Job Description

Introduction
Are you looking for a career that will allow you to use your unique blend of business acumen and tech savvy? Business Analysts at IBM are subject matter experts that build the bridge between our business and our clients, immersing themselves into the market to understand problems and find innovative solutions. Be ready to navigate the complex relationships that make the business world run and find the actionable insights that result in great business decisions.

Your Role and Responsibilities

As an IBM Application Architect, you directly help clients transform their business and solve complex problems. You will define the scope and vision for projects that deliver customized solutions. You will be a technical leader, serving as a liaison among business partners, technical resources (i.e., developers, architects), and project stakeholders.
Your Role and Responsibilities :
IBM is seeking an enthusiastic Business/Systems Analyst/Solution Architect to join a DevOps squad in the Finance Systems Organization which manages IBMs Royalty Management Applications. Top candidates should demonstrate the following key characteristics for success: creativity, intellectual curiosity, passion for helping others, problem solving, appreciation for professionalism and excellence in execution.

Responsibilities include analyzing business needs, working with IT professionals to translate business requirements into IT solutions, and testing to validate the quality of these solutions. Additionally, you will work with other analysts and assist in coordination of dependencies, management of test schedules, and ensuring quality standards and controls compliance.

The team is currently working remotely but will be located in Southbury CT (post Covid). Candidates are expected to live within 50 miles of Southbury, CT. Will consider relocation for candidates with the right skills/experience.

What youll do:

* Simplify the current application and architecture. Deconstruct the monolithic application into microservices. Communicate and lead modernization concepts across the organization through various methods, including: showcases, whiteboarding, diagramming, design thinking, etc.
* Provide expertise in analysis, requirements gathering, design, coordination, testing and support technical solutions for the IBM Financial System organization
* Have the technical responsibility for the application, including the security of the application and the integrity of the data the application handles
* Develop methodology documents based on self-initiated interviews, diagrams, surveys and workflow analysis
* Develop and maintain a strong working relationship with business and technical members of the team
* Ensure solution is audit ready. During audits, serve as the audit focal and as such manage the relationships between Business, Infrastructure, Audit team, squad, delegates, and focals to respond to audit requests in a timely and accurate manner, with the highest degree of integrity
* Create detailed plans for execution and implementation of new processes and be a visionary for the creation of new IT Systems to support the new business processes
* Relentless focus on quality and continuous improvement

Successful candidates will have the following work habits:

* Partner with the Technical Lead and the IT Architect to design a world class solution
* Collaborate with multiple levels of IT and Business management and partner across multiple IT Teams and systems. Have a strong desire and ability to learn new skills and absorb professional knowledge quickly
* Strong analytical, good problem-solving skills
* Requires demonstrated communication and customer interfacing skills
* Work effectively in an open environment where creativity and collaboration are welcome and encouraged

CIODEM20

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

* 7+ years Business/Systems Analyst Experience
* Hands on experience with Dev/Ops Monitoring Solutions
* Demonstrated aptitude for analytics
* Demonstrated communication and customer interfacing skills
* Ability to manage deliverables to meet business critical deadlines
* Have proven problem solving/diagnosis skills
* Exceptional analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

* Data Modelling
* Data Analytics including knowledge of SQL, Cognos, or SPSS
* Knowledge of Financial Systems
* Business Process Modelling

* None