Systems Analyst

Job description:

Description of Services & Deliverables FDLE requires the services of one Systems Analyst for BSE system software development and support. The System Analyst will work under the direction of the BSE supervisor responsible for supporting the Investigations and Forensic Science (IFS) organization within FDLE. As needed, the Systems Analyst may work on special assignments or other BSE application software needs. IFS serves as the investigative arm of FDLE, conducting independent and multijurisdictional investigations in partnership with local, state, and federal authorities in accordance with the Department’s Investigative Strategy. IFS is made up of more than 925 sworn law enforcement and non-sworn members. IFS targets crime and criminal organizations whose illegal activities cross jurisdictional boundaries, include multiple victims, represent a major social or economic impact to Florida, and/or address a significant public safety concern. Primary investigative focus is in the area of Violent Crime, Major Drug Crime, Economic Crime, Public Integrity, and Domestic Security. Additionally, IFS provides investigative, intelligence, and technical assistance to federal, state, and local criminal justice agencies upon request or as directed by Florida’s Governor.

The person in this position: • Is a technical expert in all phases of system development. They must understand business, business insight and have a broad understanding of multiple business areas in order to successfully maintain, enhance, and develop systems and applications in BSE. • Is responsible for technical research of current industry trends, emerging technologies, system integration and configuration for meeting functional and nonfunctional requirements. • Is responsible for clear communication and coordination between stakeholders and IT leadership, project managers, other developers, and other implementation technicians to address various issues, resolve queries, communicate project status, milestones, delays, challenges, risks and risk mitigation plans.

Systems Analyst responsibilities include but may not be limited to the following: • Gather and analyze business requirements and prepare functional requirements, design documentation, technical specification documents to develop FDLE systems • Provide structured, detailed analysis of business processes, requirements and documentation • Functions as a technical consultant or researcher • Perform technical research and evaluation of technologies, tools, databases, methods, etc. • Analyze detailed requirements and documentation • Program and implement efficient solutions for business requirements • Contribute on project planning, organization, implementation • Contribute to activity definition, activity sequencing, activity resource estimating, activity duration estimating, WBS development • Contribute to risk identification, tracking, analysis • Contribute to issue management and tracking • Effective communications management • Effective communication among project stakeholders • Coordinate activities with FDLE staff required to support the project • Aids FDLE staff in the preparation of procurement documents and evaluation of proposals and contract negotiations • Provide weekly status reports to the project manager • Assist in user training in a train-the-trainer environment • Customer expectations met with project • Create, update, and execute test case scenarios following the FDLE methodology of development testing, system testing, and User Acceptance testing • Assist with the production implementation as needed

Mandatory Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or other related field or equivalent work experience • Minimum of 3 years of experience as a Systems Analyst on successful, enterprise level information technology projects • Model and apply software engineering methods and techniques to the design, definition, development, evaluation, integration, and/or support of IT solutions • Work independently or cooperatively with other software developers • Perform analysis and troubleshooting of system defects and issues • Experience with business analysis to gather and document requirements • Experience creating test plans, test cases, and performance testing • Ability to code according to specifications with minimal defects • Use defined procedures to configure, test and debug software • Assists with technology solution architecture design and installation • Experience in programming to adhere to ADA compliance in web applications • Experience in delivering projects in the agreed schedule, to the correct technical specification, and within the approved budget • Excellent oral and written communication skills • Ability to code in the following environments and/or using the tools: • JBOSS EAP 7.0 and higher • Java 8.0 and higher • J2EE (JSP, EJB, JPA) • Java Frameworks like JSF or similar • Javascript • MS SQL Server 2014 and higher • Oracle 12c and higher • Stored procedures, triggers, views, etc. • Web services • XML • Linux • HTML • CSS

Preferred Knowledge Skills and Abilities: • Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration or other related field or equivalent work experience • MS Project • MS Visio • Eclipse (IDE) • PrimeFaces • Jasper Reports • Alfresco