What are the responsibilities and job description for the Applications Analyst position at TEKsystems c/o Allegis Group?
Job Details
Company Domain: Retail
Position: Applications Analyst
Location: 100% remote (based in Phoenix, AZ)
Contract: 12 month extendable contract
Top Skills:
SQL - basic to moderate level
Microsoft Excel - moderate to power user level
Jira - work management
Confluence - project documentation
Visio or Lucid Chart - project documentation (workflows & diagrams)
Preferred Skills:
Working within an SAP environment, or a similar-scale Enterprise Resource Planning system. (Oracle, Microsoft)
Experience with Retail pricing and promotions.
Experience with Blue Yonder Category Management and Enterprise Planning applications.
Data warehouse or reporting solutions (Databricks, Snowflake, MicroStrategy).
Understanding of APIs and integration platforms like Tibco, Informatica, or Mulesoft.
SAP ABAP or other coding languages.
Job Description
As an Application Analyst, you will identify, define, analyze, prioritize, implement, and refine the technology platform requirements for our Merchant business partners. In this role, you will work directly with our various internal and external stakeholders - business partners, Technology teams and external vendors - to ensure successful translation of those requirements into solutions. You will also participate in various production support activities to ensure the availability of Merchandising Applications.
Responsibilities
Collaborate with internal partners and external vendors to capture and formally document business requirements and functional design specifications.
Support and troubleshoot application incidents or errors. Examples: querying data files, error logs, or message queues.
Identify gaps between a technical solution or an application's capabilities and business requirements, propose alternatives wherever possible.
Develop an in-depth understanding of supported applications and their roadmaps.
Ensure vendor partner deliverables meet requirements for time, scope, and quality.
Analyze the impact of proposed internal system changes on external application vendors. Coordinate and/or apply the configuration and integration.
Analyze the impact of proposed external application changes on internal systems. Coordinate and/or apply the configuration and integration.
Participate in Production Support activities as such being on-call, incident management, system upgrade and disaster recovery to state few.
Partner with the quality assurance team for the creation and implementation of the test strategy, approach, and plan.
Experience
Minimum of 2 years of experience in analyzing, designing, configuring, and implementing small to medium size applications and integrating vendor software packages.
Minimum of 2 years hands-on technical experience managing and administering retail applications.
Job history that shows the development of analysis and troubleshooting skills, partnering and relationship building skills.
Basic understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle.
Experience with business modeling and requirements management tools.
Knowledge of project management and application implementation methodologies.
Experience working on projects involving the implementation of 3rd party software solutions.
Experience with retail master data.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $50.00 - $65.00
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
Medical, dental & vision
Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
Short and long-term disability
Health Spending Account (HSA)
Transportation benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a fully remote position.
Application Deadline
This position will be accepting applications until Jan 24, 2025.
About TEKsystems:
We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
Position: Applications Analyst
Location: 100% remote (based in Phoenix, AZ)
Contract: 12 month extendable contract
Top Skills:
SQL - basic to moderate level
Microsoft Excel - moderate to power user level
Jira - work management
Confluence - project documentation
Visio or Lucid Chart - project documentation (workflows & diagrams)
Preferred Skills:
Working within an SAP environment, or a similar-scale Enterprise Resource Planning system. (Oracle, Microsoft)
Experience with Retail pricing and promotions.
Experience with Blue Yonder Category Management and Enterprise Planning applications.
Data warehouse or reporting solutions (Databricks, Snowflake, MicroStrategy).
Understanding of APIs and integration platforms like Tibco, Informatica, or Mulesoft.
SAP ABAP or other coding languages.
Job Description
As an Application Analyst, you will identify, define, analyze, prioritize, implement, and refine the technology platform requirements for our Merchant business partners. In this role, you will work directly with our various internal and external stakeholders - business partners, Technology teams and external vendors - to ensure successful translation of those requirements into solutions. You will also participate in various production support activities to ensure the availability of Merchandising Applications.
Responsibilities
Collaborate with internal partners and external vendors to capture and formally document business requirements and functional design specifications.
Support and troubleshoot application incidents or errors. Examples: querying data files, error logs, or message queues.
Identify gaps between a technical solution or an application's capabilities and business requirements, propose alternatives wherever possible.
Develop an in-depth understanding of supported applications and their roadmaps.
Ensure vendor partner deliverables meet requirements for time, scope, and quality.
Analyze the impact of proposed internal system changes on external application vendors. Coordinate and/or apply the configuration and integration.
Analyze the impact of proposed external application changes on internal systems. Coordinate and/or apply the configuration and integration.
Participate in Production Support activities as such being on-call, incident management, system upgrade and disaster recovery to state few.
Partner with the quality assurance team for the creation and implementation of the test strategy, approach, and plan.
Experience
Minimum of 2 years of experience in analyzing, designing, configuring, and implementing small to medium size applications and integrating vendor software packages.
Minimum of 2 years hands-on technical experience managing and administering retail applications.
Job history that shows the development of analysis and troubleshooting skills, partnering and relationship building skills.
Basic understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle.
Experience with business modeling and requirements management tools.
Knowledge of project management and application implementation methodologies.
Experience working on projects involving the implementation of 3rd party software solutions.
Experience with retail master data.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $50.00 - $65.00
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
Medical, dental & vision
Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
Short and long-term disability
Health Spending Account (HSA)
Transportation benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a fully remote position.
Application Deadline
This position will be accepting applications until Jan 24, 2025.
About TEKsystems:
We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
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Salary : $50 - $65
