Systems Analyst

Title: FDLE Information Systems

Role: Systems Analyst (1240)

Location: Tallahassee, FL 32308 - Onsite

Contract Role

Job description:

Mandatory Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

1. Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or other related field or equivalent work experience;
2. Minimum of 5 years of experience as a systems analyst on successful, enterprise level information technology projects;
3. Models and applies software engineering methods and techniques to the design, definition, development, evaluation, integration, and/or support of IT solutions.
4. Must have the ability to work independently or cooperatively with other software developers.
5. Functions as a technical consultant or researcher
6. Performs analysis and troubleshooting of system defects and issues.
7. Designs quality control and test procedures. Applies technical expertise to test system solutions.
8. Uses defined procedures to configure, test and debug software.
9. Investigates, analyzes and resolves problems on software products.
10. With minimal supervision from more senior resources, handles portions of the projects, including services/products/technology solution evaluation/modification, data development, analysis, first draft written communications and client interaction.
11. Gathers and evaluates client capabilities and needs.
12. Assists with services/products/technology solution architecture design and installation.
13. Accountable to upper management for all phases of specific projects.
14. Experience with meeting facilitation and documentation;
15. Experience in delivering the project in the agreed schedule, to the correct technical specification (i.e. defined to meet user requirements) within the approved budget and other specified criteria

Experience with:

1. Java 1.6 and higher
2. J2EE (JSP, EJB, JPA/Hibernate)
3. Java Frameworks like JSF, Wicket, Struts, Spring, etc
4. ASP
5. Javascript
6. Oracle 11g and higher, MS SQL Server, or MySQL
7. Stored procedures, triggers, views, etc.
8. JBOSS 5.0 and higher
9. Strong Oral and Written Communication skills
10. Experience with business analysis and gathering and documenting requirements
11. Experience creating test plans, test cases, and performance testing
12. Source code management software, example: CVS or Subversion
13. Experience in integration of multiple systems or applications
14. Experience automating data sharing processes

Preferred Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

1. Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or other related field or equivalent work experience;
2. JOSSO 1.8.5 SMTP
3. IMAP
4. Unix-basic scripting and commands
5. Junit, log4j, Ant/Maven
6. MS Visio
7. NEIM/LEXS/XML standards
8. Spring 2.5 (Core, AOP)
9. Spring Webflow 2.0
10. Hibernate 3
11. STRUTS
12. SMTP
13. Display Tag

The Systems Analyst will report to the designated FDLE supervisor. The Systems Analyst is expected to perform the tasks and specific assignments given by the FDLE supervisor.

Systems analyst responsibilities include but may not be limited to the following:

1. 1. Providing structured analysis of business processes
   2. Functions as a technical consultant or researcher.
   3. Technical research and evaluation of technologies, tools, databases, methods, etc.
   4. Analysis of detailed requirements and documentation
   5. Programming and implementing solutions for business requirements
   6. Contributor on project planning, organization, implementation
   7. Contributor to activity definition, activity sequencing, activity resource estimating, activity duration estimating, WBS development
   8. Contributor to risk identification, tracking, analysis
   9. Contributor to issue management and tracking
   10. Communications management
   11. Effective communication among project stakeholders,
   12. Coordinate activities with FDLE staff required to support the project
   13. Provide assistance to FDLE staff in the preparation of procurement documents, evaluation of proposals and contract negotiations;
   14. Provide weekly status reports to the project manager

Description of Services & Deliverables

FDLE requires the services of one Systems Analyst for Business Systems Engineering software development initiatives and other FDLE Information Systems. The System Analyst will work under the direction of the FDLE's Data Processing Manager(s) to achieve the goals and objectives of the projects stated below.

FDLE requires the services of a Systems Analyst with technical knowledge and experience in programming the J2EE/JAVA, JBOSS application server, MS SQL and ORACLE database environments.

1. 1. The person in this function is considered an expert in all phases of system development and must have understanding of business, business insight and broad understanding of multiple business areas.
   2. The person in this function will be responsible for technical research of technologies and methods for meeting the functional and nonfunctional requirements