Systems Analyst Job Description
The individual performing this analyst role
will interact directly with employees in
defining business requirements and high-level
designs for a variety of software development
and data conversion initiatives. The position
is full time and will be based in Minneapolis,
Minnesota. The candidate should be willing
to travel 10% of the time to work with out-of-state
clients.
To be considered for this position, the
successful candidate will possess the following
background and experience:
- 10+ years experience in information
systems
- 5+ years experience working in the
managed healthcare industry
- Excellent written and verbal communication
skills
- The ability to work with minimal supervision,
and manage time to meet project milestones
- The ability to independently lead
meetings and teleconferences where business
requirements are discussed and defined
- Experience creating software development
artifacts required under Sarbanes-Oxley
legislation
Background which is preferred, but not
mandatory, includes:
- Subject matter expertise in the areas
of: physician and hospital claims processing,
member enrollment, benefits administration,
and provider contracting
- Experience in performing data conversions
from one software platform to another
- Experience in creating and managing
interfaces between a managed healthcare
organization and external entities,
such as state and federal government
benefit programs and pharmacy benefit
administrators.
Mail your resume to hrnam@cognizant.com.
Testers
You'll have excellent exposure to manual,
automated and performance testing in the
mainframe and client/server environments.
In addition, you'll be capable of working
independently on small projects, as well
as providing leadership to other testing
resources on larger projects. Preferably,
you'll have a BA or BS degree, extensive
exposure to the managed care industry,
and 7 to 12 years total IT experience
developing and maintaining software applications.
Mail your resume to careers@cognizant.com.
.NET Technical/Solutions Architects
You'll have substantial experience
in Microsoft Technologies with at least
2 years on the .NET framework and designed
systems on .NET or Windows DNA (COM and
COM+). You'll also have deep and extensive
expertise in 2-tier, 3-tier and n-tier
applications, and sound UML knowledge.
A BE, B.Tech, MS or an MCA with 7 to 12
years of total IT, you'll be a match.
Mail your resume to dotnetarchitects@blr.cognizant.com.
J2EE Technical/Solutions Architects
You'll have solid experience in designing
systems in Java and J2EE, deep and extensive
expertise in 2-tier, 3-tier and n-tier
applications, and sound UML knowledge.
A BE, B.Tech, MS or an MCA with 7 to 12
years of total IT, you'll be a match.
Mail your resume to J2EEarchitects@blr.cognizant.com.
Developers
You'll have excellent hands-on experience
in .NET or J2EE with strong UML expertise.
A BE, B.Tech, MS or an MCA with 4 to 6
years of total IT, you'll be a match.
Mail your resume to dotnetdevelopers@blr.cognizant.com
/ J2EEdevelopers@blr.cognizant.com.
Senior Testers
You'll have excellent exposure to manual,
automated and performance testing, with
solid experience in managing big teams.
A BE, B.Tech, MS or an MCA with 7 to 12
years of total IT, you'll be a match.
Mail your resume to seniortesters@blr.cognizant.com.
SAP - Practice Leaders and Senior Consultants
We are looking for Practice Leaders
and Senior Consultants in each of the
following domains immediately:
- SAP Business Warehouse
- SAP CRM
- SAP HR
- SAP Portals
- SAP Order-to-Cash Process
- SAP Procurement-to-Pay Process
- SAP Manufacturing Planning and Execution
- SAP Upgrade
- SAP BASIS
- SAP Technical
- SAP Project Delivery
As the Practice head of your particular
domain, you will provide leadership and
will be the go-to person for business development
and delivery functions. We expect you to:
- Provide subject matter expertise and
thought leadership for business process
improvement, solution design, and help
lower the total cost of ownership
- Establish client relationship, understand
their pain points, challenges, and goals
- Participate in team selection for
functional and technical roles on such
engagements
- Create detailed project plans for
knowledge transfer, rollouts, and development
projects
- Proactively identify challenges, issues,
and risks in project delivery and develop
a mitigation plan working closely with
the client team
- Understand and apply Cognizant's tools
and methodologies for Application development
and maintenance projects
- Mentor team members and conduct training
programs in your domain area
- Create a Knowledge Management framework
for your respective domain and capture
best practices from projects in execution
- Ultimately responsible for project
QA, client satisfaction, and project
team performance
Excellent communication skills, inter-personal
skills, client-facing abilities and international
exposure are pre-requisites for these positions.
You should have a proven track record in
the SAP domain you want to lead, good understanding
of the onsite/offshore model, first class
degrees in engineering or computer applications
and MBA from premier institution.
Please include a short cover letter explaining
your understanding of the role and how you
will contribute to the overall success of
our SAP Practice. Send your location preference
and profile to: sapleadership@cognizant.com.
Program Managers and Project Managers
You'll have over 8 years software experience,
of which 4 years in managing large global
clients and establishing strong customer
relationships. You'll have taken complete
ownership of project delivery and provided
technical leadership for large projects.
You'll have a good grasp of CMM or six sigma
processes and excelled across technologies.
And you'll have excellent people management
capabilities and communication skills.
Data Architects, Web Architects,
and Modelers
You'll have experience in architecting and
designing Enterprise/Internet-based solutions
using different technologies and products.
