Hybrid Systems Analyst

Company Description

Come join us and make a difference in the world!

We’re NEC Software Solutions (part of global tech giant NEC Corporation). While you read this ad, our software is helping to dispatch ambulances, support families, keep trains on the move, locate missing people and even test the hearing of newborn babies.

Working with us, you’ll be helping our 3,000+ employees push the boundaries of what’s possible and support amazing public services.

We work with governments, hospitals, police forces, housing providers, local authorities and more. We help them pay financial support faster, speed up treatments for patients and respond to emergencies in the right way. The more we do, the more our customers can do for others. And together, we make a world of difference.

We’d love your help. And we’ll support you all the way.

Discover more at www.necsws.com

Job Description

We're on the lookout for a System Analyst to be based on a Hybrid Basis in our Hemel Hempstead office working within a team that focuses heavily on developing, supporting and maintaining our NEC web-based Housing Management product suite. Our products are some of the leading applications in the Local Government and Housing Sector - so this is a great opportunity to be working really closely with it!

The successful candidate will be required to: 

• Understand Complex business requirements 
• Communicate and collaborate effectively with the Product Management team to agree the final business requirement. 
• Work with a technical architect to agree a technical solution for the requirement 
• Excellent data and function modelling (ERD and FHD) 
• Logical database design 
• Impact analysis and change control specification 
• Analysis workshop facilitation 
• Work closely with the team of system analysts to produce consistent designs 
• Estimation of work and management of own workload 
• Produce detailed high-quality specifications for UI (User Interface) and rest Api developers 
• Support the development and test team with prompt clarifications 
• Impact analysis and change control specification 
• Testing to ensure build meets functional specifications 
• Support the developed software within agreed service level targets and quality objectives 
• Work effectively in the team 
• Provide technical support, guidance, and inspiration to other members of the team. 
• Promptly escalate issues which cause personal or team development to fall outside of agreed quality or timescale tolerances and to actively contribute to their resolution. 
• Pro-actively suggest and implement agreed process improvements that enhance the performance, productivity. 
• Actively contribute to the continuous improvement of development processes that enhance the performance and quality of personal and team deliverables. 

Qualifications

Essential:

• Experience working on projects in an agile methodology 
• Experience working with Mobile Technologies (preferably Ionic Framework) 
• Ability to write understandable, well-formatted specifications to be developed in a SaaS mobile system utilising a PostgreSQL database, Springboot Java Rest Api’s and UI developed in Angular and Ionic
• Experience of specifying systems utilising Ionic, Angular and Springboot Java 
• Strong Experience with SQL including the ability to both read and understand it
• Able to perform root cause analysis of problems and identify a solution to the problem 
• Strong skills with HTML, CSS and Javascript
• Ability to devise functional solutions to complex business problems
• Experience writing User Stories, Creating User Journeys or Process Mapping.
• Strong experience with Analysis and Design of applications

Desirable: 

• Understanding of Agile Development Tooling
• Experience of the Housing Sector would be advantageous
• Experience with HTML, CSS and Javascript 
• Experience with Continuous Integration tools (e.g., Jenkins) 
• Experience of working under a formal Quality Management System 

Additional Information

We pride ourselves in offering an excellent benefits package, including an above average pension scheme. When you join the team at NEC Software Solutions, you are provided with the following:

• Private Medical Cover funded by NEC for Employees (with the option to add family members at an additional cost) 
• 25 days paid holiday with the option to buy/sell 
• 4 x basic salary life assurance cover funded by NEC (with the option to increase cover at an additional cost)
• A Group Pension Plan with fantastic employer contributions up to a maximum of 8.5%
• A selection of flexible benefits to suit your individual needs 

Candidates must be able to demonstrate a pre-existing right to work and travel within the UK. Documentary evidence will be required.

All offers are subject to satisfactory vetting and reference checks. 

NEC Software Solutions is an equal opportunities employer, welcoming applications from all communities.