System Analyst I

Systems Analyst I - ECSS POSITION PURPOSE Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates systems and user needs. Formulates systems to parallel overall business strategies. Writes detailed description of user needs, program functions, and steps required to develop or modify computer programs.


ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND BASIC DUTIES

1.Determine impact of known and anticipated business needs upon system configurations in use.
Research, evaluate, design, and propose basic to moderately complex technology solutions to meet business needs cost-effectively and in accordance to standards.

2.Evaluate recent and evolving financial industry events to anticipate likely technology needs; investigate the advantages, disadvantages, risks, and costs of reported solutions.Works with internal and external organizations to build on ideas that further reduce operating and investment costs, enhance quality or enhance revenues from proposed alternatives.

3.Present advantages, disadvantages, lead-time and costs of proposed technology alternatives to affected parties for concurrence; monitor organization's responsiveness and revise proposal as needed.

4.Evaluate database design and configuration thresholds, including capacity and performance. Recommend system improvements as needed to resolve instability issues and extend overall system life.

5.Evaluate and prescribe software routines and procedures to keep resource consumption (CPU cycles, disk read/write processes, network traffic) at a minimum.

6.Evaluate and prescribe operating efficiencies, including system availability, response time between selected components, data-error checking, and data discard rate.

7.Define, develop and publish standards and procedures for on-going operations, including automated services, naming conventions and directory structures, local and remote access, data storage and data back-up.

8.Provide technical guidance to project teams and department staff as needed to meet stated business objectives.

9.Exchange information, verbally and in writing, clearly, accurately, reliably, and timely.

10.Responsible for design, development, implementation, and analysis of technical products and systems.

11.Performs engineering design evaluations.

12.Tests software programs to compare to specifications and documentation.

13.Diagnose and repair malfunctions in configurations, including wiring, hubs, servers, switches, routers, and gateways.




Requirements:

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Required:
Bachelors degree from a four-year college or university
0-2 years professional experience in systems support & development, or equivalent combination of experience and education.
Certification in job required systems & application platforms (i.e. Windows NT/ Visual Basic, JAVA etc)

Preferred:
Masters or Advanced degree in computer related field from an accredited college or university.
Systems support and design experience in Mortgage Banking and web based lending.


SKILLS, ABILITIES AND KNOWLEDGE
Ability to manage high job complexity prioritize & meet multiple customer requirements to complete systems support/development tasks on time(85%) & on budget(15% variance).
Ability to organize and coordinate simple to moderately complex projects
Strong oral and written communication abilities.
Ability to adapt to change