Senior System Analyst Role

Dublin  ‐ Onsite
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Description

Location: Dublin

Job Type: Contract

Duration: 12 Months

Rate: Up to €315 p/d

Start Date: ASAP

Job Overview:
Provide ongoing technical expertise and support to the development life cycles of MasterCard products and ancillary applications. Focus may be on core and/or non-core products and in various stages of the overall project cycle. Close partnership with Business Analysis and the technology teams to ensure that business and functional requirements are aligned appropriately with MasterCard Technologies. Will have strong working knowledge of MasterCard applications and systems.

Major Accountabilities:

Accountabilities will include some but not necessarily all depending upon specific role:
Provide technical analysis of product or application hardware and software to ensure that business and functional requirements can be met
Provide technical support to Business Owners during implementation of new products/services
Provide subject matter expertise for support escalations
Lead the development of conceptual designs and mocking up screens
Testing and working with TCOE staff
Prioritize and identify cross application/system enhancements
Determine development impacts to current processing and work with programmers and users to ensure accuracy of enhancements
Develop and execute complex test plans
Perform analysis of system requirements and work closely with developers
Create design considerations that assists team with Front End changes
Lead review sessions of technical requirements
Manage defect resolution process
Coordinate offshore testing
Collaborate with development staff on software designs
Facilitate JAD sessions
Document and coordinate audit controls and PCI requirements
Other aspects of this role that may occur depending upon the specific functional area:

Web Application:
Define and implements tagging measurement strategies to all MasterCard to measure success of its digital effort SEQ Analyst:
Work with business and development team to define needs, plan and optimize our web properties for Search Engine Optimization Data Analyst:
Act as liaison between the business and technical teams in such areas as data quality, merchant analysis, help desk support, compliance and government regulations, audits and controls and report definition and creation.
Education:
Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or Management Information Systems or equivalent combination of relevant experience and education.

Knowledge/Experience:

3 - 5 years experience in related field
Strong technical knowledge and capability
Demonstration of MC Core Competencies

Skills/Abilities:

High-energy, detail-oriented and proactive with the ability to function under pressure in an independent environment.
High degree of initiative and self-motivation with a willingness and ability to learn and take on challenging opportunities.
Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, with strong relationship, collaborative and organization skills.
Ability to train/guide more junior resources.

Story Behind the Need - Business Group & Key Projects

  • How has this role come about?
  • Project based, or continuous need?
  • Purpose/Size of this team
  • Surrounding team & key projects

Fraud team in Dublin, expanding rapidly, started as 1 team now have 5 teams, new team being put together.

Team will be 8 people who will all work with a number of other teams.

Working on a number of projects that are being worked on by the product team, so can be working on different projects every couple of weeks.

Typical Day in the Role

  • Hours/Shift worked
  • Key tasks and rhythm
  • Stakeholder Interaction: Internal & External
  • Required to travel or work remotely (expenses required?)

Standard Mon-Fri offices hours.

Working closely with software engineers and developers, making sure they understand the projects and the user stories. Collaboration of requirements.

No travel required, no remote working.

Compelling Story & Candidate Value Proposition

  • What makes this role interesting
  • Competitive market comparison
  • Unique selling points
  • Value added or experience gained

Global culture, working with new technologies, Mastercard culture and lots of team work and working closely together in a friendly environment.

Candidate Requirements

  • Top 3 Must Have Skills or

Measurable for screening CVs in order of importance

1. Proven experience of technical knowledge of software products

2. Strong communication skills

3. Strong team work

  • Years of experience required
  • Key performance measurements
  • Degrees or certifications required

2-3 years' experience

  • What kind of industry experience are you looking for?
  • What other job titles describe this role at other companies or similar industries?
  • Challenges when recruiting previously
  • Disqualifiers

Agile experience

SRUM MasterCard Project Manager

Management information system - Computer science related

  • Soft Skills/Personality Requirements
  • Non-essential requirements that would give the candidate an edge,

Facilitate team meetings

Document coordination of all controls and PCI requirements

Start date
ASAP
Duration
12 months
From
IDPP
Published at
07.12.2017
Project ID:
1466026
Contract type
Freelance
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