Integrations Business Analyst

Integrations Business Analyst

Salt Lake City, UT or Remote

Contract:

$35-$45 per hour

• Serve as Technical Systems Analyst on agile software development projects, developing and maintaining the application integration architecture and leading proof of concept activities
• Serve as a lead systems analyst in the development team to plan, coordinate, analyze, design, document and implement application integrations efforts to meet current and future needs
• Facilitate conversations with the business and technical support teams to document capability needs and outcomes
• Manage the flow of user requirements from the product backlog to the planning meetings, providing a joined‑up overall view of the solution requirements at a detailed level.
• Work with the Product Owner to maintain the product backlog, providing assistance in adding, removing, estimating and prioritizing work.
• Help specify acceptance criteria and facilitate the translation of those criteria into test cases with the test team.
• Prepare and co‑ordinate the required materials to facilitate successful backlog prioritization and planning meetings.
• Provide leadership to project teams in identifying root cause of issues and directing troubleshooting efforts
• Develop solution architecture models and documentation (key project deliverables) and/or oversee and approve the creation of necessary documentation. Specifications to be testable, measurable and definitive.
• Orchestrate overall technical activities including design reviews, defect resolution processes across project teams.
• Collaborate with the broader architecture community to ensure alignment with IT strategies and standards.
• Provide leadership in the development and adherence to all application standards, application portfolio strategy, service level agreements, and processes
• Evaluate business unit and IT decisions to ensure they are in the best interest of customers and company goals and escape as needed
• Provide inputs to executive level presentations for project stakeholders.
• Work with third party vendors as part of tendering processes and assist with specifying and managing deliverables.

• Strong analysis background, with at least 3 years spent working with agile methodologies preferably in banking
• Familiarity with industry standard integration patterns such as web services (REST and JSON), batch, publish & subscribe, API etc.
• Experienced in enterprise application integration, middleware technologies, data migrations and conversions, database technologies and backend interfaces
• Demonstrable experience working in a highly collaborative environment, with focus towards delivering real business results.
• Hands on experience with application development, architecture and software maintenance.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken evidenced by the ability to communicate across all levels of an organization
• Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills - lead, collaborate, facilitate, and negotiate as necessary
• Demonstrated experience with problem solving outside‑the‑box to find solutions that mitigate risks/issues, rather than blindly following process
• In‑depth understanding of application development, technologies and software development life cycles (both legacy and current)
• Experience in a large‑scale IT organization with complex systems environment & infrastructure
• Strong organizational skills required, project or program management skills

• Experience working within the financial services industry.
• Working with 3rd party vendors and specification of deliverables.
• Hands‑on experience working with multi‑component, high availability systems and enterprise applications
• Experience with nCino implementation in financial institutions
• Knowledge of Salesforce configuration and data model

• High level of written and oral communication in the English language
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Visio and Power Point
• Proficient in Azure Dev Ops and Agile Sprint Planning
• Experience in SQL
• Experience in meeting deadlines in a high pressure environment
• Demonstrated ability to solve problems with a sense of…