[Remote] Systems Analyst

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. SierTeK Ltd. provides program management, information technology, and administrative support services. The Systems Analyst will support a governmental financial system by programming, testing, documenting, and maintaining mainframe software, while assisting with production support, customer requirements, and software life-cycle activities.

Responsibilities

• Perform programming of new and existing software. + Code and debug software. + Write project designs to fulfill requirements provided, documenting problem, background, technical solution, and unit test steps. + Document software changes in system manuals. Identify sections and books needing to be modified
• Perform unit and integration testing: + Use testing methodologies (such as parallel testing) and identify logic paths to cover. + Write test plan, including identification of logic to be tested. + Write test results document for posting to project in SharePoint. The document includes artifacts, such as reports, screen shots and database excerpts, illustrating results
• Provide operations support for Production jobs
• Publish and maintain system manuals: + Edit new changes made by others, correcting format, capitalization, numbering, spelling, etc. + Format large documents in MS Word, using the revision marking feature, table of contents, headers and footers, page numbering and pagination checking. + Use Adobe Acrobat to create PDFs
• Assist other technical staff, project management office and users with Production and data problem research and resolution
• Participate on a fast-paced team, building and maintaining mainframe software systems
• Participate in meetings with customers to determine requirements for new features
• Have active role in development projects throughout all phases of the software life cycle
• Write and test well designed software using best practices
• Create and maintain software documentation
• Assess new initiatives to determine work effort and estimate time-to-completion Use organization, communication, and troubleshooting skills to handle multiple assignments and meet deadlines
• Contribute to the effectiveness of the team's service to its customers by offering suggestions, recommendations, and participating as an active member of the team

Skills

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field
• Experience with the following software:
• PC software: Acrobat Pro, Visio, Word for Windows, SharePoint
• Languages: FOCUS, JCL, COBOL, REXX, Appian
• Operating systems: z/OS (aka MVS) and Windows
• Mainframe utilities: ISPF, TSO
• Mainframe
• CMCS Business
• Office Skills and Documentation
• Configuration Mangement
• CompTIA Security+ Certification

Benefits

• Remote work arrangement

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