Maine/Remote

Contact Details

• Company: Vantage Point Recruiting
• Contact Email: Connect@vantagepointrecruiting.com
• Contact Phone:

Employer's Job Description

*Long-term contract, remote/onsite option*

Project: Supporting an important environmental and public health cause, this position support the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) as they create a system to track and assist farms impacted by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination.

Summary: Implement, maintain, and support IT and information systems to meet the business needs of organizations and scale as organizations grow. Analyze and create tests and develop specifications and requirements for developers and programmers to follow.

The ideal candidate will have excellent analytical skills and be a creative problem solver. They will be able to provide guidance on systems architecture, specifications, best practices (no coding expected). 85% will we working with the Technical/Development team and 15% with business/Agency stakeholders.

Role Description:

• Develop and document a detailed statement of requirements for the proposed alternative recommended in the preliminary analysis report.
• Perform business analyses of functional requirements to identify information, procedures, and decision flows.
• Evaluate existing procedures and methods, identify and document items such as database content, structure, application subsystems, and develop data dictionary.
• Define and document interfaces of manual to automated operations within application subsystems, to external systems, and between new and existing systems.
• Identify candidate business processes for re-design, prototype potential solutions, provide trade-off information and suggest a recommended course of action. Identify the modifications to the automated processes.
• Support and use the selected departmental methodologies.
• Advanced skills working with customers, including excellent communication skills with all levels of business as well as IT staff
• Collaborate with the Project Manager to build a path to success and to define risk mitigation strategy when risks arise
• Experience with state government, non-profit

REQUIRED Qualifications:

• 7+ years’ experience as a System Analyst or related roles
• Specialties to include but are not limited to: BPWin, Oracle CASE, Rational Rose, RUP
• .Net & GIS system platform experience and understanding

• Knowledge of all phases of the software development life cycle as well as the project development cycle
• Strong oral and written communication skills including the ability to write clearly and effectively
• Experience gathering business requirements and system design
• Experience in analysis and design of complex systems
• Experience with test planning, execution, and acceptance criteria
• Proven success in working closely with all functional areas of an IT organization
• Experience in managing and coordinating small projects that involve multiple stakeholders
• Experience in leading and participating in system walk-throughs
• Experience in managing tasks in JIRA (or a similar tool)
• Understanding of customer relationship best practices
• Demonstrated desire to exercise accountability in a professional manner
• Proven track record in responding in a timely/and effective manner

Please send resume & cover letter to Connect@VantagePointRecruiting.com