Senior Systems Analyst

The Texas Department of Aging & Disability Services seeks a highly skilled Senior Systems Analyst VI to lead the planning and analysis of system requirements, procedures, and problems to automate processes or improve existing systems. This role involves overseeing the implementation of designs using software programming languages and supervising the work of others.

• Oversee and/or plan, design, develop, implement, support, and maintain information technology security measures to safeguard departmental information.
• Provision/de-provision and manage access and setup tasks for new and existing users for applicable system tools and applications.
• Plan and evaluate internal functions, business development strategies, and technical processes and recommend improvements.
• Ensure the efficiency, security, and support of the organization's technology and business goals.
• Oversee and/or conduct studies and prepare reports that include study findings, recommendations, and instructions for proposed system implementations.
• Lead and perform analysis and architect work to translate business needs into data and system requirements to manage data and its flow through the enterprise.
• Provide analysis and consultation to agency leadership on key technology issues affecting the agency and research emerging trends, ideas, and evaluate new technologies for implementation.
• Oversee projects that cross functional agency systems and other state entities that require coordinating, planning, and scheduling during project development and implementation stages.
• Communicate and collaborate with Agency reporting teams to coordinate development efforts in support of Agency reporting and business initiatives.
• Oversee and/or train staff prior to the implementation of technical and/or computer systems and offer advice and guidance during the implementation process.
• Oversee, develop, and conduct presentations and communicate technical information to agency leadership.
• Oversee and provide support to ensure system changes have been applied correctly.
• Coordinate and/or participate in the development and execution of enterprise-level strategies and technical direction, including establishing processes and procedures for executing and maintaining technology road maps.
• Create business technology models and diagrams to reflect the organization's strategies and goals and create and implement business visions and goals.
• Oversee and build an overall comprehensive view of the organization's technical strategy, processes, information, and information technology assets.
• Lead and perform analysis and research of application functionality and interpret reporting requirements to develop technical specifications.
• Coordinate with users to identify system requirements, develop functional design specifications to meet requirements, and solve complex operational problems.
• Develop and consult processes for any dependencies and additional information that the change request may require.
• Lead and review explain-plans for new or modified queries for performance and recommend alternative ways to resolve any performance issues.
• Coordinate and/or test and diagnose systems to ensure critical requirements are met.
• Oversee the support of Application Development needs for new structures and modifications to existing structures.
• Review all application change requests to determine any downstream effect on area of system expertise.
• Identify, investigate, and resolve production problems in a timely manner, based on their priority.
• Develop and implement strategic planning actions and policy decisions related to the agency's systems and make recommendations concerning the direction of the agency's computer and management information systems.
• Review and analyze legislative bills related to the application/system and when applicable, provide a cost estimate and potential impact analysis.
• Establish and enforce code migration processes.
• Determine and implement build versus buy strategies and views in alignment with overall business strategy.
• Recommend cost reductions in technology and business strategies and make presentations to leadership.
• Plan and schedule studies and system implementations.
• Review change requests to ensure they meet standards, are consistent with the structural parameters within the existing environment and are tracked electronically.
• Provide on-call support on a rotating schedule.
• Assist in the development of agency computer operations and management information system plans and budgets.
• Lead planning, policy development, budget discussions, and problem resolution efforts to support and maintain the IT information technology environments and develop processes to improve business efficiency.
• May write and update computer and mainframe application programs.
• Design, code, and modify application programs to populate Agency data in support of Agency reporting.
• Provide technical leadership in code reviews, unit testing, integration testing, releases, continuous integration, and continuous deployment practices.
• Practice current development methods/techniques and establish development standards.
• Verify updates, modifications, and changes were successful and complete.
• May occasionally manage multiple projects.
• Provide project scope, work, and cost estimations and participate in project planning.
• Ensure project schedules are met, re-negotiated, and approved by customer and Team Manager prior to target dates.
• Communicate progress and issues affecting work assignments to the Team Manager and Project Manager timely.
• May supervise the work of others.
• Provide technical leadership on projects and agency initiatives or act as technical team lead.
• Manage work activities for short- and long-range performance assignments, communicating with management and other team members in a timely and effective manner.
• Mentor junior-level staff in the development, testing, and deployment of new systems or functionality and provide performance feedback, as requested.
• Perform related work as assigned.Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  • Knowledge of system and enterprise application integration, implementation, and administration processes.
  • Knowledge of technical and enterprise architectural domains; with familiarity of other architecture domains.
  • Knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Project Management Life Cycle (PMLC) methodologies; system design methodologies and techniques (entity/relationship models, data/process flow diagrams); object-oriented programming and of programming client/server applications.
  • Java 1.6 or 1.8.
  • Spring technology stack including Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Rest API, Spring Security, Spring Data JPA, SOAP or RESTful Web Services or Hibernate ORM.
  • Security oAuth and JWT.
  • Web application using JSP, JQuery, Javascript, HTML, CSS, Angular, Bootstrap, NPM, NodeJS.
  • Software development tools: SVN, TeamForge, Maven, Jaspersoft Studio, Visual Studio Code, IntelliJ, IBM RAD, SonarQube, Postman.
  • Junit, Mockito framework.
  • IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS), Web Logic, JBOSS, IBM WebSphere Portal Server.
  • Knowledge of DevOps tools and processes.
  • Knowledge of public/private/hybrid cloud technologies.
  • Knowledge of technical approaches used to deliver projects, products, and services to large client organizations, and current and future IT trends and best practices.
  • Knowledge of the limitations and capabilities of computer systems, of the techniques used in the design of non-automated systems, of information technology equipment, of applicable programming/coding languages, of computer hardware and software, of computer operating systems, of writing and modifying program code, and of automated mapping.
  • Knowledge of Agile methodology with experience with Epics, User Stories.
  • Skill in planning, recommending, and managing technical enterprise system frameworks and technology strategic planning.
  • Skill in coordinating and solving problems; in developing or revising program code; in scheduling, installing, and implementing programs; and in troubleshooting computer systems.
  • Skill in technical analysis, critical analysis, decision making, determining root cause, problem solving, and ability to think and act strategically and proactively.
  • Skill with office productivity software including Microsoft Office Suite to include MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project, SharePoint, Visio, and/or SQL.
  • Strong skill in written and verbal communication.
  • Ability to lead major technology initiatives and project implementations.
  • Ability to analyze legislation to determine and document agency impact analysis, fiscal notes, and cost estimates.
  • Ability to develop recommendations and presentations suited for various levels of leadership and decision makers.
  • Ability to analyze systems and procedures, to write and revise standards and procedures, to communicate effectively, and to supervise the work of others.