Systems Analyst

Office of Information Technology

Opening Date: June 25, 2026

Closing Date: July 10, 2026

Grade/Admin Unit: 27 / Professional/Technical

Job Class Code: 0867

Salary: $66,952.08 - $94,077.37 annually (includes 15% recruitment and retention stipend, eligible for 5% training bonus)

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Location: Augusta

Telework: Available

Note: This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship or STEM OPT extensions.

The Department of Administrative and Financial Services (DAFS) Office of Information Technology (MaineIT) provides information technology support to over 13,000 employees. MaineIT oversees large scale enterprise applications that support the critical and diverse business needs of the State of Maine and its agencies.

MaineIT seeks a highly talented individual who will represent our C.A.R.E. values in all that they do. At MaineIT we:

• Practice Customer‑focus, ensuring that customers are heard and their needs are met.
• Hold ourselves to a high level of Accountability by being transparent with stakeholders.
• Maintain an effective level of Responsiveness by providing timely updates in a proactive manner.
• Strive to provide Empathy driven, people‑focused services by applying emotional intelligence skills and behaviors.

This work provides advanced technical services involving the analysis, design, development, and implementation of complex application systems. Responsibilities include researching and analyzing business needs, formulating and defining application scope and objectives, and designing interfaces to connect and integrate systems capable of fully meeting business needs and objectives.

Opportunity to work with a dedicated and diverse Agile team including programmers, testers, business product owners and architects to identify and propose solutions to complex business problems. Opportunity to mentor team members in Systems Analysis and problem‑solving.

Perform analysis and documentation of business and system interactions. Design technical solutions to business issues and work with the Application Development team to implement those solutions. Involved in all phases of the SDLC:
Requirements Definition and Documentation, Systems Analysis and Design, System Integration, User Acceptance Testing, and Deployment Coordination. Facilitate processes for the team and vendors to ensure they are meeting MaineIT policy and procedures.

• Knowledge of all phases of the software development life cycle and the project development cycle.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, ability to write clearly and effectively.
• Experience gathering business requirements for system design, including advanced methodologies such as story mapping, impact mapping, user story writing and refinement.
• Experience writing queries and analyzing data (SQL).
• Experience in agile development methodology and practices.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships in a high‑paced team environment.
• Experience writing and executing test plans with attention to detail and quality focus.
• Strong time management skills and ability to self‑organize.
• Ability to help teams self‑organize.

Four (4) years combination of higher level programming and/or systems analysis and design experience. Masters Degree in Computer Science may be substituted for two (2) years of programming experience.

• Solid working experience in web applications and other current technologies.
• Data design/analysis and data mining using SQL.

• Work‑Life Balance: 13 paid holidays, 12 days of sick leave, and 3+ weeks of vacation leave annually. Vacation leave accrual increases with years of service; overtime‑exempt employees receive personal leave.
• Health Insurance Coverage: State pays 85%–100% of employee‑only premiums (annual value $11,857.68–$13,950.24). Employee responsible percentage varies by salary.
• Health Insurance Premium Credit: Participation decreases employee‑only premiums by 5%.
• Dental Insurance: State pays 100% of employee‑only dental premiums ($365.28 annual value).
• Retirement Plan: State contributes 14.11% of pay…