Lead System Analyst

17 hours ago

Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa AICA Consultancy Full time

Company Description

AICA Consultancy is a forward-thinking IT consulting firm that provides exceptional resource augmentation services across various expertise areas. These include data modeling, data engineering, business analysis, business intelligence, senior IT project management, data architecture, and solution architecture. AICA is committed to delivering high-quality services, helping businesses optimize their technology strategies, and achieving objectives seamlessly. The company prides itself on fostering innovation, collaboration, and a results-driven approach in everything they undertake.

Role Description

This is a full-time, on-site position for a Lead Systems Analyst located in the City of Johannesburg. The Lead Systems Analyst will be responsible for analyzing system requirements, designing solutions, and managing software or hardware implementation projects. Daily responsibilities include collaborating with cross-functional teams, providing technical expertise, solving system-related issues, and ensuring the alignment of systems with organizational objectives. Additionally, the role involves documenting processes, supporting users, and continuously evaluating and improving system performance.

Qualifications

Typical Duties and Responsibilities

Analysis, Modelling and Design

·       Perform problem analysis to understand the underlying causes, factors, and implications.

·       Develop insights and identify requirements for solutions.

·       Perform exploratory data analysis (EDA) to understand data patterns, trends, and relationships.

·       Develop or have knowledge of implementing statistical models, machine learning algorithms, and predictive analytics techniques to extract insights surrounding the business requirements.

·       Conduct hypothesis testing and statistical inference to validate findings and assess model accuracy.

·       Define the model in the context of the solution and create functional specifications.

·       Create the Entity-Relationship Diagrams to visually represent entities, attributes, and relationships in the system.

·       Collaborate with a cross functional team of business analysts, UI analysts, and domain experts to define and document requirements.

Programming and Software Development

·       Comfortable usings programming languages such as Python, or R to develop analytical tools, scripts, and applications.

·       Design and implement data pipelines for data ingestion, preprocessing, transformation, and visualisation.

Collaborate with software engineers to integrate analytical models into production systems and ensure scalability and reliability.

RequirementsQUALIFICATIONS

·       
Domain Relevant certifications

·       
Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field.

EXPERIENCE

Work Experience:

·       Experience in problem solving and root cause analysis.

·       Exposure to the utility industry advantageous but not required.

·       Proven record of experience with data manipulation, data visualization, and statistical analysis libraries (e.g. Pandas).

·       Proven application of machine learning frameworks and statistical modelling techniques.

Project Experience:

·       Proven business analysis capability, working on multiple and complex projects.

Proven project management capability

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