Java Systems Analyst

job summary:

Description of Major Duties & Deliverables

The System Analyst will work on Business Systems Engineering software development initiatives to achieve the goals and objectives of the projects stated below.

Technical knowledge and experience in programming the J2EE/JAVA, JBOSS application server, Jasper Report(s), Enterprise content management (ECM) tools, MS SQL, MySQL and ORACLE database environments.

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.

The person in this function will be responsible for translating the business requirements into functional requirements and IT processes required to prepare Technical Design Document (TDD), Solution Design Document (SDD), high-level process flow diagrams, designs and traceability matrix of solutions with the requirements.

The person in this function will be responsible for stakeholder management with project sponsors, business and IT project managers, technical architects, development and validation teams, implementation analysts, subject matter experts, IT Senior leadership and project management office in order to address various issues, resolve the queries, communicate on project status, milestones, delays, challenges, risks and risk mitigation plans.

The person in this function will be responsible for research on current industry trends, emerging technologies and challenges, systems integration, and configuration to apply in solution development.

The person in this function will be responsible for support validation of system changes and perform high-level UAT as and when needed. Serve as liaison between Business and IT teams to resolve issues and concerns preventing testing sign-off. Integrate with internal and external applications and deliver the working iteration into production environment.

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

Consult with customers and gather user requirements, analyze business and prepare system requirement and detail technical design documents.

Analyze user needs and software requirements to determine design feasibility within time and cost constraints.

Consult with project managers, programmers, developers, database administrator and network administrator to design systems and to obtain information on project limitations, capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces.

Analyze system design, coding, testing and maintenance of software applications such as - Florida Mental Competency Application (MECOM), Firearm Eligibility System (FES), Concealed Weapons Permitting and other internal software applications or processes.

Analyze and design logical and physical database structures. Store, retrieve, and manipulate application objects in Oracle/MSSQL Server Database using Java Persistence API (JPA)/ Hibernate / Native SQL.

Create test cases using Junit/TestNG software to validation all the business functions, database functions and customer documentation.

Define and determine system performance standards based on the Load and Performance testing result using Silk Performer Tool, JProfiler, VisualVM and Other tools.

Monitor newly implemented/upgraded systems and programs for trouble areas.

Systems and programs as necessary according to established practices.

Providing structured analysis of business processes.

Functions as a technical consultant or researcher.

Technical research and evaluation of technologies, tools, databases, methods, etc.

Analysis of detailed requirements and documentation.

Programming and implementing solutions for business requirements

Contributor on project planning, organization, implementation.

Contributor to activity definition, activity sequencing, activity resource estimating, activity duration estimating, WBS development.

Contributor to risk identification, tracking, analysis

Contributor to issue management and tracking.

Communications management

Effective communication among project stakeholders,

Coordinate activities with staff required to support the project

Provide assistance to staff in the preparation of procurement documents, evaluation of proposals and contract negotiations;

Provide weekly status reports to the project manager

Mandatory Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or other related field or equivalent work experience;

Minimum of 5 years of experience as a systems analyst on successful, enterprise level information technology projects;

Models and applies software engineering methods and techniques to the design, definition, development, evaluation, integration, and/or support of IT solutions.

Must have the ability to work independently or cooperatively with other software developers.

Functions as a technical consultant or researcher

Performs analysis and troubleshooting of system defects and issues.

Designs quality control and test procedures. Applies technical expertise to test system solutions.

Uses defined procedures to configure, test and debug software. Investigates, analyzes and resolves problems on software products.

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.

Gathers and evaluates client capabilities and needs.

Assists with services/products/technology solution architecture design and installation.

Accountable to upper management for all phases of specific projects.

Experience with meeting facilitation and documentation;

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:

Java 8 and higher

J2EE (Servlets, JSP, EJB, JPA/Hibernate, XML , Mail API, JAXB , Webservice and other related technologies)

Java Frameworks like JSF, Primefaces, Wicket, Struts, Spring, etc

Oracle 11g and higher, MS SQL Server, or MySQL

Stored procedures, triggers, views, etc.

JBOSS 7.0 and higher

Strong Oral and Written Communication skills

Experience with business analysis and gathering and documenting requirements - MS Projects and MS Visio

Experience creating test plans, test cases, and experience in performance testing using software such as Silk Performer and etc

Source code management software, example: Git, CVS, or Subversion

Automating software build processing tool such as Ant, Maven and etc

Performance evaluation tools such as JProfiler, VisualVM and etc.

Experience in integration of multiple systems or applications using Webservice and other related technologies.

Experience automating data sharing processes

Preferred Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

Master's Degree in Computer Science or other related field or equivalent work experience;

IMAP

Unix-basic scripting and commands

Junit, log4j, slf4j, Ant/Maven

MS Project

MS Visio

MS SQL Server

Spring (Core, AOP, Webflow)

location: Tallahassee, Florida

job type: Contract

salary: $60 - 65 per hour

work hours: 8am to 5pm

education: No Degree Required



responsibilities:

Description of Major Duties & Deliverables

The System Analyst will work on Business Systems Engineering software development initiatives to achieve the goals and objectives of the projects stated below.

• Technical knowledge and experience in programming the J2EE/JAVA, JBOSS application server, Jasper Report(s), Enterprise content management (ECM) tools, MS SQL, MySQL and ORACLE database environments.



• 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.



• The person in this function will be responsible for translating the business requirements into functional requirements and IT processes required to prepare Technical Design Document (TDD), Solution Design Document (SDD), high-level process flow diagrams, designs and traceability matrix of solutions with the requirements.



• The person in this function will be responsible for stakeholder management with project sponsors, business and IT project managers, technical architects, development and validation teams, implementation analysts, subject matter experts, IT Senior leadership and project management office in order to address various issues, resolve the queries, communicate on project status, milestones, delays, challenges, risks and risk mitigation plans.