Systems Analyst: JG11 at Sanlam Group

What will you do?

• The Systems Analyst will play a critical role as a problem solver and be the person who assists in defining and enabling business change in an agile environment. Your primary responsibility is to design and deliver solutions that help optimize processes and reduce inefficiencies. This role will be based at the Glacier Head Office in 

Cape Town.

Key outcomes

The following outcomes will be expected to be achieved by the Systems Analyst:

• Performing detailed impact analysis including process, gap, and data analysis.
• Facilitation of work-sessions, database design and solution workshops to gather information, elicit and finalize functional requirements as well as transfer knowledge.
• Analyze how the business requirements will be met by introducing changes to the application/s or creating modern technology implementations.
• Examine existing systems to identify areas for improvement and integration as part of the solution design, consider non-functional requirements that describe the characteristics of the system e.g., security, performance, maintainability, scalability, usability, and reliability of a product.
• Ensure system designs are aligned with business goals & requirements and ensuring that requirements are accurate and complete.
• Collaborate with developers and testers during sprints to ensure that system changes are implemented correctly, in an agile team within a scrum framework.
• Presenting solutions in the form of walk-throughs to analysts, project managers, architects, development teams, developers, and testers to ensure understanding and assist delivery teams with story estimations and prioritization.
• Produce fit-for-purpose specifications documenting the solution.
• Produce data models, activity, component flow, functional decomposition and data flow diagrams using Enterprise Architect / Visio / Confluence.
• Document and implement, and guidelines to ensure that best solutions and designs are implemented and consistent with group architecture principals. 
• Ensure that all stakeholders are engaged and kept up to date.
• Post implementation support to business and IT.

What will make you successful in this role?

Qualifications and experience

• Matric / Grade 12
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years’ Software development experience in the Financial Services industry
• Experience in Business Analysis or similar role which shows Analysis capability

Technical Experience

• Experience in design and support workflow solutions 
• Strong relational database expertise 5+ years (SQL)
• Experience in DB2 and SAP Hana beneficial
• Experience with APIs 5+ years 
• Knowledge of AWS and Snowflake
• Exposure to C#, XML, JSON, SOA
• Experience analyzing operational needs to design, automate, publish, test, monitor and report on business workflows in AzureDevOps
• Experience in SQL stored procedures essential
• Demonstrated knowledge of object-oriented analysis and design
• Strong data analysis skills
• Strong Application Design expertise
• Exposure to SCRUM essential and other Agile methodologies.
• Exposure to Domain Driven Design

Competencies

• Problem-solving and analysis skills
• Ability to perform well under pressure
• Planning and organizing
• Decision-making ability
• Attention to detail

Attributes

• Honesty, integrity, and respect
• Positive, enthusiastic attitude
• Professional work standards
• Ability to motivate self and others

Qualification and Experience

• Degree or Diploma and the required Certification with 10 to 12 years related experience.

Knowledge and Skills

• Component level design based on Technology Architecture Model
• System Analysis
• System and Database design
• System testing and reviews
• Security and performance assessments