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  • ID
    #44803680
  • Job type
    Contract
  • Salary
    Depends on Experience
  • Source
    Link Technologies
  • Date
    2022-07-25
  • Deadline
    2022-09-23
 
Contract

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Link Technologies (LinkTechConsulting.com), a Las Vegas, NV based IT consulting firm, is currently seeking an

Applications Systems Analyst. This will be a contract opportunity onsite in Carson City or Las Vegas.

Project OverviewThe Client will be working on 3 projects: creating reports for program staff, completing the Operational Assessment for vendor software, and conducting feasibility studies for current reporting needs. A System Analyst is needed for workflow analysis, requirements gathering specifications (business, functional and technical specs), project oversight, testing, and training.

Scope of Work

Phase 1: Operational Assessment – Human Services App (3 months) The incumbent is responsible for creating the functional and technical specifications and good understanding of business needs. Needs to be liaison between Client, vendor, and IT team (Application Support and Application Development). Need to coordinate and plan scheduled project timelines and milestones (using appropriate tools) with software vendor, Client and vendor, developing and delivering progress reports, proposals, requirements documents, and presentations. This position will also act in the capacity of a Business Process Analyst to support the business needs in support of this project and assume responsibility of additional projects which may be small, medium, large in scope for Developmental Services (DS). Individuals understand how to gather and document requirements, lead the project team to build project scopes, goals, and deliverables for implementation of the Project with good understanding of business needs and requirements.

Phase 2: Reports project (3 months) The incumbent will create a business process for submitting reports including creating a template for Report Specifications, Testing and Feedback, and help program with figuring out where the data comes from. The Report specifications should be complete and should contain the business reason for why the report is needed, signatures from each department head that will use the report, a sample of what the report should look like (including real data), and the report logic of how to derive each data element. The Testing and Feedback should be done in a regular and timely basis and should contain screenshots of the problematic area including what the correct information should show.

Phase 3: Feasibility study on current reporting needs (6 months)The incumbent will determine whether existing reports are being used and if it’s possible to reduce the number of existing reports by combining similar reports. The incumbent will need to determine reports that are similar, how often a report is used, and if it fulfills a business need.

DeliverablesCompletion of all tasks listed in the Scope of Work.

Experience and Skills Required
  • Individuals in this position have demonstrated experience in the standard concepts, practices, and deliverables related to Business Analysis/System Analysis in support of software development projects.• They will develop and work full-scale project plans and associated communications documents with Program and the IT team (Application Support and Application Development).
  • This position will coordinate and plan scheduled project timelines and milestones (using appropriate tools) with software vendor, Client and vendor, developing and delivering progress reports, proposals, requirements documents, and presentations. This position will also act in the capacity of a Business Process Analyst to support the business needs in support of this project and assume responsibility of additional projects which may be small, medium, large in scope for Developmental Services (DS).• Individuals understand how to gather and document requirements (Functional and Technical), lead the project team to build project scopes, goals, and deliverables for implementation of the Project with good understanding of business needs and requirements.
  • Ability to understand and explain program on the application limitations and work on a workaround for the business needs.
  • Ability to understand and explain vendor on the State and federal requirement and the business need, understand the application limitation and work on an aggregable workaround for the business needs.
  • Individuals have a working knowledge of the software development lifecycle.• Works under limited supervision with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.• Individuals have some familiarity with the use of standard market testing tools.• Manage scope, schedule, and budget objectives• Assessment and mitigation planning for all project risks; well-defined strategies for working through issues• Lead all meetings and develop appropriate meeting documents• Develop any necessary business process documents to execute the project deliverables• Lead the team in successful completing any software testing

EXPERIENCE & SKILLS DESIRED
  • Working knowledge of IT best practices regarding relational databases preferred.
  • Working experience at the State and Federal Government level is preferred.
  • Working experience with systems following Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) guidelines preferred.
  • Understands the need for and consistently practices effective teamwork with others
  • Capable of prioritizing and managing assignments, tasks, and projects to completion with minimal supervision
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to draft reports, business correspondence and procedures/user manuals
Link Technologies is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other factors protected by law.

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