Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Kaiser Permanente - Sr. Systems Analyst

Sr. Systems Analyst

Reviews the scope and objectives of user requested system changes and business requirements. Validates the system functions as expected and ensures the application, and use of system optimizes business needs. This also can entail coordinating system installation with user departments to prevent any disruption from daily processing activities.
Essential Functions:
- Executes tests, analyzes test results, and reports identified defects using Mercury Quality Test Director tool.
- Develops test strategies and approaches that align with user's needs as well as external applications and National corporate objectives.
- Works with IT Development to ensure feasibility of design and clarify user's requirements.Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- Requires a minimum of 3 years of User Acceptance Testing or related experience.
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or related field or 4 years of additional UAT or related experience.
- Working knowledge of network and communications software and knowledge/experience in creation of large scale technical project plans (M-Text, shakedown - Membership Systems).
- Effective written and verbal communication skills with emphasis on technical writing and requirements documentation. Reviews documentation, providing assistance in closing the gap.
- Excellent organizational skills to coordinate and facilitate meetings, and manage testing assignments.
- A thorough understanding or working knowledge of web browsers, web content management tools and personalization tools.
- Knowledge of relational database technologies and how they relate to Oracle and SQL databases.
- Understands complex departmental business system processes and business systems design documents to create test scenarios.
- Develops test scenarios and scripts that match the business user's objectives to confirm system functions are met.
- Understands the connections and relationships across functions for both internal and external business entities.