IT Senior Technical Analyst

Job Description

The IT Senior Technichal Analyst is a recognized as a leader in the design and execution of business solutions, demonstrating a broad understanding of the applications and technical architectures.  Demonstrates expert understanding of applications development processes, serving as a resource to others.  Demonstrates an in-depth knowledge of leading edge technologies and plans for the future of a technology and/or applications area.  Evaluates the applicability of leading edge technologies and uses this information to significantly influence future IT and/or business strategy.  Brings technical and/or business systems knowledge from external sources and incorporates those ideas into IT.
 
Demonstrates an understanding of the changing business needs for the line-of-business supported and the impact these changes have on their service area.  Advises clients on business problems, formulates options including assessing their relative merits and  risks and works with clients to determine the best solution.  Builds and maintains up-to-date knowledge about ARAMARK’s processes, strategies and industry trends to ensure efficient and timely provision of services.  Leverages solutions to and from other lines of business and shares best practices.

ARAMARK is seeking an IT Senior Technical Analyst of Information Technology, focusing on solutions architect and technical development delivery for the Food Production Application for our food operations.  This position will be responsible for designing, developing and managing projects that include coordination of multiple IT disciplines with a primary focus on innovating the food production application to support our front-line operations. Responsible for execution of planned feature development, technical design and architecture and providing ideation around solutions that drive results.  Participates as a lead to internal and 3rd party development team(s) engaged in an Agile process that maintains close alignment with functional and lifecycle team leaders.    The position demands a proactive approach to staying updated on emerging technologies and industry trends in web development, ensuring that the team remains at the forefront of innovation. This candidate should demonstrate a thorough understanding of requirement specification, design, coding, testing and support of information systems and must have previous experience as a full stack developer.   Strong understanding and competence in designing and delivering web applications, ability to write complex and efficient SQL queries for data retrieval, and providing a highly responsive UX end user experience. The role also requires excellent communication skills to effectively interact with management, developers, architects, and end users across different locations.  The candidate must exhibit ability to manage multiple project timelines and deliverables and facilitate multiple team members and stakeholders to accomplish end goal.

Job Responsibilities

•    Responsible for designing, developing and integrating technology solutions to meet specific business needs by evaluating technical requirements, selecting appropriate development solutions, to ensure solutions align with organizational and targeted user goals.
•    Integrating solutions that leverage AI/ML with various partners to provide innovative solutions
•    Work closely with product managers, project managers, SME’s and other stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into effective software solutions. Identifies risks, evaluates options and translates them into a functioning solution.
•    Coordinates activities with other IT organizations (e.g. database, telecommunications, operations, technical support, etc.) Ensures that system improvements are successfully implemented.
•    Leader in architectural solution design to support scalability and performance optimization; Builds systems consistent with enterprise architecture requirements and defined SDLC.
•    Responsible for data architecture, API design, and integration
•    Plans, tests, debugs, documents, implements, and maintains programs in an environment of diverse development platforms, computing environments, hardware, software, technology tools, etc. 
•    Implement software solutions and projects using the latest cloud computing technologies 
•    Actively participate in the agile software development process, including capturing project artifacts in Dev Ops, daily standups, sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives.
•    Responsible for technical storyboarding adhering to technical specifications 
•    Responsible for managing projects, making sure the proposed plan adheres to the timeline, budget, and scope
•    Participate in code reviews and ensure best practices are followed.
•    Supervise and manage Infrastructure, database and server activities
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