Solutions Design Architect/Specification Writer Solutions Design Architect/Specification Writer - Software Architect - Software Design Architect
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Senior Business Architect, Solution Designer, Design Architect, Specification WriterSolutions Design Architect/Specification WriterIf you have 6+ years of experience developing functional specifications for commercial software products and are looking to work for a growing company around the Pittsburgh, PA area. read on!Who we are:We are an expanding software technology based company seeking a Solutions Design Architect/Specification Writer to be responsible for the creation of comprehensive, well-analyzed functional specifications used by software engineers, QA specialists and other stakeholders as a blueprint for creating software applications that meet or exceed project requirements. All other software development artifacts will be measured for accuracy and completeness against these specifications.What you will be doing:Writes comprehensive functional specifications from requirements documents and input from other domain and technical design sources.Insures accuracy, completeness, clarity and simplification of functional specifications.Presents functional specifications to internal stakeholders for review/acceptance and compliance with requirements.Revises functional specifications as necessary throughout the development life cycle.Provides development expertise in bridging domain requirements to developer/QA-ready functional specifications.Creates well-defined, well-written and well-organized functional specifications.Conducts analytical review meetings as required with domain experts to acquire the details needed to write functional specifications.Facilitates the clarification of functional specification issues as they arise during the development process.Creates visual models, charts, flow diagrams and other specification components that facilitate simplification and abstraction.Creates initial business object (entity) diagrams that can be used to initiate database design.Creates user interface mockups and associated behavioral rules to define navigation, validation, data relationships and trigger events.Defines business rules that are complete and unambiguous including supporting formulas, algorithms, data queries, process steps and decision points. Presents functional specifications to internal stakeholders.Identifies exception conditions and alternate use case paths not identified in requirements documentation.Provides report layouts, filters, groupings, subtotals and data mapping rules.Defines impact of enhancement/project to other integrated applications.Maintains revision historyDefines glossary of significant terms as a component part of the functional specification.Insures traceability of requirements throughout the functional specification.What you need for this position:BS/BA in computer science, informatics or equivalent combination of education and experience 6 or more years experience developing functional specifications for commercial software products Strong analytical skills. Strong communication, presentation and writing skills Strong abstraction, organization and simplification skills Detailed understanding of business processes Healthcare domain knowledge Commercial software development experience Knowledge of fundamental relational database design concepts Ability to read and interpret fundamental SQL queries Understanding of event-driven, object-oriented technologies Understanding of functional specification approaches that lead to successful technical design and test case development. Strong process definition skills Experience defining Use Cases Knowledge of UML concepts Skilled at abstracting process details from domain experts Skilled at analysing and mapping complex processes Skilled at identifying exception conditions Knowledge of software development life cycle and common SDLC methodologies Knowledge of commercial software company operations *LOCAL CANDIDATES PLEASE ONLY APPLY*So, if you have 6+ years of experience developing functional specifications for commercial software products and are looking to work for a growing company around the Pittsburgh, PA area. Please Apply!