IT Analyst - Corporate Applications

Howmet Aerospace creates breakthrough products that shape industries. Working in close partnership with our customers, we solve complex engineering challenges to transform the way we fly, drive, build and power. Through the ingenuity of our people and cutting-edge advanced manufacturing techniques, we deliver these products at a quality and efficiency that ensures customer success and shareholder value.

Howmet Aerospace is currently in search of a IT Analyst - Corporate Applications, to join the Global Information Systems group in Pittsburgh, PA.

This is a position within the Global Information Services (GIS) organization of Howmet Aerospace.  The principal challenges of this position are to provide technical expertise to the Business Process Owners; support new technologies, information, and solutions for the Howmet Business Segments; to enhance existing systems and technologies; monitor and guide offshore resources in providing daily and monthly support and development; ensure Howmet Aerospace’s standards, procedures are followed.  The incumbent will act as an internal consultant to Howmet Aerospace’s businesses and various customer groups with primary application accountabilities. 

Primary responsibilities include:

• Engage in support and development responsibilities; participate in the delivery of related projects in the associated application area
• Understand and guide others in supporting and enhancing existing system and technology; apply and teach Howmet Aerospace’s standards, procedures, and technologies. 
• Estimate project and cost allocations for information technology and information system initiatives 
• Ensure all GIS’ system development and change control methodologies and compliance processes (ASATs) are understood and followed

Major activities/Key challenges:

• Develop a thorough understanding of the business processes or technologies in area(s) of assignment; effectively and efficiently satisfy the data processing and information requirements of business segments; participate in and learn how to perform the analysis of the customer's processes to identify gaps and opportunities for improvement.
• Modifies/extends/uses concepts and practices to solve problems and create solutions
• Provides advice and consultation with respect to the applications, systems, or technologies in assigned area of responsibility
• Drives for successful implementation of business solutions and guide project teams to completion
• Establishes and maintains an effective working relationship across the organization, with customers, suppliers, and leadership.
• Provides direction for day-to-day activities of the team including accountability for the support delivered through offshore teams.
• Partner with customers and Corporate IT Security to manage our intellectual property, learning and other area systems and ongoing security requirements as they change.
• Identify, establish, and support value-added cross-functional process, data, and system linkages
• Pursue continuous learning consistently with the movement in the job requirements and changes in technology
• Support with all guidelines detailed in the IT compliance standards with a specific focus on business partnerships, change control, disaster recovery, and security for assigned area(s) of responsibility.
• Provides timely, accurate, and required documentation and status reporting.
• Operates in and complies with as well as provides input to Howmet Aerospace standards and controls (e.g.  ASAT) and adheres to industry standards as appropriate.
• Works to continuously improve relationships with partners including the collaboration to resolve support issues and deliver enhancement requests
• Coordinates communications of key events and provide input to procurement activities
• Works as part of a geographically dispersed team using a variety of technologies and acknowledges & accommodates, where appropriate, any variance in time zones and native language.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or related field from an accredited institution 
• 2+ years of experience in Information Technology support, business analysis and project coordination. 
• Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States.  Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.  Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrates fundamental understanding of business applications, processes, and technology including Microsoft and Oracle solutions 
• Out of the box thinking to evaluate alternate solutions 
• Demonstrates a sol