Senior Technical Analyst

Req ID: 373760 

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We are currently seeking a Senior Technical Analyst to join our team in Albany, New York (US-NY), United States (US).

Title: Senior Technical Analyst

 

Overview of job:

 

The Senior Technical Analyst has overall responsibility for providing client technical support for Medicaid Enterprise Systems (MES) over the life of the contract. This support includes applying expertise in assessing and ensuring adequate delivery of technical system infrastructure, service and operational models, database design and performance, disaster recovery methodologies and implementations, system requirements, project SDLC implementations, impacts of upgrades and changes to the overall MES ecosystem and recommended staffing levels to support these areas.

 

Job Responsibilities Include:

 

• Evaluating the business structure with a broad view of the systems and requirements to ensure designs align with approved plans
• Assessing the quality of contractor submitted software development lifecycle (SDLC) deliverables including the Requirements Specification Document (RSD)/Business Requirements document (BRD), Functional Design Documents (FRDs), Technical Design Documents (TDDs) and provides constructive feedback, especially technical-related, to documents to ensure that system functionality will meet user needs
• Evaluating current system designs, including enterprise architecture, and makes recommendations for improvement
• Recommend improvements to business operations in line with strategies and SLAs.
• Monitoring systems and platforms for SLA compliance
• Evaluating Service Desk and Call Center tickets for trends, aging tickets, and recommends improvements
• Performing code reviews on various components of the system
• Evaluating various models such as service models, cap ability maturity

models, and operating models for quality and adherence to defined standard criteria

• Utilizing comprehensive understanding of both physical and logical databases

models along with the utilization of database queries to conduct performance tests and analyses of database efficiencies

• Interpreting database performance metrics and operational utility reports and providing assessment.
• Reviewing database schemas, tables, procedures, and permissions to ensure compliance to the appropriate standards and regulations
• Assessing Disaster Recovery (DR) testing efforts, evaluate DR test results and
• ensure improvement plans are accurate
• Evaluating deployed releases and the resulting services to verify customer requirements and expectations are met
• Assisting with planning and identifying staff required to ensure that the IT operations department can support new services
• Assessing system upgrades and patches made by contractors to ensure there are no negative impacts to existing systems

 

Required Qualifications:

 

• Minimum eight (8) years’ experience applying SDLC methodologies and database management, with hands-on experience in writing and debugging complex queries. analyzing data, understanding system architectures, and troubleshooting issues effectively, leading to efficient problem resolution
• Minimum five (5) years of experience developing and implementing QA processes and strategies, performing QA assessments of document artifacts associated with system implementation projects, and providing strong leadership skills, with ability to mentor junior analysts, manage cross-functional collaborations and communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels
• Minimum five (5) years of experience with analysis of organizational structure and functional interdependencies
• Minimum two (2) years of experience with cloud-based solutions and architectures.
• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Business Administration, or similar field.
• This position requires 50% onsite, so local candidates required.

 

Preferred Skills: