to convey technical concepts, capabilities and needs to team members, product owners and other internal partners
• Deep understanding of Agile development methodologies
• Ability to distill business processes and objectives into well-defined epics/stories/requirements
• Strong problem-solving skills to effectively tackle complex business problems
• Ability to work through ambiguous situations by making timely decisions based on facts, knowledge, experience, and judgment
• Experience with DevOps, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery is a plus
• Relevant experience in various systems analysis methodologies, including data analysis, data mapping, flowcharts, uses case development, story writing, set-up / configuration of systems, gap analysis, user acceptance testing and product documentation
• Working knowledge of Splunk and Datadog is a plus
• Working knowledge of REST, JSON, and APIs is a plus

Education Requirements

Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with match, and sick time as required by law.