A Sharp Eye for Detail Can go a Long Way
Analyze science, engineering, business, and other data processing problems to implement and improve computer systems. Analyze user requirements, procedures, and problems to automate or improve existing systems and review computer system capabilities, workflow, and scheduling limitations. May analyze or recommend commercially available software.
Contact Info
get in touchRelated Job Titles
Applications Analyst, Business Systems Analyst, Computer Analyst, Computer Systems Analyst, Computer Systems Consultant, Information Systems Analyst (ISA), Information Technology Analyst (IT Analyst), System Analyst, Systems Analyst
Facts and Stats
Your career outlook is looking good – just like these stats.
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$99k
Median wages (annual)
2021
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44,500
Projected job openings
2021-2031
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8-10%
Projected growth (faster than average)
2021-2031
What you Need to Know
- Computers and Electronics — Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Mathematics — Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
- Administration and Management — Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
Related Programs
Top Technology Requirements Included in Job Postings
- Data base user interface and query software — Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud EC2; Blackboard software; Oracle JDBC; Transact-SQL
- Development environment software — Apache Ant; Apache Kafka; Common business oriented language COBOL; Go
- Object or component oriented development software — Advanced business application programming ABAP; jQuery; Objective C; Scala
- Program testing software — Functional testing software; Hewlett Packard LoadRunner; JUnit ; Selenium
- Web platform development software — Backbone.js; Microsoft ASP.NET Core MVC; React; Spring Framework
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