Job DescriptionJob Description: Role: Functional Analyst
Hybrid role: 1-2 days a week on-site
Duration: 12 Months
Top 3 Required Skills:
Business Analysis
Education Domain Knowledge
Ellucian or any SIS Functional knowledge
Summary:
- Provide expertise in the discipline of system analysis, design, testing and deployment.
- Works with other IT Professionals and Business Subject Matter Experts in implementing new systems that meet business requirements and are aligned with IT orientations.
- Act as a liaison between Business Subject Matter Experts, technical teams and/or third-party vendors as required.
- Transform business requirements and conceptual system designs into detailed functional specifications in accordance with design standards and methodology.
- Evaluates feasibility and provides estimates for tasks and artifacts under own responsibility.
- Coordinates team effort in developing, testing and implementing the solution.
- Operational support during business hours for incidents arising from live systems; investigation and resolution of issues and problems.
Deliverables:
Develop the following artifacts (not limited to) for hand-off to the development team and/or third-party vendors:
• Functional specifications
• Integration specifications, interface designs
• Functional and integration testing scenarios and test cases
• Data conversion specifications
Skills And/Or Abilities:
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Knowledge of JIRA and Confluence, as well as Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)
• Knowledge and practical experience with IT Service Management (ITSM) principles
• Knowledge of SQL, PL/SQL is a plus
• Knowledge of Ellucian Banner ERP and its APIs is a plus
• Knowledge of Zephyr Scale (in JIRA) as a Test management suite, and ServiceNow as an ITSM platform are a plus
• Self-motivated, autonomous and ability to work well with multiple teams in cross functional set-up.
• Demonstrated ability to work on multiple initiatives and to manage deadlines.
• Result and client oriented.
• Demonstrated effective communication, writing, planning and coordination skills.
• Clear communication (written and verbal)
Requirements60-70