Systems Analyst 3

Job Duties: 
The State of Maine Application Development Group in support of the Department of Education is currently looking for a Systems Analyst to help round out the team.  This position will be expected to collaborate with business and technical team to anticipate and communicate product needs and requirements.  

Perform analysis and documentation of business and system interactions. 
Design technical solutions to business issues and work with the Application Development team to implement those solutions. 
Be involved in all phases of the SDLC, including Requirements Definition and Documentation, Systems Analysis and Design, System Integration, User Acceptance Testing, and Deployment Coordination.
Perform business analyses of functional requirements to identify information, procedures, and decision flows.
Evaluate existing procedures and methods, identify and document items such as database content, structure, application subsystems, and develop data dictionary.
Define and document interfaces of manual to automated operations within application subsystems, to external systems, and between new and existing systems.
Identify candidate business processes for re-design, prototype potential solutions, provide trade-off information and suggest a recommended course of action. Identify the modifications to the automated processes.
Facilitate processes for the team and vendors to ensure they are meeting MaineIT policy and procedures.
Support and use the selected departmental methodologies.

Experience:  
5+ years related industry experience.  
Preferred Education: 4 year college degree or equivalent working experience in business analytics/communications. 
Knowledge of all phases of the software development life cycle as well as the project development cycle
Strong oral and written communication skills including the ability to write clearly and effectively
Demonstrated experience in gathering business requirements for system design including advanced methodologies like story mapping, impact mapping, user story writing and refinement
Experience writing queries and analyzing data (SQL experience is a plus)
Experience in Agile development methodology and practices
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships in a high paced team environment
Experience in writing and executing test plans with attention to detail and quality focus