Senior System Analyst

Job Description: Responsible for analysis, design, modeling and architecture for application systems and domains. Manages the maintenance and support of assigned application system(s). May participate in development, maintenance and support activities. Manages, leads, and/or participates in the project planning process with clients, business analysts, and team members. Manages and/or participates in technical and business planning for future direction of application domain. Manages or participates in development projects, following disciplined software development processes. Communicates with project assigned resources on a regular basis as to the status of the applications systems and/or project(s) through project meetings, project status reports, email, etc. Leads small to medium-sized, moderately complex projects as assigned. Provides work direction and leadership to assigned projects following HMSA's project management methodology. Provides assessments in a timely manner. May do assessments alone or in combination with IS resources. Manages or participates in short- and long-term planning sessions with clients to improve business processes. Generally involves using and improving information systems. Documents discussion and agreements. Receives high-level business requirements and develops detailed requirements. Prioritizes efforts. Refines resource requirements and forms project teams. Further defines estimates for financial, physical or human resources to support long-term projects and programs. Identifies system requirements. Devises or modifies procedures to solve problems considering computer equipment capacity and limitations, operating time, form of desired results, and integration of components. Responsible for the overall health of all applications assigned. Manages the maintenance and support of assigned application system(s). Application assignments differ in complexity, scope, and business impact from the Application Lead assignments. Complies with application architecture processes, principles, policies and standards. Provides input to architecture policies and standards for application systems and domains. Makes buy vs. build recommendations. Provides input into evaluation of system options, risk, cost versus benefits, and impacts on business processes and goals. Leads or participates in the evaluation and selection process for application packages within area of responsibility. Makes presentations to solicit project buy-in, report on project status, conduct problem resolution and other types of communication to a variety of audiences. Designs complex solutions for application systems and domains. Develops technical specifications for applications. Serves as technical subject matter expert for development of new code or reuse of existing code. Identifies best sources of data and works with data architects to ensure feasibility with corporate data sources, when needed. May analyze integrated performance across multiple ETL components. May recommend improvements to system processes to maximize efficiency of applications. Researches, recommends and applies middleware to facilitate the portability and scalability of applications. Utilizes middleware tools for designing and developing solutions when required. May develop or modify application components using disciplined software development processes. Complies with quality standards and procedures. Participates in software inspections and quality reviews. Participates in defining development guidelines and standards to be utilized in software development and integration. Conducts unit testing to ensure application meets specifications. Creates integration test plans. Designs and consults on test plans at all levels within an application domain. Documents changes to application architecture, integration and conversion plans. Maintains architecture diagrams within application domain. Provides ongoing maintenance of applications. Analyzes existing application domain to identify and document opportunities for improvements. Makes integrated components production ready by moving them to libraries, completing forms, following procedures, completing version control documents, etc. Provides Tier II (application) support. May provide Tier III support. Troubleshoots existing systems to identify errors or deficiencies and develops solutions. Manages relationship with external vendors for assigned products. Acts as liaison between business client and vendor. Provides work direction and leadership to assigned projects, including scheduling, assignment of work and review of project efforts. May provide technical leadership, coaching, and mentoring to team members. Provides technical guidance or business process expertise. Develops reports and presentations for senior management, as needed. Develop and maintains a productive working relationship with project stakeholders. Mentors junior positions to increase core systems knowledge and HMSA IT best practices. May be assigned the role of Team Lead which involves resource planning assignments.#LI-HybridJob Requirements Bachelor's degree in related technical/business areas or equivalent work experience and five years of systems analysis and programming experience. May substitute a higher level of degree in related technical/business area and less work experience. Typically requires three years of application development and support work experience. Project management experience is desirable. A broad level of understanding surrounding information systems and application architecture standards is desirable. Advanced to expert level of application and systems design is desirable. Advanced levels of programming techniques and knowledge of distributed system architecture, middleware or object oriented analysis and design is desirable. Expert level knowledge of multiple technologies and detailed knowledge of multiple segments of the business is desirable.