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The D&T Analyst II Portfolio Capabilities is an India based individual contributor role, reporting within the SPM team in India, with an active partnership/collaboration with the global Portfolio Management Capabilities team within SPM. This team works closely with D&T Leaders to facilitate the portfolio planning processes and helps each of them manage their sub-portfolios. This Analyst will participate in many components of active planning process - some of which include ensuring best practices are being followed, analysing data for insights, partnering with stakeholders to answer questions and resolve issues. This role will work closely with various software applications that support these processes and performance management dashboards to identify and implement enhancements. As the D&T organization undertakes transformation, this role will also be called upon to help establish a scalable, modern, secure & efficient portfolio platform to deliver on key portfolio initiative s. KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES Perform analytical, techno-functional roles, undertaking hands-on, functional and technical work. Provide effective project and task estimation Collaborate with various enterprise teams as a part of the product team (Application Developers, Analysts, Tech Leads, Project Managers, Data Engineers, Cloud and Infra Engineering, etc) Analyze business requirements, evaluate considerations (security, scalability, limits), and deliver solutions through executing design, configuration, integration, testing, deployment & documentation Ensure portfolio platform principles & governance best practices are being followed Ensure platform is compliant with GMI Security and Technology Standards including access controls, vulnerability, and code development. Active participant in product team agile ceremonies to assist in planning for new features & execution of product team backlog & project needs Collaborate with product team to identify & utilize meaningful new features of future portfolio platform Lead and conduct portfolio platform upgrade releases, including alignment, reviews, implementation and testing Challenge ideas and opinions to avoid pitfalls and inefficient solutions Consult, advise and provide subject matter expertise as required Provide centralized data capabilities and insights to stakeholders through data harmonization and analysis. Develop knowledge of currently used process, design and architecture for portfolio management and system data expertise, partnering within Strategic Portfolio Management group to execute activities for the same Create operational efficiencies through integrations and automated workloads Participate actively in multiple initiatives implementing successful solution & driving project execution in partnership with various internal and external partners. Continuously support and evolve documentation principles and standards Provide system support and issue resolution for the user community Communicate effectively and interact with clients and functional stakeholders. Proactively identify gaps in processes, opportunities for improvements and automation MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS 5-7 years overall experience in IT, performing analytical, techno-functional roles, primarily the ability to run cross-functional, self-managed task force teams. Understanding of system analysis, design and implementation Experience working with spreadsheet, presentation and visualization tools to provide actionable insights. Knowledge and proficiency with MS Office, Tableau, Looker with an ability to design and develop insights. Ability to research, plan, adopt and implement new processes or technology Experience in aspects of Software development lifecycle including analysis, design, development of application software and knowledge about project management methodologies. Proven ability to work with cross functional and global teams. Ability to self-manage multiple, competing priorities and deliverables and co-work with teams. Effective time management and ability to prioritize across multiple deliverables with minimal oversight. Willingness to work flexible/extended hours in collaboration with multiple time zones. Meticulous attention to detail and ability to spot patterns using data analysis in spreadsheets and tools like Tableau. Excellent problem-solving skills and learning agility. Proven communication skills - verbal and written, with an excellent ability for stakeholder management. Experience with Incident Management tools. Experience working with Agile Planning tools (Ex. Azure DevOps) Continuous Improvement mindset looking for gaps and opportunities Bachelors degree in engineering, business or related field. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS Database experience, including knowledge of SQL, and relational database concepts and models. Alation (DB Metadata tool). Specification writing. Exposure to project, agile and portfolio planning processes and tools. Experience with modern Software Engineering principles. Technologies Google Cloud Platform, Tableau, Looker, databases and Excel analysis Inclination towards usage of AI/ML in software development and data analytics Experience in analyzing cloud cost management from a financial reporting and cost saving/avoidance perspective is a must Works well collaboratively across functional team boundaries. Ability to work in a fast-paced, complex and transforming environment. Candidate should be flexible, reliable, can take initiative, can deal with responsibility, and have a "can do" mentality. Experience partnering & collaborating with 3 rd Party Vendors Experience learning and configuring 3 rd Party Vendor software Experience with DevOps and CD/CI
