DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES:
• Responsible for elicitation, analysis, and documentation of business requirements.
• Research and exploration of user requirements, costs, and benefits in support of documentation required for the demand management process.
• Responsible for analyzing the business needs to identify new processes and process improvements that will meet those needs.
• Documents current business processes and models to define requirements and/or gaps.
• Analyze detailed system factors including input/output requirements, information and paper flow, hardware, and software needs.
• Analyze “soft" system factors including roles, responsibilities, policy, culture, etc.
• Evaluate the impact of potential software and process changes on the organization.
• Develop and facilitate groups as necessary in pursuit of eliciting and defining requirements.
• Assist in the creation of the business case documentation.
• Understanding of architectural consistency and usability standards.
• Defines and develops user test cases and validates test results during testing.
• Executes unit and functional test cases.
• May conduct system demonstrations and training sessions, as well as participate in design/review of training content.
• Plays a third level support role by helping to troubleshoot and resolve issues with production systems.
• Participates in associate meetings and communicates any concerns to management.
QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS:
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Business, or another related field or equivalent work experience.
• Proven experience leading data migration requirements from legacy systems into a new ERP (Sage X3) environment
• Strong hands-on expertise in requirements elicitation, documentation, and management, with emphasis on data mapping, transformation rules, and validation
• Deep understanding of data structures, data quality, and migration best practices, with the ability to identify gaps and risks early
• Self-driven and accountable professional with strong stakeholder management and communication skills, able to drive outcomes with minimal oversight
• Working knowledge of Confluence and JIRA.
• Experience in any of the following business areas is desired: Sales operations, order entry, accounting, finance, procurement, warehouse operations, order management, and order fulfillment.
• Minimum of 3-5 years’ business analysis or systems analysis experience is preferred.
• Bonus: Sage X3 experience (ERP).
Associate is expected to operate at a proficient level across the following areas of technical knowledge and skill:
• Ability to organize and prioritize work.
• Detail oriented, proactive, creative, and efficient
• Intermediate level abilities in Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Visio, and Word
• Familiarity with application integration methods to include understanding of data mapping process.
• Ability to effectively work both independently and collaboratively in a team environment
• Ability to work on simultaneous and complex projects, with domain expertise in at least one business area.
• Expertise in ERP solution selection and implementation is a plus
• Ability to communicate effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences in written and non-written format
• Ability to work with all levels of associates
• Ability to work with minimal supervision in a very dynamic environment
• Ability to learn new systems and tools
• Knowledge of software development life cycle methodologies, processes, and procedures.
• Active listener
• Effective in a variety of formal/informal presentation settings: one-on-one, small, and large groups.
Job Title: Data/Information Architect
Location: Columbia, SC
Duration: 12 Months
Locals only
Scope of the project:
Client has implemented Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), and Power Business Intelligence (PBI) as its tool set for forms, workflow and Dashboard/Report development. Client wishes to engage a systems software programmer experienced in AEM, PBI and Data Architecture. The following description details the skills and tasks that are required of the systems software programmer.
Under limited supervision, the contractor will serve as a systems software programmer reporting directly to a functional manager. Contractor will be a team member that ensures the stability and integrity of data, and server services through monitoring, maintenance, support, and optimization of all server infrastructure. This individual has 24/7 on-call responsibilities shared with the group.
Key duties and responsibilities:
Works with consultants, application developers and end users to develop the logical data model and data architecture of assigned application. Designs relational databases within the architectural framework to meet application needs. Serves as lead database designer for assigned application systems. Develops and implements standards for database design.
Writes and maintains stored procedures as needed; develops standards for the use of stored procedures, object relational mappers, and other means of database access. Develops standards for application handling of databases, including error handling. Builds database utilities as needed for application use, such as SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) packages and database scripts.
Analyzes anticipated data volumes and patterns of use; gains knowledge of agency data usage to improve efficiency of database access and manipulation.
Supports application developers. Assists application developers in resolving database related application problems, both in development and in production. Works with Database Administration to resolve database performance problems
Prepares and obtains approval of system and programming documentation.
Configure system settings and options; plans and executes unit, integration and acceptance testing and creates specifications for systems to meet business requirements
Assist in deploying applications to Dev, QA, Production environments and migrations. Follow best practices for secure web programming and deployment. Adhere to internal best practices with respect to coding standards, unit test coverage, automation, and continuous integration.
Work closely with Team or vendor to ensure sound practices regarding site architecture, performance and reliability, and content delivery are in place.
Perform duties and responsibilities in a manner consistent with our mission, values, and client service standards.
Daily Duties / Responsibilities:
Non-Technical
- Effectively interact and communicate with peer to Director-level IT professionals.
- Provide feedback to team regarding product issues, enhancements and new features.
- Must have initiative, drive and be a self-starter.
- Ability to ask pertinent questions of others.
- Proactively seek to identify, communicate and implement process related improvements.
- Effectively manage multiple tasks and activities concurrently and able to provide periodic status updates to key stakeholders
- Collaborate extensively with peers and management to resolve client issues while actively contributing to a growing knowledge network that improves the effectiveness of our team and the information available to our clients.
- Prioritize numerous issues of varying severity, and effectively manage the resolution of all issues within accepted service levels. This includes ownership of the data entered into the Helpdesk system and appropriately updating both client and appropriate employees of status of all issues on a timely basis.
- Good customer skills, be attentive to detail, and responsive to customer tickets.
Technical
- Troubleshoot and recommend technical solutions for customer issues related to backup configuration and recovery.
- Develop workaround solutions as appropriate.
- Perform equipment and software upgrades
- Maintain familiarity with current computer and network products
- Adhere to corporate information security guidelines and promote information security among coworkers
- Performs other duties and special projects as assigned.
Required Skills (rank in order of Importance):
- 10+ Years of database modeling, architecture, and development experience
- 9+ Years of State Government Experience
- 10+ Years of Advanced SQL Experience
- 5+ years Adobe AEM 6.5 version
- 4+ years of Java development, design and coding experience.
- 5+ Years of Experience with Agile methodology
Preferred Skills (rank in order of Importance):
- Experience with cloud-based solutions
Additional Skills:
- Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with business users, management, vendors, and peers.
- Strong organizational, multi-tasking, and time-management skills.
- Hands on business knowledge of business processes
- Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
Required Education/Certifications:
- Bachelor's or Master’s in Information Technology or related field
Preferred Education/Certifications:
PMP or other PMI Issued Certification
