Lead System Analyst

Company: KellyMitchell Group, Inc
Location: Saint Louis
Posted on: May 5, 2021

Job Description:

KellyMitchell matches the best IT and business talent with premier organizations nationwide. Our clients, ranging from Fortune 500 corporations to rapidly growing high-tech companies, are exceptionally served by our 1500+ IT and business consultants. Our industry is growing rapidly, and now is a great time to launch your career with the KellyMitchell team.Lead System AnalystJob Summary: The Lead Systems Analyst performs analysis of business requirements, designs and develops software components, ensures quality process, coordinates with customer on delivery and deployments.--Works in team environment and provides technical guidance throughout the entire life cycle. Responsible to meet customer expectations, troubleshoot problems in the application and assist customers in implementation decisions.Duties:* Act as technical lead of automated underwriting software solution development, through the life cycle including significant contribution toward developing project plans, coordinating team staff assignments, and monitoring projects against budget and project plans.* Analyze business requirements, develop functional specifications and perform gap analysis of existing information systems. * Develop high-level technical specifications and detailed program specifications for review with project team, including other development staff.* Define the development process based on the project requirements, which varies depending on external client development methodologies, direct the activities of onsite, offshore, and external client technical resources on the project and provide the status and feedback to the project stakeholders.* Engage regularly with external clients to ensure customers' expectations are met, gain understanding when desired outcomes are not feasible and provide alternative solutions to meet objective(s).* Design and develop software for new functionality, improvements and system longevity. Ensure the ongoing support activities to meet the customers' service level agreement.* Conduct feasibility studies and perform cost/benefit analysis for RTP projects. * Ensure software quality processes are adhered to, prepare the required documentation of technical architecture and design are completed and communicated in a timely manner.* Provide training and mentor the team members and users as required.* Maintain regular and predictable attendance.* Perform other duties as assigned.Desired Skills/Experience:* 8+ years of experience in programming/systems analysis.* Advanced ability to translate business needs and problems into systems' design and technical solutions and perform solution gap analysis* Expert knowledge of object oriented programming using FICO Blaze Advisor, JAVA, JavaScript, Groovy, Grails, and Spring--technologies* Design and develop software components and enhance system performance* Prepare and present application and programming design solutions FICO Blaze Advisor* Conduct feasibility study of customer requirements and provide cost benefit analysis with right architectural solutions* Experience in Agile/Scrum SDLC methodology and contribute with the development team to achieve the project milestones and goals* Engage and coordinate internal teams with teams outside of immediate group such as helpdesk, vendors to meet and exceed customer expectations.* Troubleshoot and resolve technical, performance and other application issues within the stipulated time boundaries* Ability to work with external customers around the world, adapting to different software development methodologies and cultural approaches to projects depending upon client need, maintain effective relationship and trust* Advanced interpersonal skills, oral and written communication skills* Complex analytical and problem-solving skills.* Mentor and provide technical leadership to developers* Ability to work well within and lead a team environment.* Ability to multi-task

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