Systems Analyst

28Stone is a full service custom solutions firm. We offer a wide range of services - from ‘tip of the spear’ advisory, application design, system architecture to implementation, testing and deployment.

We partner with the world’s leading financial institutions to design and build robust financial applications that improve their business performance while reducing system risk, cost and time to market.

We develop technology of value: we are proud of our proven track record of delivering quality results and the trust our clients place in us with ongoing, repeat engagements.

We celebrate winning the Top 1% Workplace Awards 2024 in the “Best Workplace for Talent Investment” category and are always seeking to expand our team with positive, open-minded and motivated individuals who are eager learn as well as share what they know.

Why 28Stone

• Flexible work schedule and hybrid work model: work from home in Latvia or in one of our offices (Riga, Daugavpils).
• Health insurance and mental wellness platform from Day 1: sport/dentist/vaccination/accident plans massage chair in the office.
• Annual training budget.
• Technology communities: friendly and experienced team members who support your professional growth.
• Sports community: Squad Hour gym membership deal, 28Stone volleyball team, various public sports events, and monthly challenges.
• Social events: bi-weekly lunches, board game nights, team buildings, company-wide events.
• Loyalty rewards program: gifts and merch on your work anniversary.
• Paid mobile phone bills.
• Additional one day of paid sick leave for emergency cases.
• Modern & ergonomic office space: all the resources and tools to perform your tasks.
• Additional perks in the office: free snacks, fruits, tea, coffee, board games, novuss table and Xbox.

Your impact zones

• Work closely with business stakeholders and subject matter experts in order to capture business requirements.
• Develop and manage functional requirements, use cases, user stories, wireframes, and detailed design specifications.
• Analyze technical requirements, data sets or message formats required to facilitate development.
• Create and manage a detailed backlog of user stories and participate in development planning.
• Assist Development and Quality Assurance teams - analyze, clarify, and prioritize requirements on a day-to-day basis.
• Maintain, update and support already composed requirements.
• Perform acceptance testing for user stories delivered.
• Participate in product demos for stakeholders.
  

Your expertise

• At least 2 years of Systems Analyst experience (or any other position with similar responsibilities).
• Strong knowledge of requirement development processes:
  • Experience discovering, analyzing, and documenting business requirements as well as translating these requirements into executable development specifications.
  • Ability to perform light technical analysis such as data set analysis, technical solution diagramming and message mapping.
• Strong knowledge of testing and development methodologies and practices, defect management practices.
• Experience with the Agile software delivery approach (Scrum, Kanban) and overall understanding of SDLC.
• Ability to efficiently use Jira and Confluence on a daily basis.
• Understanding of ETL approach, data integration patterns and data migration.
• Knowledge of different data structures (XML, JSON, CSV) and experience in data mapping between different formats.
• Ability to focus and apply systematic analysis to large amounts of unstructured information.
• Fluent English communication skills, both written and spoken - to communicate with international clients and colleagues.
• Ability to work in a diverse international team.
• Ability to conduct business correspondence and maintain discussions in an intelligent and reasoned manner.
  

Considered an advantage

• Any capital markets industry knowledge or experience.
• Knowledge of BABOK practices.
• Basic knowledge of SQL, API's (SOAP, REST) and data modeling.
• Familiarity with code repositories (GIT, SVN), ability to read code (Java, Python).
  

Compensation

Starting from a gross EUR 2500 - 4500.

We are flexible and use an individual approach with each candidate we meet, so we invite you to apply even if you do not meet some of the listed requirements.

Only candidates who have the right to work in Latvia are considered for this position.

The mentioned remuneration may vary depending on the candidate’s skills, qualifications, and experience.

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