Senior Systems Analyst

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Kforce has a client that is seeking a Senior Systems Analyst in Westlake, TX.

Duties:
* Ensuring the product team is building the right software solutions and components to improve customer experience
* Facilitating flow of requirements from the business to the technology team, translating complex HPS platform needs into actionable user stories and sprint-ready backlog items
* Owning end-to-end documentation of the HPS Platform - system flows, data mappings, microservice integration contracts, API migration guides, and release notes maintained in Confluence
* Driving API version migration analysis - documenting breaking changes, coordinating consumer impact assessments, validating updated contracts using Bruno/Postman, ensuring smooth cutover across dependent microservices
* Leading Splunk-based observability efforts - building dashboards, defining alert thresholds, and performing log analysis to proactively detect and triage production incidents
* Driving release management coordination: scheduling, readiness reviews, deployment communication, and post-release validation
* Reducing requirements and design risk and resulting costs associated with rework and redesign through rigorous upfront analysis
* Working with developers to support and validate REST API contracts, JSON payloads, Kafka event flows, and AWS service integrations
* Exercising a passion for keeping your knowledge up to date with the latest and greatest in platform tooling, AWS capabilities, and financial technology
* Helping maintain the high level of integrity in the team
* Taking ownership and accountability for figuring out what needs to be done

REQUIREMENTS:
* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technology subject area
* 6-9 years of professional experience, supporting software solutions in a financial services or enterprise technology environment
* Hands-on experience testing and validating REST APIs using tools such as Bruno, Postman, or equivalent - including building request collections, validating response contracts, and debugging API failures
* Experience with API versioning strategies and hands-on participation in API version migration efforts - including impact analysis, consumer communication, contract comparison, and regression validation across microservices
* Experience with AWS services including Lambda, Step Functions, S3, SQS, and event driven architectures (e.g., Kafka/Kinesis streams)
* Familiarity with Java/Spring Boot microservice architecture for the purpose of analysis, reverse engineering, and documentation (hands-on coding not required)
* Strong working knowledge of REST APIs, JSON payloads, and API integration patterns across distributed microservices
* Proven knowledge of Splunk for log analysis, incident investigation, distributed tracing across microservices, and building dashboards and alert monitors for production observability
* Proficiency in creating system flow diagrams, process maps, data mapping documents, microservice dependency maps, and solution architecture documentation
* Expertise writing detailed business and technical requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria for complex platform changes
* Understanding of Structured Query Language (SQL) and ability to trace data across relational and NoSQL data stores
* Solid understanding of functional and integration testing concepts; Experience with tools like Cypress or equivalent is a plus
* Deep knowledge of scrum methodologies and tools - Jira experience required; Confluence documentation experience required

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

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