IT Systems Analyst

Role: Systems Analyst

Type: Contract

Length: 12 months

Location: Mayo

Important: This role is only open to Stamp 4, EU or Irish citizens

The Systems Analyst will work in the Technology, Platforms and Solutions directorate and will play a key role in understanding business requirements and translating them into technical specifications, playing a crucial role in bridging the gap between business needs and technological solutions.

Your Professional Fundamentals:

·       Analytical Thinking - Ability to analyse complex problems and develop effective solutions. Evaluate information and assumptions critically to make well-informed technical decisions.

·       Technical Acumen - Strong understanding of the different technology layers, from infrastructure to database layer to software applications layer. Proficiency in relevant programming languages and tools.

·       Business Acumen- Develop deep understanding of business processes and how they align with technology systems.

·       Strong communication skills - Ability to clearly articulate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and vice versa. Strong skills in writing technical documentation reports in a clear transparent manner.

·       Relationship Management – Maintains and improves relationships with all internal and external stakeholders.

Your Responsibilities:

·       Be involved in all aspects of the design of IT solutions.

·       Gain a good understanding of the business operations and systems.

·       Meet with project stakeholders to gather, analyse and translate business and technical requirements into documentation that can be understood by all relevant stakeholders.

·       Create artefacts to support project delivery, including user stories, documentation, diagrams, models and other relevant analysis outputs.

·       Review third-party artefacts and provide appropriate feedback to the

·       Solution Architect or other relevant parties.

·       Provide support to the Development and QA teams.

·       Provide support to the Solution Architect in developing and documenting the Technical Architecture.

·       Work with the Solution Architect to determine technical solutions and ensure that they meet business requirements.

·       Provide input to project and resource planning, budgeting, and implementation.

Your Experience:

• Experience gathering user requirements and translating them into user stories, including the quality criteria used to ensure that user stories are clear, testable and aligned to business needs.

• Experience developing project artefacts, including Data Dictionaries, API Guides, Release Notes etc.

• Experience documenting best practices and procedure in relation to the Systems Analyst role.

• Experience providing support to Solution Architect / Technical

Architect in defining and documenting the Technical Architecture for solutions being delivered.

• Experience reviewing third-party artefacts, providing appropriate feedback to the Solution Architect / Technical Architect or other parties.

• Experience providing support to Development and QA teams during the development and testing of solutions.

• Knowledge of databases including Relational Data Design, using technologies such as MySQL, MariaDB, MS SQL.

• Knowledge of widely used text formats, such as JSON and XML.

• Strong communication skills, in both technical and non-technical environments.

• Ability to quickly research and learn new technologies, tools, and techniques

If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity, please drop me a message, forward your CV using the apply button or reach out to me directly via Colin.foley@cpl.ie

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