The Systems Analyst will oversee system engineering, collaborate with management, perform audits, and develop strategies to maximize system capabilities.
Company Description
blueStone Executive Search has focused the last decade exclusively on aligning superior talent with full-time and contract to hire opportunities in the Information Technology sector.
Job DescriptionblueStone is currently helping our client, a manufacturer of retail commercial construction products, find a Systems Analyst to join their team immediately on a permanent basis.
The Systems Analyst should have a background in system engineering as well as strong business analysis background and experience.
Job Duties:
- Collaborate with department managers to ensure smooth and reliable operation of Microsoft Navision, IBM Cognos and EDI systems for fulfilling business objectives and processes; design and deploy new applications and enhancements to these systems
- Work with executive team members, decision makers, and stakeholders to define business requirements and systems goals, and to identify and resolve business systems issues.
- Perform research to develop detailed selection evaluation criteria based on identified IT product requirements and cost-benefit/ROI analysis for proposed systems to aid management in making implementation decisions
- Develop and implement strategies for improving or further leveraging these systems
- Design and perform systems and security audits, systems backup procedures, and other recovery processes in accordance with the division’s disaster recovery and business continuity strategies
- Create and maintain documentation as it relates to systems configuration, mappings, processes, procedures, and service records
- Ensure compatibility and interoperability of in-house computing systems
- Coordinate and perform in-depth tests, including end-user reviews, for modified and new systems
Requirements
- Bachelor degree in Information Systems, Computer Science or related degree
- 5+ years of experience working in Information Technology
- 5+ years of Microsoft SQL Server Programming
- 3+ years programming Visual Studio 2008 or later
- Experience with .NET development using version 2.0 or later
- Experience with Cognos 9.x or higher preferred
Salary range is $83,000-90,0000 + competitive benefits package.
blueStone Solutions Group Deer Park, Illinois, USA Office
21660 W Field Pkwy, Deer Park, Illinois, United States, 60010
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