You'll have experience in providing solutions
spanning digital security, load balancing,
scalability and performance tuning.
You'll have 6 to 8 years experience in software
consulting, managing large architecture-down
projects, of which at least 3 to 4 years
experience in Internet technologies.
For the above two positions mail your resumes
to celebration@chn.cognizant.com.
We require senior professionals with 6 years
or more experience in one or more of the
following areas.
Mainframe
COBOL, CICS, DB2, IMS DB/DC, IDMS, ADSO,
JCL, Assembler, VSAM, TPF, Model204, IDEAL
AS/400
RPG 400, Cool:2E, COBOL 400, LANSA, DB/400
Client-Server
Oracle, Sybase, SQLServer, C++/Unix, MQ
Series, Lotus Notes, Ingres, SmallTalk
Internet
Java, EJB, J2EE, WebSphere, Vitria, WebMethods,
XML, XSL, WebLogic, Tibco
Digital
Security
LDAP, Single Sign-On
Data Warehousing
Business Objects, Cognos, Oracle Express,
Informatica, Microstrategy, Brio, Datastage,
Red Brick
ERP and SCM
PeopleSoft Financials/HRMS, Oracle Financials,
JD Edwards, Lawson, Adexa, MatrixOne, Manugistics
CRM
Siebel, PeopleSoft, Remedy, Clarify
HP 3000
MPE, MPE/ix, HP Cobol, Supertool, TurboIMAGE/3000,
Powerhouse, KSAM, Speedware
Databases/Data
Modeling
Oracle, DB2, IDMS, IMS, Sybase, ERWin,
Designer/2000
e-Testing
Rational Robot, Winrunner, Loadrunner,
Test Director, JRun
We also require the following specialists
and experts.
Business Analysts/Domain Specialists
Financial Services, Insurance, Health
Care, Retail, Banking, Manufacturing and
Logistics
Financial Services
Domain Experts
Advanced Commercial Banking Solution (ACBS),
Cheque Processing Control System (CPCS),
Base 24, SWIFT, MERVA, SmartStream Reconciliation
(SSR), VisionPLUS
Quality and
Process Specialists
CMMi, Six Sigma
Architects
J2EE, COM/COM+, .Net, OOAD
Requirement
Analysis Experts
CASE Tools like Rational Rose
Our other current requirements are as follows:
Account
Executives
Responsible for generating leads, cold calling,
identifying, qualifying and securing business
opportunities. You will perform sales and
technical discussions with potential clients,
presentations and preparation of proposals
documents in order to increase revenue for
the company.
8 years of experience selling consulting
services. Proven and consistent track record
producing revenues of over $5 million. Must
be able to deliver excellent presentations
and have Industry contacts and references.
Experience in business evaluations, gathering
and analyzing corporate and market information.
Must have strong communication skills with
the ability to translate complex technical
concepts into business terms. Strong technical
understanding with experience in or familiarity
with current technologies is necessary.
Travel is required and should possess a
BS/BA Degree.
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Account Managers
Responsible for managing business development
objectives within key clients and verticals
to include Telecommunications, Retail, Finance,
Health Care, Insurance, Manufacturing, IS,
and Pharmaceutical. Demonstrated ability
to perform technical program and project
management of geographically disbursed teams
using established criteria and professional
standards. Work with architecture teams
to deliver full life cycle technical solutions.
Must be able to manage teams of 20-30 consultants
in addition to international projects. Experience
with on-site/offshore model is strongly
desired.
7+ years experience with 3-5 managing in
a development environment. Excellent communicator
and be able to communicate effectively along
vertical and horizontal planes internally
and in client organizations. Able to multitask
with rapidly changing priorities and manage
multiple tasks in a dynamic environment;
detail-oriented and manage and maintain
all facets of complex assignments; problem
solver and be able to identify strategic
solutions to business problems with enterprise-wide
implications. Must demonstrates flexibility
to work among diverse corporate environments,
industries and technical and non-technical
audiences.
Should possess SDLC experience with requirements
analysis, development and testing of software
with enterprise and e-commerce technologies.
Demonstrated ability in developing and building
client relationships. Ability to handle
tough situations and achieve a favorable
outcome. Set and manage expectations and
manage client and internal resource constraints
effectively. Budgeting/P &L. Manage
$3-5 million project budgets. Experience
in managing domestic and offshore teams
with favorable results. Travel is required
and should possess a BS/BA degree.
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Client Partners
Responsible for rapid business expansion
within the one or more of the following:
Telecommunications, Retail, Finance, Health
Care, Insurance, Manufacturing, IS, and
Pharmaceutical industries. Specifically
growing a select client cluster with clearly
established top line and bottom line targets.
Will need to sell new service offerings
and solutions to the client cluster in order
to achieve this. Will need to understand
company methodology, delivery process as
well as the details of the company's service
offerings. Will need to work with Solutions
Leaders and Subject Matter Experts to achieve
goals with efficacy. Responsible for establishing
and managing client relationship with key
decision makers. Must be able to establish
and build "trust" and leverage client context
by understanding client's overall business
goals. Be able to position Cognizant as
a Strategic IT partner and identify avenues
for Cognizant to implement IT solutions.
