Senior Systems Analyst (MIS/IT 5)

Key Responsibilities

• Provides strategic technical guidance to proactively improve performance, reliability, security, and cost-effectiveness of customers’ solutions using industry best practices by:
  • Supervising and participating in needs assessment to determine user requirements; 
  • Translating business requirements to system specifications; 
  • Collaborating with the Software Development Manager to design software and architecture; 
  • Ensuring that systems specifications are correctly converted to programming language code development team; 
  • Identifying areas in code that require refactoring; 
  • Organizing and leading regular code reviews; 
  • Compiling programme manuals, operation manuals and user manuals;
  • Creating and maintaining all system documentation. 
• Ensures the quality of applications developed by: 
  • Liaising with quality assurance team to ensure that software testing is being done appropriately and in a timely manner; 
  • Ensuring that appropriate developer testing is conducted by development team;
  • Preparing and scheduling sprint review meetings with the System Development Manager and the development team; 
  • Ensuring that corrective measures for errors and omissions are done according to industry best practices and software requirements; 
  • Conducting software testing; 
  • Performing formal and informal demonstrative presentation. 
• Contributes to project planning and implementation to facilitate smooth transition of automated application by: 
  • Ensuring that assigned tasks are executed and completed, as required;
  • Performing the relevant controls and/or procedures necessary for the integrity of data conversion process. 
• Maintain existing information systems by: 
  • Developing new modules; 
  • Enhancing existing modules and/or database structures; 
  • Performing special data cleaning exercise and data integrity checks; 
  • Performing special back-ups; 
  • Troubleshooting as required. 

To oversee evaluation of the work process and implementing technology solutions to meet the business’s current and future needs 

• Supervises the design and development of software by: 
  • Conducting interviews with key personnel to determine the requirements;
  • Developing the conceptual and physical designs that reflect the user’s requirements; 
  • Organizing and prioritizing the team’s work by breaking down features and epics into stories and tasks; 
  • Developing work sprints (sprint planning) for the team; 
  • Conducting daily sprint meetings with the team; 
• Takes full advantage of capabilities of the technologies within the Ministry;
• Keeps abreast of developments in information technology, in particular programming methodologies and software engineering; 
• Provides training for users and client support staff by: 
  • Defining training requirements; 
  • Conducting/facilitating delivery of material. 
• Participates in seminars, meetings, workshops etc to discuss the benefits and/or emergence of information technologies which can improve output in Divisions/Ministry. 

To encourage an environment that promotes customer service, excellence, innovation, collaboration and teamwork by: 

• Liaising with team members, management and clients to ensure projects are completed to standard; 
• Motivating staff and creating a space where they can ask questions and voice their concerns; 
• Communicating the needs of the team to the Software Development Manager;
• Interprets and translates business requirements to system requirements in a manner that is understood by the software development team; 
• Provides guidance to Programmers/Analyst by: 
  • Developing work sprints (sprint planning) for the team; 
  • Conducting daily sprint meetings with the team; 
  • Removing or escalate impediments faced by the development team; 
  • Preparing and scheduling sprint review meetings with the System Development Manager and the development team; 
  • Organizing and leading regular code reviews. 

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Competencies

• Ability to establish trust; 
• Strong leadership qualities; 
• Ability to resolve conflicts and galvanize others; 
• Excellent project and crisis management skills; 
• Visionary and innovative; 
• Curious and willing to delve further; 
• Strong work ethics; 
• Ability to work in teams; 
• Ability to work remotely and with minimal supervision; 
• Ability to manage time successfully, prioritize effectively and meet tight deadlines;
• Ability to work effectively under pressure; 
• Excellent interpersonal; 
• Excellent oral and written communication skills; 
• Self-starter with a positive “can do” attitude; 
• Results driven and pragmatic; 
• Ability to take ownership and responsibility for quality; 
• Ability to work in an agile environment; 
• Attention to detail and desire to probe further into data; 
• The ability to learn new technologies quickly; 
• Excellent analytical and judgment skills; 
• Commercial and business awareness; 
• Excellent problem-solving skills; 
• Excellent critical thinking skills; 
• Ability to exercise sound judgement when prioritizing tasks. 
• Ability to exercise sound judgement with escalating task escalation. 

Specific Knowledge:

• ASP.NET, C#.NET; 
• Word Press and Drupal (optional); 
• CSS, AJAX, Crystal Report; 
• Linux or Apache; 
• Structured Query Language (SQL); 
• Relational Database (MSSQL 2016, MYSQL 5.7 and up, Azure SQL);
• Hypertext/Extensible Markup Language (HTML/XML); 
• Structured methodology with emphasis on structured programming; 
• Object Oriented Methodologies; 
• SCRUM Agile methodology; 
• Team Foundation Server; 
• Azure DevOps; 
• Supervisory Management. 

Minimum Required Qualification and Experience

• B.Sc. in Computer Sciences or equivalent from an accredited tertiary institution;
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) would be an asset; 
• Software Engineering Master Certification (SEMC) would be an asset;
• Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD) would be an asset; 
• Eight (8) years’ professional experience in Software Development; 
• Three (3) years supervising a software development team; 
• Three (3) years’ experience working with senior officials and conducting senior level consultations. 

Special Condition Associated with Job

• Ability to work effectively under pressure.?

Please note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.