at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Job Opening Id: 50121
Department: IT AS Ent Sys HR/Student
Salary/Grade: ITS/79
Job Summary:
As part of the IT Enterprise Systems (ES) team, the Systems Analyst performs tasks related to the design, implementation, support/maintenance, and enhancement of NU's enterprise, vendor and in-house developed applications. Documents functional requirements, analyzes requirements in the context of software and processes, develops and executes test plans, assists with and documents business process improvement efforts, and works with production issues. Completes content, process, and procedures for technical and functional system work that is low in complexity.
Specific Responsibilities:
Strategic Planning
- Partners with senior analysts, end users and peers to document and analyze functional requirements, identify gaps and alternative approaches to meet requirements, and ensure all deliverables completed (adhering to approved methodology and documentation standards).
- Partners with functional users and technical and reporting staff to determine best approaches, ensuring that approved solutions are implemented in a timely and correct fashion.
Administration
- Drafts accurate documentation of process, procedure, and system/application configuration.
- Formulates and executes test scripts, implementation project plans, rolls out communications and training materials.
- Outlines medium complexity use cases.
Functional Requirements and Testing
- Formulates test scripts and performs detailed testing for moderate to complex use cases to ensure that the implemented software functions correctly.
