Systems Analyst – Remote and Hybrid Work Options
- Oregon Health Authority
- Feb 28, 2023
Job Description
Systems Analyst (Information Systems Specialist 6) 3 Positions Available – Remote and Hybrid Work Options
REQ- 121470
Close Date: 3/26/2023
Salary: $5,315.00 - $8,049.00 Monthly
Location: Salem, OR / Remote
This position will be used to fill three (3) vacancies. Applications will be pulled/screened in 2-week intervals from the posting date.
The Oregon Health Authority has a fantastic opportunity for a Systems Analyst to join an excellent team and work to advance their IT career.
The Office of Information Service’s mission is to deliver technology solutions and services that support Oregon Health Authority and Oregon Department of Health Services in helping Oregonians achieve health, well-being, and independence.
The Oregon Health Authority is committed to:
- Eliminating health inequities in Oregon by 2030
- Becoming an anti-racist organization
- Developing and promoting culturally and linguistically appropriate programs, and
- Developing and retaining a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workforce that represents the diversity, cultures, strengths, and values of the people of Oregon.
- Click here to learn more about OHA’s mission, vision, and core values.
This is a full-time permanent opportunity for anyone to apply. This is a classified position and is represented by a union.
What's in it for you?
- Medical, vision, and dental benefits
- 11 paid holidays
- 8 hours of vacation per month, eligible to be used after 6 months of service
- 8 hours of sick leave per month, eligible to be used as accrued
- 24 hours of personal business leave per fiscal year, eligible to be used after 6 months of service
- Pension and retirement programs
- Opportunity to potentially receive loan forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF)
- Continuous growth and development opportunities
- Opportunities to serve your community and make an impact through meaningful work
- A healthy work/life balance, including fulltime remote options as well
What you will do!
As a Systems Analyst, you will provide technical requirements documentation, systems analysis, design and development, strategic planning, and project coordination to support the Office of Information Systems (OIS). You will support OHA and ODHS computer applications including Internet, Intranet, Extranet, client-server, mainframe, and database solutions.
In this role, you will focus on design, development, and implementation of OHA and ODHS projects per policies, procedures, processes, and standards. Your responsibilities will include assisting with requirements gathering and analysis, feasibility analysis, creation and support of business database access software and applications, project system planning, and design and development of existing and new systems. You will prepare IT reports, help develop presentations for delivery by other staff, and provide project coordination.
This position will give you the opportunity to play a key technical role administering the automated processing of batch jobs in the non-production environments. You will interact closely with system leads and senior developers to maintain the schedule of jobs to be tested and to analyze and resolve processing issues when they happen.
The Systems Analyst will work closely with others on the team to fortify and institutionalize consistent, repeatable coding and testing practices.
What we are looking for:
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: (Please outline in your application and resume how you meet the Minimum Qualifications - failure to do so might disqualify you from consideration)
(a) Five (5) years of information systems experience in Mainframe Technologies
OR
(b) An Associate's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field, OR completion of a two (2) year accredited vocational training program in information technology or related field; AND three (3) years of information systems experience in Mainframe Technologies
OR
(c) A Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field AND one (1) year of information systems experience in Mainframe Technologies
Desired Attributes:
The person in this position should have an intermediate skill level with the concepts, methodologies, techniques, and tools of system development. This includes selecting and adapting, where necessary, appropriate tools and support methodologies for use by their team. The incumbent in this position will participate in the advancement of systems delivery concepts, methodologies, techniques, and tools.
The system development environment has a mix of database management systems and distributed data with remote input and manipulation, multiple remote locations, a mixture of IS standards and a significant amount of expansion or change to existing business processes.
The position requires excellent communication skills and the ability to work with and facilitate diverse groups and individuals. This includes the ability to prioritize workloads and the ability to analyze complex procedures, processes, and policies. Basic project management knowledge is expected.
The person in this position must have experience coordinating projects with other Information System professionals, and in writing documentation according to established standards. This position requires the ability to use current generation personal computers with the flexibility to use and learn applications necessary to complete assigned tasks.
Expertise in application support or development using COBOL, CICS, VSAM, SQL, EZ+, DB2, and CA Scheduler in support of complex customer requirements is important.
This position requires experience in the System Development Life Cycle methodology and experience estimating resources and schedules for complex system development efforts.
The Oregon Health Authority is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer committed to workforce diversity.
How to Apply:
To view the announcement and apply, please visit the following link:
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The Oregon Health Authority is at the forefront of lowering and containing costs, improving quality and increasing access to health care in order to improve the lifelong health of Oregonians. OHA is overseen by the nine-member citizen Oregon Health Policy Board working towards comprehensive health reform in our state.
Vision:
A healthy Oregon
Mission:
Ensuring all people and communities can achieve optimum physical, mental, and social well-being through partnerships, prevention, and access to quality, affordable health care.