Business Analyst/System Analyst

Recruiter
NexGen Technologies, Inc.
Location
Lakewood, Colorado, United States
Salary
Competitive salary
Posted
19 Sep 2020
Closes
21 Sep 2020
Ref
1556482059
Job role
Business analyst, CFO
Sector
IT/Telecoms
Company Description

NexGen Technologies, Inc. is a premier IT services and resource provider to various civilian agencies within the Federal government. Our team members are currently providing mission-critical application development and support services to civilian agencies within the Federal government. Our partners include major software manufacturers and large corporations and small businesses in the IT industry.

Job Description

NexGen Technologies, Inc. is looking for a Business Analyst/System Analyst to support federal government applications and programs. This individual will be required to work closely with members of the NexGen's and client's teams, including but not limited to subject matter experts, technical staff, and project managers.

Qualifications

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following

Other duties may be assigned:

• Business and Systems analysis including requirements elicitation, gathering, decomposition, documentation, and clarification, including gap and cost-benefits analysis.

• Provide technical troubleshooting and application support to end-users and system administrators.

• Work with deveopment staff to ensure databases/software applications requirements are understood and meet technical, functional and security specifications; ensure applications are optimized .

• Develop and maintain test plans and scripts, use cases, and test reports. Execute testing and support users with user acceptance testing. Tests include technical and functional tests, manual and automated tests, integration and regression tests.

• Participate at appropriate meetings, workshops, and technical meetings; as well as making formal presentations.

• Develop training materials, user manuals, presentations, and reports.

• Conduct group training sessions on software applications.

• Prepare documentation including: requirements documents, analysis documents, design and specification documents, and documentation describing custom configuration of applications and operating procedures.

• Troubleshoot technical issues and identify modifications needed in existing applications to meet changing user requirements.

• Propose new technologies that will be better suited to accommodate new user requirements.

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, or related discipline

Technical Skills/Experience:

• 3-5 years experience as a Business Systems Analyst with team lead responsibilities.

• Familiarity with all aspects of Software Development Life Cycle, and configuration, change and release management principles and concepts.

• Knowledge and skills in: MS Office including Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint; and Visio

• Knowledge of software and database design principles, methods and approaches; procedures for designing, developing, optimizing and integrating new and/or modified systems components.

• Big-picture oriented and have a clear understanding of how the components within a computer system - hardware, software and networks - work together.

• Knowledge of information technology techniques and procedures to provide assistance to users in analyzing their requirements, develop strategies to meet their objectives, and develop or utilize existing applications to assist them in more effectively accomplishing their assignments.

• Provide technical expertise and recommendations in assessing new IT software projects and initiatives to support and enhance existing systems.

• Ability to write procedures, document business processes, and prepare application documentation.

• Presenting clear, concise and logical communication, both oral and written. Oil and Gas Experience highly desirable.

Additional Information

Additional Desired Skills/Requirements:

• Experience with Salesforce is strongly preferred but not required

• Working experience with HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT) and HP LoadRunner preferred

• Familiarity with federal government standards, policies, and guidelines.

• The candidate should also possess strong oral and written communication, problem solving skills and should be a team player.

• The successful candidate will also be able to pass background screening prior to employment.

• US Citizenship or work-authorization

EOE