Senior Information Systems Analyst

• Provides expertise and leadership in eliciting and documenting user requirements for large highly complex new systems or system enhancements; ensures functional and technical requirements are fully documented.
• Coordinates change management documentation and ensures that approvals are managed according to departmental procedures.
• Ensures requirements are met throughout the systems development life cycle.
• Conducts interviews performs workflow analysis documents scope and objectives and leads design sessions.
• Coordinates the research of commercial software to identify products that might meet departmental requirements; analyzes and documents products ability to meet user functional and technical requirements.
• Evaluates impact performs cost/benefit analysis analyzes constraints and assesses risk to support go/no go and build/buy decisionmaking for complex systems; coordinates preparation of detailed specifications addressing scope and boundaries of the system data requirements algorithms user functions forms and reports workflow interfaces security audit trails and business continuity requirements.
• Coordinates development and maintenance of implementation and conversion plans including training and test plans.
• Develops maintains and coordinates project plans including project reporting.
• Develops test scenarios for complex systems; prepares user acceptance test documentation; collaborates with system users to conduct user acceptance testing.
• Coordinates the identification and resolution of complex problems.
• Coordinates unit testing integration testing production simulation and load testing and network testing.
• Reviews and approves technical systems documentation and user manuals.
• Coordinates the monitoring of contractor compliance.
• Develops and reviews requests for information (RFIs) requests for proposals (RFPs) requests for quotes (RFQs) statements of works (SOWs) etc. and participates in evaluation of proposals.
• Monitors systems compliance with established IT policies procedures guidelines plans and standards.
• Leads a team of analysts or mentor other analysts as needed.
• Coordinates the installation of software in support of business applications as needed.
• Coordinates the preparation of hardware and software specifications for procurement as needed.
• Manages individual IT project efforts (includes subprojects) defining scope and ensures that projects are delivered in accordance with the agreed scope delivery schedule and funding commitments. Performs Earned Value Management to check if the project is moving as planned.
• Develops and maintains all projects artifacts including agenda project charter Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) project plans projects deliverables and project deliverable related documentation (Deliverable Expectations Document and Deliverable Approval Form) project tracker (action items issues risks and decision logs) and resource assignment log.
• Develops project status reports and manages other communication with internal project team members subject matter experts key stakeholders and vendor project team. Provides regular updates to the IT Project Management Office and executive management team. Provides status to committees when appropriate.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
OPTION I: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelors degree* in Computer Science Information Systems or a closely related fieldAND two 2 years of recent fulltime paid experience** in information systems analysis and design in a centralized information technology organization***.

OPTION II: One 1 year of recent fulltime paid experience** at the level ofInformation Systems Analyst II****.

OPTION III:Three 3 years of recent fulltime paid experience** in information systems analysis and design in a centralized information technology organization***.

**Recent fulltime paid experience isconsidered experience within the last five 5 years.

PHYSICAL CLASS:

Physical Class II Light: This class includes administrative and clerical positions requiring light physical effort that may include occasional light lifting to a 10pound limit and some bending stooping or squatting. Considerable ambulation may be involved.

• Foreign studies must be evaluated for equivalency to United States accredited institutions standards by an academic credential evaluation agency recognized by The National Association of Credential Evaluation Services or the Association of International Credential Evaluators Inc. (AICE). (see Employment Information under Accreditation Information)
• Official Transcriptis defined as a transcript that bears the college seal and states official and/or copy issued by the schools registrar office. A printout of the transcript from the schools website is NOT considered official and will not be accepted and may result in your application being incomplete and rejected.

• For more information on our standards for educational documents please visit: do not accept passwordprotected documents. Ensure transcript documents are unlocked before attaching to your application or sending to the exam analyst.
  
  

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Revised January 2025