Sr System Analyst

Health Care Service Corporation
United States, Texas, Richardson
1001 East Lookout Drive (Show on map)
Sep 05, 2024
Job Description * Develop detailed technical specifications and designs for waterfall/XP projects / system enhancements. * Provide application domain knowledge to the ADM team. * Manage unstable applications / systems by helping to resolve incidents and issues. * Support infrastructure first build with Solution Architects and Infrastructure Engineers. * Review, guide, troubleshoot and resolve contentious issues escalated during implementation. * Evaluate integration of SaaS / COTS packages to current environment. * Develop operating procedures and user manuals for transition into routine operations. * Enable building of knowledge databases for technology, solutions and domain areas. * Work with architecture, application services, infrastructure, release management and other relevant stakeholders to enable a smooth deployment. * Continuously work on capturing and transferring tacit knowledge to vendors and knowledge management systems. * Maintain the common I/O access subsystem (database access layer) used to access these files. * Maintain the in-house developed utilities that assist in managing the databases and their integrity. * Manage the underlying test platforms and files used by developers maintaining these applications * Partner with system analysts and solution engineers to translate business and technical requirements into detailed designs that are secure, robust, scalable and extensible. * Manage VSAM performance thru proper design and buffering, key design. * Administer and use the CICS VR forward recovery utility (enterprise). * Write or review responses to audit requests. SDO severity and authorization reports. * CICS ABEND reporting. * Production and Test problem determination and debugging * Capacity planning * Testing processes for select system software upgrades Required Job Qualifications * Bachelor Degree and 4 years Information Technology OR Technical Certification and/or College Courses and 6 year Information Technology experience OR 8 years Information Technology experience. * Knowledge of application configuration * Knowledge of Big Data Analytics - HAVeN / HADOOP/ Autonomy / Vertica * Knowledge of Cloud computing / SaaS / IaaS / PaaS technologies * Knowledge of Integration Technologies - Tibco/Informatica/CAS * Knowledge of Mobile technologies - Phonegap / iOS / Android / Java / HTML5 * Knowledge of Scripting Languages - BASH / PERL / PYTHON / RUBY * Service Oriented Architecture - SOAP / REST * Web Technologies - HTML/CSS/Java/ASP.Net/PHP/Ruby/C# * Rapid prototyping * Requirements definition & management * SDLC Methodology - Agile / Scrum / Iterative Development * System Performance management * Conceptual thinking * Creative thinking * Problem solving and analytical thinking * Strong oral/written communication skills Preferred Job Qualifications: * Bachelor Degree in Computer Science or Information Technology related * Ability to execute * VSAM File: o Backup and Restore o Forward Recovery o Conversions for filler expansion, key restructuring etc o Reorganizations and free space tuning o Naming convention standards o Special loads and reports or extract o Logstream management and design o Master file copybook creation and copybook change management o Disaster Recovery support o Data flow and file design and access key design consulting o Creation and initialization of test databases o Test copies of production files o Ad hoc record fixes o Batch tuning consultation o CICS memory and CICS topology o CICS VR administration * Support / Maintain database related applications: o Blue Chip Term Up (GTUP) and Terminal Operator File (GTOF) transactions o Record locking "Exclusive Control" process o Early morning production file availability transaction (EAIN) o Key Range Verify program to ensure the integrity of partitioned files. o SDO authorization reports. Audit requests and reports.