Senior Application Configuration Analyst

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PSE's IT Application Solution steam is looking for qualified candidates to fill an open Senior Application Configuration Analyst position!

Specific details regarding the work arrangements for this position will be discussed in further detail during the interview process.

This position works comprehensively across all phases of systems analysis while evaluating the strategic business implications of technology applications within the current operational environment. Facilitates collaborative processes to gather and establish detailed business requirements, and may participate in critical hardware/software selection and vendor evaluation processes. Participates actively in project initiation phases by defining high-level requirements and contributing to the development of business strategies, objectives, and key organizational drivers.

Takes full responsibility for conducting system prototypes, developing comprehensive functional specifications, executing data and function mapping initiatives, and configuring transaction and control tables to support business operations. Maintains thorough understanding of complex business processes and workflows to enable effective analysis of business requirements and development of innovative solutions that enhance organizational functions. Identifies and resolves critical gaps in business processes while managing security and authorization setup, creating user documentation, designing data interfaces, and overseeing data migration and reconciliation activities.

Actively participates in the installation and performance tuning of system modifications, as well as implementing data archiving protocols to maintain optimal system performance. Ensures strict compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley Act requirements and other applicable regulatory standards, maintaining the highest levels of operational integrity and risk management throughout all business analysis activities.

• Facilitates process to gather/establish business requirements.
• May participate in hardware/software selection, and vendor selection.
• Participates in project initiation and defines high-level requirements.
• Participates in business strategies, objectives and drivers.
• Is responsible for conducting prototypes, developing functional specifications, data mapping, function mapping, setting of configuration tables and setting of transaction/control tables.
• Has a thorough understanding of the business processes and flows to enable the analysis of business requirements and the development of solutions for the business functions.
• Is responsible for the identification of and resolution of gaps in the business processes. Involved in security/authorization set-up, user documentation, data interface design, data migration and reconciliation.
• Involved in the installation and tuning of modification, as well as archiving data. Ensures compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley and other regulations.
• Upholds the safety compliance standards inherent in PSE's operating and/or field procedures related to work responsibilities. Promotes and supports a culture of total safety.
• Demonstrates commitment to conduct business honestly, ethically and consistent with our core values and Code of Conduct. Ensures duties are performed in accordance with all regulatory compliance obligations.

• Diagnoses complex problems, develops and implements solutions in a (specialized technical requirements as shown in technical addendum) environment. Effectively understands relevant business processes so that they can be modeled in internal systems.
• Develops and maintains scope and objectives for internal systems requirements as defined by the organization inclusive of (specialized technical requirements as shown in technical addendum) modules and affected applications, to allow for programming business rules into said systems.
• Maintains extensive knowledge of their assigned functional area in (specialized technical requirements as shown in technical addendum) environment, active business processes, business areas, as well as industry.
• Performs complex and demanding tasks dealing with the analysis, design, configuration, development and implementation of solutions serving business line and functional units.
• Carries out detailed system design and writes functional and technical requirements/specs, develops test plans and applies testing, and quality monitoring procedures.
• Provides guidance to business and functional units in developing tests and training plans and materials.
• Provides day-to-day support to users and to junior configurators, as well as drives improved user productivity through developing and implementing new business process and systems solutions.
• Proactively contributes to an overall IT strategy via direct experience in tactical…