Sr IT Analyst-Applications

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Job Summary We are seeking a skilled Senior IT Analyst Applications to join Strategic Procurement - CAT IT Division.

The preference for this role is to be based out of Whitefield PSN Office -Bangalore, KA-India This position requires candidate to work a 5-day -a -week schedule in the office What you will do This role is responsible for modernizing the application portfolio that supports Procurement processes.

What You Will do: Partner with Procurement leaders, business users, product owners, architects, and delivery teams to understand business processes, pain points, and modernization priorities.

Assess legacy applications and define pragmatic modernization approaches, including re-platforming, refactoring, integration, data migration, and retirement.

Design and develop responsive user experiences with ReactJS and scalable services and REST APIs using Java and Spring Boot.

Build, deploy, and support secure cloud solutions on AWS, applying appropriate architecture, integration, monitoring, and operational practices.

Evaluate and implement generative AI use cases using Amazon Bedrock, with appropriate security, governance, and responsible AI controls.

Design data solutions and integrations using Snowflake, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SnapLogic, APIs, and related ETL patterns.

Lead requirements analysis, solution design, estimation, development, code reviews, testing, deployment, defect resolution, and post-go-live support.

Translate complex technical topics into clear business outcomes, options, risks, and recommendations for stakeholders.

Promote reusable components, engineering standards, DevSecOps practices, documentation, and continuous improvement across the application portfolio.

What You Have: Partner with Procurement leaders, business users, product owners, architects, and delivery teams to understand business processes, pain points, and modernization priorities.

Assess legacy applications and define pragmatic modernization approaches, including re-platforming, refactoring, integration, data migration, and retirement.

Design and develop responsive user experiences with ReactJS and scalable services and REST APIs using Java and Spring Boot.

Build, deploy, and support secure cloud solutions on AWS, applying appropriate architecture, integration, monitoring, and operational practices.

Evaluate and implement generative AI use cases using Amazon Bedrock, with appropriate security, governance, and responsible AI controls.

Design data solutions and integrations using Snowflake, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SnapLogic, APIs, and related ETL patterns.

Lead requirements analysis, solution design, estimation, development, code reviews, testing, deployment, defect resolution, and post-go-live support.

Translate complex technical topics into clear business outcomes, options, risks, and recommendations for stakeholders.

Promote reusable components, engineering standards, DevSecOps practices, documentation, and continuous improvement across the application portfolio.

Top Candidates Will Have: Proven delivery of at least one large-scale application modernization, cloud migration, or legacy platform transformation.

Hands-on experience with Amazon Bedrock, generative AI, retrieval-augmented generation, or AI-enabled enterprise applications.

Experience establishing modern front-end and back-end architecture standards and reusable engineering patterns.

Knowledge of procurement, supplier management, master data, or related enterprise business processes.

Experience with data migration, data quality, integration architecture, and analytics or reporting solutions.

Experience working with globally distributed teams and influencing stakeholders without direct authority.

Additional Information : Location: Bangalore, India.

Up to 10% travel may be required.

Education / Experience: Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.

Skill Descriptors Core Application Systems: Knowledge of major production application systems used for delivery of services to internal and external clients; ability to leverage major production application systems in diverse situations.

Level Extensive Experience: • Manages application-related issues, implications, and approaches with clients.

•Evaluates key interfaces and interdependencies among core applications systems.

•Explains features and benefits of core applications for consideration by business units.

•Implements existing and planned application enhancements in major business units.

•Tracks data flow between own applications and core applications in other business areas.

•Plans enhancement, conversion, and retirement strategies for core applications.

Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.

Level Extensive Experience: • Ensures capture of lessons to be learned from a problem-solving effort.

•Organizes potential problem solvers and leads problem resolution efforts.

•Uses varying problem-solving approaches and techniques as appropriate.

•Contributes to standard practices for problem-solving approaches, tools, and processes.

•Analyzes and synthesizes information and devises alternative resolution strategies.

•Develops successful resolutions to critical or wide-impact problems.

Application Design, Architecture: Knowledge of application design