Senior Systems Analyst

Senior Systems Analyst

Location: Nicosia Format: Full-time, office

We are looking for an experienced Systems Analyst to participate in the design, development, documentation, and implementation of complex software and automated information systems.

Required Experience and Qualifications

• At least five years of hands-on software development experience.
• Experience working as a Systems Analyst, Technical Analyst, Software Engineer, or in a similar technical role.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, distributed systems, microservices, and system integration principles.
• Practical knowledge of the following technologies:
  • PostgreSQL;
  • MySQL;
  • Redis;
  • RabbitMQ;
  • AWS EC2 and related AWS infrastructure services.
• Strong SQL knowledge and experience working with relational databases, data models, database schemas, and complex queries.
• Experience designing REST APIs and integrations between internal systems, external services, and third-party providers.
• Experience preparing technical documentation for complex software and automated information systems.
• Knowledge of international systems and software engineering documentation standards, including:
  • ISO/IEC/IEEE 29148 — Requirements Engineering;
  • ISO/IEC/IEEE 15289 — Life-Cycle Information and Documentation;
  • ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010 — Architecture Description;
  • ISO/IEC/IEEE 12207 — Software Life-Cycle Processes.
• Experience developing the following types of documentation:
  • Business Requirements Specifications;
  • System Requirements Specifications;
  • Software Requirements Specifications;
  • Functional Specifications;
  • Technical Specifications;
  • System Architecture Documents;
  • Interface and Integration Specifications;
  • API Documentation;
  • Data Models and Database Specifications;
  • Use Cases and User Stories;
  • System Operation and Support Documentation.
• Ability to collect, analyse, formalise, structure, and document business and technical requirements.
• Ability to transform business requirements into clear functional and technical requirements.
• Experience decomposing complex requirements into development tasks.
• Ability to prepare clear and detailed assignments for software developers.
• Experience working directly with developers, QA engineers, DevOps engineers, product managers, business representatives, and external partners.
• Good command of written and spoken English, including the ability to prepare professional technical documentation in English.

Key Responsibilities

• Collect, analyse, clarify, and formalise business and technical requirements.
• Develop and maintain requirements for software products and automated information systems.
• Prepare system requirements, software requirements, functional specifications, and technical specifications.
• Translate business needs into clear and implementable technical solutions.
• Create detailed development tasks with acceptance criteria, business rules, validation rules, and expected system behaviour.
• Decompose large features and business requirements into manageable development tasks.
• Assign and explain tasks to software developers.
• Support developers throughout the implementation process and clarify requirements when necessary.
• Design system components, services, APIs, data flows, and integration processes.
• Describe request and response formats, data structures, validation rules, error-handling logic, and processing algorithms.
• Prepare and maintain technical documentation in accordance with applicable ISO/IEC/IEEE standards and the company’s internal documentation standards.
• Develop system architecture descriptions, integration diagrams, sequence diagrams, activity diagrams, data-flow diagrams, and process models.
• Document automated information systems throughout their complete life cycle.
• Participate in architectural and technical solution discussions.
• Review implemented functionality and verify its compliance with approved requirements.
• Support QA engineers in preparing test scenarios and acceptance criteria.
• Participate in functional, integration, and user acceptance testing.
• Analyse change requests and assess their impact on existing systems, integrations, databases, and business processes.
• Keep system documentation accurate and up to date following software changes and releases.

Required Modelling and Documentation Skills

The successful candidate should be able to work with:

• UML;
• BPMN;
• Sequence diagrams;
• Activity diagrams;
• State diagrams;
• Component diagrams;
• Deployment diagrams;
• Entity-relationship diagrams;
• Data-flow diagrams;
• Flowcharts;
• API specifications using OpenAPI or Swagger;
• User stories and acceptance criteria;
• Functional and non-functional requirements;
• Traceability matrices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in FinTech, payment processing, banking, acquiring, or card payment systems.
• Knowledge of payment industry standards such as ISO 8583, ISO 20022, EMV, PCI DSS, or EMV 3-D Secure.
• Experience working with high-load, highly available, and distributed systems.
• Understanding of information security, data protection, audit, logging, monitoring, and access-control requirements.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and cloud infrastructure.
• Knowledge of Python, Go, Java, JavaScript, C++, or another modern programming language.
• Experience with Jira, Confluence, GitLab, Postman, Swagger, or similar tools.
• Experience participating in the complete software development life cycle, from initial requirements analysis to production release and operational support.