Business Analyst at Nashville

Job Description

Supports changes and enhancements from development through production; recommending and implementing system enhancements (e.g., screen appearance, report distribution and setup testing). Develops new program specifications to support specific customer needs and system upgrades, including new releases and resolves problems with current systems. Analyzes service requests to determine feasibility, extent of changes, resource requirements and project time estimates. Provides daily production support, including maintenance of routine production control parameters, completion of routine service requests and research problems.

* Supply Chain and Manufacturing; Ordering, Production Planning and Scheduling; and Vehicle Operations Systems

* Automotive experience a plus

* Use Case Modeling, UML

* Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

* COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM, TSO, CICS, Endeavor

* Client-Server / Web (Visual Studio.net, Java, HTML)

* Middleware (Informatica, Websphere MQ, Hostbridge, Websphere Process Server, Federation Server) a plus

* Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

* JDA Factory Planner and Master Data Management

* Oracle, SQL and Relational Databases

* Requirements gathering working with business end users

* High level design

* Capable of reviewing detail designs

* Developing and reviewing test plans (unit, system, integration, user acceptance)

* Implementation plans

* Incident and Problem Management

* Change Management

* Production Support and Run-the-Business

(Updates)

• Candidates should have strong mainframe skills, with ideally some client/server skills but not mandatory

• This position requires high level design skills
• Must be very detail oriented for all phases of work - designing, testing, and end user supplied services
• Technical background and mainframe experience are still required for success in this role - mainframe, good programming techniques, knowledge of COBOL, and the ability to review code as needed are essential.
• Candidates must have experience working through all phases of planning, deployment and implementation of new products/services and issue resolution
• The position is project focused, but having skills in production support responsibilities is preferred.
• While this position does not require writing code or making code changes, having the ability to coordinate resolution to coding issues, and review brake/fix changes; the right level of technological skills to make this kind of determination will be key in this role
• The Hiring Managers are pushing for making these FT hires as of 2014; no current guarantee, but push is happening due to the unique skill sets required in this req.
• Other keywords mentioned by the Hiring Manager: Technical software development life cycle experience, business process diagrams, using a more technological approach, achieving results for customers through technological knowledge and resolution.
• Manager mentioned that this level of technical skills cannot be taught. Knowledge must already be in place for the following:

- translate end user requirements for end user spec sheets

- writing specs and then breaking them down into a more detailed level

- being comfortable partnering with Data Architects and Designers to find sustainability to issues in the long term

- being able to "speak" in architect language, having very technical discussions to determine resolutions to system issues

• Good communication is essential

Requirements:

Associates Degree (Required)

6-10 years experience Required

Experience with the Microsoft Suite

Job Requirements

 
Country: USA, State: Tennessee, City: Nashville, Company: Vaco Technology.