System Analyst -remote

Knowledge Services is seeking a Systems Analyst for a contract through the end of June 2026 (likely to extend) with the State of Maine Office of Technology.  Applicants may work 100% remotely!

• This position will work 100% remotely (applicants residing in the EST or CST time zones are preferred)
• Applicants with prior State or Federal government experience are preferred
• Please note that we cannot accept any candidates requiring C2C or sponsorship for a work visa

Systems Analyst Responsibilities:

• Support multiple application teams and be responsible for conducting technical analysis, application rationalization and legacy systems analysis for modernization, and maintaining comprehensive documentation to support ongoing development and operational needs.
• Perform analysis and documentation of business and system interactions.
• Work with the Application Development teams to design and implement technical solutions.
• Perform business analyses of functional requirements to identify information, procedures, and decision flows.
• Facilitate processes for the teams and vendors to ensure they are meeting MaineIT policy and procedures.
• Be involved in all phases of the SDLC, including Requirements Definition and Documentation, Systems Analysis and Design, System Integration, Testing, and Deployment Coordination.
• Applications will be both cloud based and in-house.
• Evaluate existing procedures and methods, identify and document items such as database content, structure, application subsystems, and develop data dictionary.
• Define and document interfaces of manual to automated operations within application subsystems, to external systems, and between new and existing systems.
• Process analysis to identify workflow improvements in application workflow and design.
• Prototyping design changes
• Identifying areas of potential automation for process improvement
• Support and use the selected departmental methodologies.

Systems Analyst Required Skills:

• 5+ years of business systems analyst experience.
• Preferred Education: 4 year college degree or equivalent working experience in business analytics/communications.

• Must have experience with the design Microsoft based solutions

• Demonstrated experience in gathering business requirements for system design including advanced methodologies like story mapping, impact mapping, user story writing and refinement

• Documentation, change management, and deployment
• Experience writing queries and analyzing data (SQL experience is a plus)
• Experience in writing and executing test plans with attention to detail and quality focus
• Experience with developing procurement artifacts e.g. RFP/RFQ/RFI
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships in a high paced team environment
• Experience in Agile development methodology and practices
• Knowledge of all phases of the software development life cycle as well as the project development cycle
• Strong oral and written communication skills including the ability to write clearly and effectively

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin or disability.

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