Mainframe Business systems Analyst

Description

Experience performing and coordinating the analysis and design of business systems. Develop and maintain a thorough understanding of the needs of the assigned customer group from the business and technical perspective. Review and maintain traceability between business requirements and the functional specifications.Experience with COBOL, DB2Ability to use TSO to view datafiles, including DB2 and VSAM files.Ability to interpret functional requirements into IT strategies and tactical needs. Produce functional specification documentation necessary to support the needs of the project, completing use case analysis and modeling as applicableOMNIPLUS experience is a definite plus Roles & ResponsibilitiesElaborate on shared artifacts between the Business and IT such as the Statement of Need (SON), etcSearch existing requirement assets for the purpose of reuse where applicable.Participate in functional peer reviews to ensure compliance with established checklists and guidelines as needed. Participate in training RPS staff regarding any system capability changes.Review all product requirement artifacts (SON, etc). Provide input to ensure all necessary information to satisfy the requirements are documented, complete, and accurate. Review and provide input to the business requirements package to ensure completeness, understandability, validity, etc.Provide input, with respect to level of effort, to the Project Manager for planning and budgeting purposes. Help refine the cost/budget estimates and resource requirements as the project progresses.Review and provide input on Change Control documents. Ensure comprehensive impact analysis is completed prior to submission of change control documentation, and ensure agreement that the change must beWorks closely with clients and with other system groups to capture business requirements and see them through implementation. Develops and executes systems testing. Acts as a liaison between the business user groups and the technical systems groups.