Expert Functional Specialist

Strategic ACI is seeking an Expert Functional Specialist to provide expertise, guidance, consultation, facilitation, and thought leadership to the client and / or project team based on specialized in-depth expertise in such fields as : engineering and technology; policy and administration; planning; analysis; training and development; facilities; communications; visual design; human capital; business; and management. To ensure that quality is an integral part of the development, design and manufacture of products or services. To monitor requirements through test and measurement activities; manages / leads quality assurance activities.

Responsibilities :

• Analyze user needs and software requirements to determine approach and feasibility of design within time and cost constraints.
• Analyze information to determine, recommend, and plan computer specifications and layouts, and peripheral equipment modifications.
• Review existing programs and assist in making refinements, reducing operating time, and improve current techniques.
• Confer with systems analysts, engineers, programmers and others to design systems and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces.
• Obtain and evaluate information on factors such as reporting formats required, costs, and security needs to determine hardware configuration.
• Estimate software development costs and schedule.
• Consult with customers about software system design and maintenance.
• Consult with engineering staff to evaluate the interface between hardware and software, develop specifications and performance requirements and resolve customer problems.
• Confer with data processing and project managers to obtain information on limitations and capabilities for data processing projects.
• Prepare reports and correspondence concerning project specifications, activities and status.
• Evaluate factors such as reporting formats required, cost constraints, and need for security restrictions to determine hardware configuration.

Qualifications : Required :

Engineering and technology

Desired :

Project Management software (Project, Primavera)