System Analyst

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Type of Employment: Contract
Title: System Analyst
Term: 6 months contract with extension
Location: Toronto – Hybrid once a week on-site
Job ID number: C1264

Brief Description of Duties:

Provide senior technical expertise, project leadership and coordination of activities in the development, implementation and maintenance of a diverse range of cost effective I&IT solutions.

Provide technical advice to clients and leverage OPS I&IT solutions and applications to meet program/service goals and objectives ensuring efficiency

General Skills:

• Provides specialized technical expertise in the overall analysis of the design and architecture of systems solutions.
• Ability to evaluate recommendations and ensures all recommended solutions for improvement are congruent with the project goals and objectives
• Identifies short and long-term project goals/objectives, and as a senior technical expert, defines and identifies program and service delivery requirements in support of the development and/or acquisition of client applications
• Leads the analysis, development and documentation of design and architecture of systems solutions.
• Leads the development of testing, integration and implementation of systems solutions into the clients’ applications
• Guides the feasibility studies and cost effective analyses of proposed client I&IT initiatives, ensures all studies and analyses are documented
• Leads the technical aspects of projects related to the development and/or acquisition of a diverse range of client applications through all stages of the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC). This includes planning, scheduling and estimating resources, providing technical expertise, co-ordination, monitoring progress and providing management with project status updates
• Demonstrated experience gathering requirements, translating business documents into technical specifications
• Experience leading development/support teams supporting multi-dimensional and relational databases and their applications for effective planning, budgeting, strategizing and forecasting procedures
• Demonstrated experience designing and developing complex applications utilizing relational and multi-dimensional databases
• Ability to provide implementation and post implementation support as required
• Oversees the research and evaluation of the technical components in the acquisition of software, hardware, technology, systems and products
• Recommends and directs the measurement and improvement of tools, techniques, standards and performance criteria to control the quality of application development initiatives
• Provides coaching and direction to junior analysts throughout the project, related to the development and/or acquisition of a diverse range of client applications through all stages of the Systems Development Life Cycle

Desirable Skills:

• Knowledge and experience in rapid application development (RAD) methodologies
• Knowledge and experience with middleware and gateways
• Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices
• Experience with development/maintenance of documentation as per Methodology
• Good working knowledge of Dimensions and Facts
• Knowledge of multidimensional structures (cubes)
• Ability to gather, review and provide feedback to business requirements

Skills: 

• Experience and Skill Set Requirements

Business analysis and requirements gathering

• A solid understanding of the work required to effectively capture and document user requirements
• A strong working knowledge of how to capture and document user experiences and functional requirements
• Technical knowledge sufficient to translate user requirements and experiences into technical system requirements
• Written and verbal ability to convey requirements to both technical and non-technical team members and management

Server Operating Systems Experience

• Operating systems (AIX; Red Hat Linux, Windows Server Operating Systems both current and legacy versions)
• Knowledge of security best practices for each listed OS
• Experience migrating from legacy versions of each listed OS
• Knowledge of best practices for server-side configuration and server hardening

Business Applications

• Axway support and improvements (Managed File Transfer – MFT)
• BizTalk
• TRA and Penn Test
• Daily Operations for Multiple Ministries/Partners
• Mid-Range Environment project support/config, testing etc
• Investigation for possible CTE (Common Technology Enabler) opportunity for enterprise/common use

APIs/Coding

• Coding in .Net; VB; Java, XML
• Solid understanding of networking (protocols such as FTP; SFTP)
• PKI; encryption/decryption
• Solid understanding of EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) and related technologies
• Solid understanding of legacy and common databases and their structures

Project Work and Systems Documentation and Soft Skills

• Documentation of work done on operating systems
• Documentation of work done within applications
• Coding documentation
• Summaries of work done related to project
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Interpersonal and negotiating skills
• A team player with a solid track record for meeting strict deadlines