Business Systems Analyst III

Position Description

POSITION TITLE: BUSINESS SYSTEMS ANALYST III

SALARY: $7,329.55 - $9,105.73 Monthly

$87,954.60 - $109,268.76 Yearly

WORK LOCATION: Hybrid (Primarily Remote, Downtown Los Angeles)

FILING PERIOD: 6/17/2023 - 6/23/2024

EXAM NUMBER: 9869K

RECRUITMENT TYPE: Open Competitive Job Opportunity

ABOUT THE COURT

Los Angeles Superior Court is the largest unified trial court in the United States. Its 580 judges and commissioners work in one of the 40 facilities within the Court's 12 judicial districts and are supported by more than 4,500 full-time Court employees. The Court has an annual budget of more than $1 billion. Located in Southern California, Los Angeles County is geographically one of the nation's largest counties, covering 4,084 square miles and, with over 10,400,000 residents, is also one of its most populous counties.

ABOUT THE POSITION

Los Angeles Superior Court is seeking dynamic, well-qualified, and highly-motivated individuals to fill the position of Business Systems Analyst III within its Court Technology Services department based in Los Angeles, California.

Business Systems Analyst III is the advanced journey-level class in the business systems analyst class series. Incumbents perform complex systems analysis, design, implementation, and maintenance of Court systems, programs, and projects. Incumbents coordinate and act as project leader on unit projects, including performing business process documentation and reengineering, meeting with users to determine user needs and customer requirements, defining project scope, analyzing, and designing system requirements, and making recommendations on proposed systems, software, upgrades, modifications, automation, and solutions. Incumbents are expected to exercise sound independent judgment in leading and overseeing the development, modification, enhancement, and installation of systems and applications that meet customer business and operational requirements efficiently and cost-effectively.

For a detailed job description, please click here. Please note the requirements in the job description may vary from the requirements in this bulletin. Applicants must meet the requirements stated in this bulletin.

TELEWORK OPPORTUNITIES

This position is eligible for telework opportunities.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

To qualify, you must meet one of the following minimum requirements at the time of filing:

OPTION I: Two (2) years of experience in performing business application support and business process analyses as a Business Systems Analyst II.

OPTION II: Graduation from a four-year college or university and five years of experience in performing user support, testing, and related functions for Court case management systems or other large-scale business applications, at least two (2) of which include coordinating and serving as a project leader on systems development and enhancement projects; working with users to identify needs for moderate to complex systems modifications and enhancements; or developing specifications, testing modifications, and coordinating with programmers to ensure customer requirements are met.

Note: Credit for experience is given based on a 40-hour workweek. Part-time experience is credited on a part-time ratio, i.e., working 20 hours per week for two months equals one month of experience. No additional credit is given for overtime.

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS:

The ideal candidate will possess the following desirable qualifications:

• An advanced college degree in Information Systems, Information Technology, or a closely related field.

• Strategies for gathering, reviewing, analyzing, and documenting system requirements.

• Prioritize requirements and create conceptual prototypes and mock-ups.

• Coordinate with users and development team members on systems development and enhancement projects to ensure the successful implementation of software solutions.

• Interview and engage with users and project stakeholders to decipher and obtain data requirements and processing needs regarding projects.

• Develop conceptual and comprehensive business specifications documentation.

• Create comprehensive test scenarios and ensure functionality by performing QA tests.

• Confirm with development team that customer requirements are met.

• Provide user application support and training.

• Produce business process documentation describing project scope, analysis findings, and design requirements.

• Make recommendations on proposed systems, software, upgrades, modifications, and solutions.

• Exercise appropriate independent judgment and effectively respond to changing business needs throughout the system development life cycle.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills throughout the system development life cycle.

• Work effectively, independently and follow through on assignments.

• Work effectively with clients, users and management team.

• Experience with productivity tools such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Team Foundation Server.

• Knowledge of court business processes.

• Experience with Tyler Odyssey and/or other court case management systems.

• Degree Verification: To receive credit, a legible copy of your diploma or transcript (unofficial acceptable) detailing the degree conferred and the name of the educational institution must be attached to your online application following the guidelines below. Once the application is submitted, you will not be able to edit or add documents.

Documentation may be submitted as follows:

• As an attachment to your online application Attachments(s) must be in Microsoft Word or PDF format and should not exceed 10 MB
• For a list of acceptable accredited institutions or international universities, please visit http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation, www.chea.org/search,or http://whed.net/home.php.

Foreign studies must be evaluated by an academic credential evaluation agency and deemed to be equivalent to degrees from the United States. For a list of acceptable evaluation agencies, please visit www.naces.org or http://aice-eval.org/. Foreign studies submitted without acceptable evaluation will be rejected.

EXAMINATION INFORMATION:

PART I: Qualifying evaluation of education, training and experience based upon submitted application materials and supplemental questionnaire.

Part II: Applicants who best meet job-related qualifications will be invited to participate in the examination process that may consist of any combination of written, performance, or oral appraisal to further evaluate job-related experience, knowledge, skills and abilities.

APPLICATION AND FILING INFORMATION:

Applications may only be filed online. To learn how to apply online, please access the Online Employment Application Guide. Los Angeles Superior Court reserves the right to verify all submitted documentation prior to appointment. The Court will only consider completed applications submitted, along with the required documents, and will reject incomplete applications. A resume will not substitute for a fully completed employment application. To facilitate the full and proper consideration of your work experience, clearly specify what professional experience meets the required job qualifications. When listing your work experience, please specify the beginning and end dates for each job you held and describe your experience for each position.

Please provide a current and accurate email address for the Court to communicate with you about this job opportunity. Human Resources staff will notify all applicants of their application status via email. We recommend that you add info@governmentjobs.com to your SAFE SENDERS list to avoid the notification being filtered as spam mail.

Los Angeles Superior Court is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants with disabilities who require reasonable accommodations to participate in the recruitment process can contact the email address provided below. For additional employment information, please click here (Download PDF reader).

Questions regarding this posting may be emailed to msingh@lacourt.org

WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT:

We will notify you of the outcome after each step of the recruitment process has been completed. Applicants who successfully pass each (and all) examination part(s) will be placed on an eligible list that will remain active for approximately one year. Other vacancies may be filled using this list.

Exam No.: R9869K

Business Systems Analyst III

Applications may be submitted online

OR via the HR computer kiosk at

Los Angeles Superior Court

Human Resources Administration

111 N. Hill Street, Room 203

Los Angeles, CA 90012