Responsible for overall account to include
work quality and customer satisfaction.
Will manage Account and Project Manager
combination to achieve client goals. Contribute
to new business development efforts in other
verticals and facilitate those offerings.
Client Partner should be able to leverage
prior experience to bring 'higher value'
solution offerings. Must be a big picture
thinker and bring a successful track record
with building comfortable relationships
based on trust and respect. Must know how
to build, guide, manage, mentor, motivate
and reward teams in addition to set, deliver
revenue/profit targets. Demonstrated ability
in dealing with emergencies. Should be comfortable
in groups/teams and be able to both lead
and follow. Must bring top-notch consulting/
relationship management skills and an deep
appreciation of IT tools, techniques, systems
and solutions. Will be held accountable
against Measurable Revenue/Profit Growth
within set timelines. Should possess in
any of the following: relationship based
marketing; M&A desk in investment banking;
business development in professional services;
management consulting firms; private banks;
marketing companies; high end technology
companies. Travel is required and must possess
a BS/BA degree.
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Principal and Consulting
Architects
Responsible for proposing solutions to improve
and enhance existing architectures. Provide
full life cycle development of software
architectures including analysis, design,
development, testing, implementation, and
maintenance. Provide software and architectural
development for new and existing projects.
Proactively evaluate and test emerging technologies/tools,
and document essential steps to integrate
tools into applications. Design and develop
common application services for re-use across
multiple project initiatives. Participate
in system analysis, design, implementation,
and documentation for various projects.
Participate in prototypes analysis, design,
implementation, and documentation for new
systems using emerging technologies participate
in the defining and refining lifecycle for
software application systems. Perform tool
and system configurations and quality assurance
testing when necessary.
4-8 years experience and must be able to
write extensively and quickly and communicate
effectively. Must be able to think quickly
and be on their feet designers - at a client
site they should be able to quickly map
business architecture into a technical architecture.
Must be able to resolve significantly complex
performance and salability problems in applications,
databases and technical infrastructures.
Working knowledge with Middleware products.
Strong knowledge in OO technologies and
tools. The specific foundational technologies/products
that an Architect must know very well would
be:
- XML
- Relational Database performance and
Tuning (preferably in Oracle and UDB/DB2)
- J2EE, ORBs, EJBs
- Bachman and Erwin data modeling
- UML, Rational Rose
- Any two OO languages (Java, C++, Smalltalk,
other)
- MQ-Series or other messaging middleware
- IP and IP Security (Checkpoint firewalls,
Entrust PKI, LDAP directories)
- Tivoli or Unicenter or other Systems
Management products and technologies
Travel is required and should possess a
BS/BA degree.
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PeopleSoft Project
Managers
Responsible for supporting Peoplesoft implementation/upgrade
at client locations and be the project management
lead person to manage all aspects of the
project, to interface with technical lead
to ensure a timely and coordinated execution
of the project, to interface with client
for requirements gathering, status updates
on project, and be the ultimate coordinator/resolver
of issues that arise. This is a very visible
position with interactions with client at
senior levels.
8 years of IT experience with a least 2
years in a Project Lead or Project Manager
level role. 2 years in Peoplesoft implementation/maintenance
for US based clients. Good functional knowledge
of at least two of the following Peoplesoft
modules: Financials, HR, Payroll, Benefits,
CRM (Customer Relationship Management)
Experience in most phases of the SDLC (Software
Development Life Cycle) such as project
scoping, requirements gathering, analysis,
design, construction, testing, migration,
and maintenance. Bid preparation skills
and knowledge of MS Project. Excellent knowledge
of Peoplesoft technology such as PeopleTools,
PeopleCode, Application Engine, Data upload
utilities, Crystal, SQR, Cognos, and nVision.
Experience or exposure to Peoplesoft PIA
architecture and integration tools. Excellent
client facing and people skills. Peoplesoft
certifications are desirable, but not mandatory.
Travel is required and should possess a
BS/BA degree.
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JDEdwards Practice Manager
This person will lead the JD Edwards practice,
which is a part of the overall ERP practice.
Responsible for developing the practice
and developing JD Edwards consulting business.
Will have customer and business development
coupled with building teams in US and India.
Duties will include deployment of JD Edwards
software, leading project activities, developing
corporate process objectives, facilitating
process improvement activities, and assisting
with the development and implementation
of go to market strategy.
Over 8 years of IT consulting experience
with at least 4 years of implementation
experience of JD Edwards. Should have in
depth knowledge of JDEdwards functionality
and technology, including OneWorld, RPG,
and AS/400. In depth knowledge of manufacturing,
distribution, supply chain and financial
functional knowledge would be a plus. Exposure
to other ERP systems like SAP, Peoplesoft,
Baan, Oracle, or Lawson would be a plus.
Bid preparation skills and knowledge of
MS Project. Excellent client facing and
people skills. Must have excellent interpersonal
skills (both written and verbal); possess
analytical problem solving and project management
skills. Proven leadership capabilities with
the ability to support a changing environment.
Travel is required and should possess a
BS/BA degree.
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