Senior Systems Functional Analyst- Boston, MA

Senior Systems Functional Analyst

Client is seeking an experienced Sr. Systems/Functional Analyst to support and deliver strategic initiatives supporting the Global IT Quality team. In this role, you will be joining an existing Agile team tasked with maturing & advancing a recently implemented AWS native solution managing the supply chain release process.

Responsibilities include:

• Partner closely with the Product Owner to define features and acceptance criteria, work with the development team to iteratively groom user stories and build test cases.
• Analyze and evaluate existing systems for performance.
• Perform gap analysis and suggest solutions.
• Create plans for change based on analyzed requirements.
• Facilitate configuration management.
• Document changes being made and relevant teaching manuals.
• Collaborate with other team members to efficiently implement changes.
• Simulate and test suggestions made for performance
• Responsible for the creation/maintenance of reports and dashboards.
• Creating/maintaining system interface diagrams, functional designs, and technical specifications and validation deliverables.
• Must be able to garner respect from the team and be willing to provide hands-on support to deliver results.
• Help teams assess and address their 'Agile Maturity' and higher levels of maturity.
• Helps with solution design of business requirements and works with software engineers, test engineers and architects to prioritize business requirements.
• Supports formal validation with scrum-team and business testers.
• Provides support on issues during Sprint and validation cycles.
• Provides support to scrum-master on Sprint Planning.
• For established solutions, ensures continued product buildout as well as ensures timely resolution of bugs and issues elevated by the business operations teams.
• Attends all scrum events as required or needed.

What we're looking for:

Basic Qualifications:

• 5+ years as a developer and/or systems analyst with the ability to manage dynamic/tight timelines and wield diplomacy and influence among various personality types.
• Experience being an analyst on an Agile software development team: soliciting business requirements, story grooming, writing acceptance criteria.
• Systems implementation and development experience spanning a broad range of architectures: UI, middleware, event-based systems, messaging frameworks, caching, API's, microservices, databases, enterprise cloud enabled distributed systems (Azure/AWS), containerization.
• Deep knowledge of several programing languages: PostgreSQL, SQL MDS, NodeJS, AngularJS
• Exposure to Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) frameworks such as AWS Lambda, GIT, Jenkins, uDeploy, etc.
• Experience working in an agile software development environment.
• Exposure to test automation frameworks that support all types of testing (unit, component, integration, system etc.).
• Document design options and decisions and present these in an organized manner to technical as well as non-technical audiences.
• Strong contributor with a collaborative work style in building, crafting, and reviewing code.
• Promote a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, Agile/DevOps, and partnership with the business.

Preferred Qualifications

• A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or Management Systems, or equivalent technical experiences.
• Demonstrating skill in systems analysis, SDLC, and change management, and requirements gathering.
• Can clearly document design options / decisions, and present these in an organized manner to technical as well as non-technical audiences.
• Working in a Medical Device or Regulated Industry.