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BUSINESS SYSTEMS ANALYST.APPLICATION SYSTEMS ENGINEER II -.$128,024.00 - $162,614.40 Yearly.LOCATION: Oakland, CA - Hybrid Work Reporting - Weekly in-office requirements.Are you interested in working for the award-winning Alameda County IT Department? Do you have a minimum of two to five years of recent solid experience in gathering requirements and designing the applications? Are you able to effectively work with users to understand their business requirements and design applications to meet their business needs? Are you flexible to changing environments and willing to provide out-of-box solutions? This is an opportunity for you to have hands-on involvement in planning, designing and delivering the applications on various platforms. This includes preparing the cost benefit analysis and the project plan, documenting the various life cycle procedures, planning of the testing meeting the client needs..DESPCRIPTION  Alameda County ITD is looking for a Business Analyst to join our team. The individual we are looking is a seasoned Senior Business Analyst with strong core skills, including communication, leadership, taking the initiative, and driving for results independently with minimal support from other team members. The Business Systems Analyst will also perform analysis and design activities on complex IT initiatives by eliciting, defining, validating and translating business functional, non-functional and information objectives, then validating them when implemented, as well as preparing status updates on a regular basis to all stakeholders..Take a look at who we are, visit our.JOB DUTIES.Assists in the preparing the feasibility studies, cost/benefit analysis, product evaluation, requirements gathering, functional specification and other analysis activities under the direction of senior technical staff.Identifies, analyzes, and documents business requirements.Interprets Department/Agency business needs and translates them into application and operational requirements.Prepares functional specifications, designs and other documentation to any new systems or updates to existing systems.Interact with the stakeholders regarding scheduling, requirements, design specifications, and other matters as required.Acts as a liaison between a County department/agency and the technology teams.Prepares test plans, develops test data and test procedures for those systems.Collaborate and coordinate the team s activities with users, provide reporting and presentations as needed to stakeholders.Authors a clear and concise documentation throughout the project life cycle.Reviews existing customer procedures and workflows to prepare recommendations for changes to departmental business processes.Take ownership of the assigned work and see it to completion..MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS.Either I.Education: Possession of a Bachelor s degree from an accredited college or university with a major in MIS, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a closely related field..And.Experience: The equivalent of two (2) years of full-time experience in the class of Infrastructure Services Engineer or an equivalent higher-level class in the Alameda County classified service supervising technical staff..Or II.Experience: The equivalent of five (5) years full time experience designing, developing, analyzing, supporting, and implementing complex software systems...PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS.Expertise in gathering the user requirements and converting the functional and business needs into the technical design.Demonstrated experience in coordinating/leading the testing efforts meeting the client needs.Excellent communication skills both orally and in writing to communicate with business stakeholders and technical teams.Able to setup any new process and champion the process.Ability to clearly express Product Backlog items and ensuring Development Team understands items in the Product BacklogPassionate about learning.Willing and eager to adapt to new tools and process.Demonstrate creativity and expedition in resolving complex problems/issues.Being accountable for their deliverables..SYSTEMS KNOWLEDGE.Good experience with project management and/or automated test methodologies.Experience working with various tools such as Microsoft Office, Project, Test automation tool(s), any PM Tools.Working knowledge in any technologies like Microsoft .NET, RDBMS, Business Intelligence Tools such as Power BI.Experience in Cloud-based solutions such as Salesforce, DocuSign...KEY WORDS.Product Owner, Business Analyst, Test Analyst, Systems Analyst, Cloud, Microsoft .NET, Data Analyst..BENEFITS.County Pension Plan, eleven (11) paid holidays a year + initial accrual rate of ten (10) vacation days/yr (increases over time) + seven (7) additional management paid vacation days/year + four (4) floating holidays/year + accrual of thirteen (13) sick days/year. Medical/ Dental/ Vision/ FSA/ Transportation cafeteria benefit selection options, and much more!.WORK ELIGIBILTY.Qualified candidates who are extended a conditional offer of employment will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification documents upon hire. Alameda County does not anticipate providing sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g. H-1B) and an offer of employment shall not be construed as including said sponsorship presently or in the future. No vendor resumes at this time..EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.Alameda County has a diverse workforce, that is representative of the communities we serve, and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment are based on merit, competence, performance, and business need. Alameda County does not discriminate in employment on the basis of inclusion in protected classes or other non-merit factors as defined under federal, state and local law. Alameda County celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive, and welcoming workplace environment..

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Job Requirements:- Minimum of two to five years of recent solid experience in gathering requirements and designing applications- Ability to effectively work with users to understand their business requirements and design applications to meet their business needs- Flexibility to changing environments and willingness to provide out-of-box solutions- Strong core skills, including communication, leadership, taking the initiative, and driving for results independently with minimal support from other team members- Ability to perform analysis and design activities on complex IT initiatives by eliciting, defining, validating and translating business functional, non-functional and information objectives, then validating them when implemented- Ability to prepare status updates on a regular basis to all stakeholders- Experience in coordinating/leading the testing efforts meeting the client needs- Excellent communication skills both orally and in writing to communicate with business stakeholders and technical teams- Ability to setup any new process and champion the process- Ability to clearly express Product Backlog items and ensuring Development Team understands items in the Product Backlog- Passionate about learning- Willing and eager to adapt to new tools and process- Demonstrate creativity and expedition in resolving complex problems/issues- Being accountable for their deliverables- Good experience with project management and/or automated test methodologies- Experience working with various tools such as Microsoft Office, Project, Test automation tool(s), any PM Tools- Working knowledge in any technologies like Microsoft .NET, RDBMS, Business Intelligence Tools such as Power BI- Experience in Cloud-based solutions such as Salesforce, DocuSign- Possession of a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a major in MIS, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a closely related field, or the equivalent of five (5) years full-time experience designing, developing, analyzing, supporting, and implementing complex software systems.