Mainframe Systems Analyst

Job Title Job Purpose: This position is responsible for supporting enhancements and new capabilities to an existing, critical, mainframe based business application within Claims applications space. As a systems analyst, it is required you bring strong experience of performing Systems Analysis for various projects and build a backlog of systems requirements that can be assigned to various developers. You are also responsible for ensuring reviews of the requirements, designs, code and help plan SIT and UAT testing as well as releases. You will be working closely with the business team comprising of business analysts, business owners, QA team as well as IT team members like Applications Architects, Developers, product and project managers and other team members. Required Job Qualifications Bachelor Degree and 4 years Information Technology OR Technical Certification and/or College Courses and 6-year Information Technology experience OR 8 years Information Technology experience. Knowledge of mainframe application development & configuration Knowledge of mainframe technologies: COBOL, CICS, JCL, DB2, VSAM, Batch jobs and Procedures Experience with Source Code management tools like Endevor Knowledge of code deployments and SIT / UAT across Test, Cycle and Production environments Inter-testing with various applications Exposure to integration with various applications Requirements analysis, Systems Analysis and Developing Logical & Physical designs SDLC Methodology – Optimized Waterfall. Exposure to Agile / Scrum / Iterative Development Problem solving and analytical thinking Strong oral/written communication skills Preferred Job Qualifications Deep Application Development experience on mainframe side Ability to execute projects against tight timeframe Knowledge of Claims processing, Claims Applications and Components Ability to work in fast paced environment with concurrent projects Mentor and guide developers and ensure delivery with high quality for all the projects you are assigned to Required Skills: Mainframe Additional Skills: Mainframe Developer / Architect This is a high PRIORITY requisition. Samprasoft