Systems Analyst 2 - Integration Analyst

What You Can Expect In This Role

The System Analyst - Integration Analyst plays a critical role in designing, analyzing, and validating integration solutions that support business operations and data movement between critical applications and services such as MuleSoft, APIs, operational data stores, FAST. This role bridges business and technical teams by defining integration workflows, validating data accuracy, and ensuring seamless interoperability across systems.

What You'll Do In This Role

Collaborate with business stakeholders to gather and analyze integration requirements, including data flows and system interactions.

• Design and maintain data mappings between FAST, MuleSoft APIs, ODS and other data sources/destinations.
• Develop and execute test cases to validate data transformations, integration logic, and API responses.
• Analyze API specifications, data models, and ETL processes to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Identify, document, and track defects, working closely with developers and stakeholders to resolve issues.
• Utilize SQL and data analysis techniques to validate data consistency and troubleshoot integration issues.
• Support production monitoring by analyzing logs, tracking errors, and ensuring data quality using tools like Kibana and AppDynamics.
• Create and maintain integration documentation, including business rules, transformation logic, and data validation criteria.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including developers, architects, and business analysts, to ensure successful integration deployments.
• Provide post-deployment support and impact analysis for integration changes.
  
  

What We're Looking For

• 5 years of experience in an integration-focused role, such as Technical Analyst, Integration Analyst, or QA/BA in an API-driven environment.
• Strong understanding of API integrations, particularly with MuleSoft.
• Experience working with FAST platform integrations and life insurance data models.
• Proficiency in data mapping, SQL queries, and ETL processes.
• Familiarity with testing API requests/responses using tools like Postman, SoapUI, or similar.
• Experience troubleshooting data and integration issues using log analysis and monitoring tools (e.g., Kibana, AppDynamics).
• Knowledge of QA methodologies, including test case creation and execution for integrations.
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical specifications and data flows.
• Strong analytical skills with experience in data validation, transformation, and reconciliation.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work across business and technical teams.
  
  

Preferred

• Experience with SAFe Agile methodologies.
• Knowledge of life insurance or financial services industry processes.
• Experience with API security, governance, and error-handling best practices
  
  

Other Requirements

• Criminal background check required.
  
  

What you can expect when you join Sammons Financial Group

• Sammons Financial Group offers a competitive benefit package that includes: Health, Dental, Vision, Company Paid Retirement, PTO and Holiday Pay.
• Our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) is a 100% company-funded retirement plan, so you can save for retirement without contributing a penny of your own paycheck.
• Healthy balance between work and personal lives. Friday afternoons off all year long, competitive PTO, and generous number of paid holidays.
• Our incentive program for defined goals subject to eligibility and performance. Monetary rewards are based on individual and/or overall company performance.
• Colleagues who support one another, model our core values, and drive our healthy, high-performing culture.
  
  

Work Authorization/Sponsorship

At this time, we’re not considering candidates that need any type of immigration sponsorship now or in the future or those needing work authorization for this role (This includes, but is not limited to students on F1-OPT, F1-CPT, J-1, etc.)