Company Overview
At 4A Consulting, we turn complexity into opportunity. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Baltimore, MD, we are a women-owned, boutique consulting firm specializing in delivering innovative, data-driven solutions to both the Federal Government and Fortune 500 clients. Our team blends deep industry knowledge with advanced technologies to design tailored strategies that drive measurable and sustainable outcomes. We pride ourselves on an agile, collaborative approach that helps organizations navigate challenges and seize emerging opportunities in a rapidly evolving digital landscape. At 4A, we don’t just deliver projects, we build trusted partnerships that empower our clients to lead with confidence in the digital age.
Position Overview
We are seeking a Mid-Level Systems Analyst to support the analysis, design, integration, implementation, and enhancement of enterprise applications and business systems. This role serves as a bridge between business requirements and technical delivery, translating complex business needs into practical, secure, and maintainable system solutions. The ideal candidate combines strong systems analysis, application knowledge, data analysis, solution design, integration, and testing skills and is comfortable working with both technical teams and business stakeholders throughout the software development lifecycle.
Local NY/NJ candidates only. Hybrid position.
Key Responsibilities
- Analyze business and system requirements and translate them into functional requirements, system specifications, and technical solutions.
- Develop solution designs that address business, technical, security, integration, and operational requirements.
- Evaluate alternative approaches and recommend solutions based on functionality, scalability, security, performance, and maintainability.
- Develop system architecture documentation, process flows, data flows, interface specifications, and technical diagrams.
- Analyze data structures, data access, database requirements, and application-to-database interactions.
- Support the design and integration of enterprise applications, databases, APIs, interfaces, and legacy systems.
- Work with developers, architects, QA, infrastructure teams, business stakeholders, and leadership to plan implementations, enhancements, and system changes.
- Develop and maintain functional and technical documentation, system configurations, operational procedures, and user documentation.
- Support application development, configuration, implementation, testing, and deployment activities.
- Develop and validate reports, audit trails, logging, security controls, and system workflows.
- Perform application, integration, regression, and system testing; document test strategies, results, defects, and resolutions.
- Troubleshoot application, database, integration, and production issues and coordinate resolution with technical teams.
- Support software conversions, application upgrades, modernization, and system integration initiatives.
- Contribute to quality assurance standards, development practices, and continuous process improvement.
Required Qualifications
- 4+ years of professional experience in systems analysis, application analysis, software development, or a related technical discipline.
- Strong experience gathering, analyzing, documenting, and translating business and technical requirements.
- Experience developing functional specifications, system designs, process flows, data flows, and technical documentation.
- Strong understanding of application architecture, databases, data structures, data access, and system integration.
- Experience with SQL and relational database concepts.
- Experience supporting application development, testing, implementation, and production support.
- Experience with enterprise application integration and software interfaces.
- Experience with software conversions, upgrades, or application modernization.
- Experience working across complex enterprise or legacy technology environments.
- Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, documentation, and troubleshooting skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with enterprise application development and systems integration.
- Experience with database analysis, SQL troubleshooting, and data validation.
- Experience with APIs, Web Services, REST, or other integration technologies.
- Experience with application modernization and legacy system transformation.
- Experience with QA, test planning, integration testing, and automated testing.
- Experience with Agile/Scrum development environments.
- Experience with Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar requirements and delivery tools.
- Experience with mainframe or mid-range system integration.
- Experience analyzing complex business applications such as financial, payroll, HR, document management, or workflow systems.
- Relevant certifications such as IIBA ECBA/CCBA/CBAP, PMI-PBA, or Scrum/Agile certifications are a plus.
Why Join 4A
- Be part of a mission-driven, women-owned consulting firm with a reputation for excellence.
- Work on high-impact projects across federal and commercial clients.
- Collaborate in an inclusive, growth-oriented culture where innovation is valued.
- Access career development programs, mentorship, and learning opportunities.
- Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, flexible work options, and a focus on work-life balance.
Equal Opportunity Statement
4A Consulting is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to an inclusive hiring process. Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation due to a disability may contact . This email is intended solely for accommodation requests.
Please note that 4A Consulting participates in the federal E-Verify program. Upon hire, we will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the US. 4A Consulting will only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9.
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