System Analyst

Position: System Analyst

Location: Smithfield, RI

Duration: 12 months of contract (with possible extension)

Work Schedule: Hybrid

The Role

Seeking an experienced, skilled, and upbeat Senior Systems Analyst to be part of a squad responsible for launching and growing business/technology capabilities focused on helping address the retirement savings coverage gap. You will support one or more multi-functional squads, engaging with all team members to reinforce and embed an agile approach and principles into the day-to-day work. By demonstrating and promoting agile leadership behaviors, you will evolve and sustain an innovative agile culture.

The Expertise and Skills You Bring

• 6 years of experience in systems analysis focused on building software solutions for technology initiatives.
• Deep knowledge of Agile development methodologies and scrum tools – Jira, Jira Align experience desired.
• Experience in developing and authoring solution requirements and specifications for moderate to complex software systems
• Experience with Structured Query Language (SQL) and API (Application Programming Interface) consumer tools such as Postman.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related technology subject area
• Ability to mentor and coach junior analysts across divergent functions, experiences, and geographies
• Ability to influence behavior without having organizational hierarchy.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving skills and adaptive to organizational changes
• Ability to brainstorm with teams on solutions to address challenges and roadblocks.
• Effective communication and people-interaction skills
• Efficiency in written and verbal communications and dedication to tailoring content to the appropriate audience (business vs. technology, associate vs. management, etc.)
• Ability to rapidly assimilate business processes, goals and objectives and distill them into well-defined User-Stories/requirements.
• Flexibility to adjust your work schedule to accommodate both U.S. and India-based teams and associates.
• Knowledge of technical solutions and back-end systems