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Photon

Builds custom software and AI for big companies

Senior Systems Analyst

Business AnalysisConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeDallas, TX, USAIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in finance, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or related technology preferred (or equivalent experience)
  • 5 - 9+ years in systems analysis for complex enterprise applications
  • Strong financial services domain knowledge, with brokerage/trading experience preferred
  • Expertise in requirements analysis, data mapping, user stories, gap analysis, and UAT across the full delivery lifecycle
  • Experience with APIs and integrations (REST, SOAP, JSON/XML, JWT, API testing tools) across distributed systems
  • Proficiency in SQL, relational databases, scripting and monitoring tools (Splunk, Datadog)
  • Experience collaborating with product, engineering, and UX teams (e.g., Figma)
  • Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to drive clarity and influence decisions
  • Self-starter with high attention to detail, ability to manage ambiguity, and quickly learn complex systems
  • Mainframe skills
  • Ability to navigate complex mainframe applications and trace end-to-end processing, including upstream and downstream integrations
  • Strong proficiency in COBOL analysis and debugging
  • Experience with JCL (Job Control Language) and enterprise batch job processing
  • Solid understanding of VSAM file structures and data handling
  • Strong knowledge of DB2 databases and Native Stored Procedures (NSPs)
  • Experience analyzing data transformations and ensuring data integrity across DB2 and VSAM
  • Ability to evaluate program dependencies, data flow, and system interactions
  • Proven capability to interpret legacy system documentation and analyze source code
  • Experience with CICS (Customer Information Control System) transaction analysis, including understanding transaction processing and backend logic
  • Ability to analyze 3270 screen flows, including user interaction, navigation paths, and screen-to-transaction mapping

Responsibilities

  • Translate business needs into clear requirements by performing requirements analysis, data mapping, user stories, gap analysis, and user acceptance testing across the full delivery lifecycle
  • Analyze complex end-to-end workflows and translate business needs into clear requirements
  • Navigate complex mainframe applications and trace end-to-end processing, including upstream and downstream integrations
  • Analyze program dependencies, data flow, and system interactions
  • Interpret legacy system documentation and analyze source code
  • Analyze data transformations and ensure data integrity across DB2 and VSAM
  • Analyze CICS transaction processing and backend logic
  • Analyze 3270 screen flows, including user interaction, navigation paths, and screen-to-transaction mapping
  • Collaborate with product, engineering, and user experience teams and manage stakeholder expectations

About the Company

Photon

Builds custom software and AI for big companies

Photon designs, builds, and runs custom software for large companies, combining an in-house creative agency with its own engineering teams. Its flagship client work includes rebuilding Samsung's US online store as a set of smaller linked services and creating Olive Garden's mobile app, which lets diners join the waitlist from their phones instead of waiting at the door. Clients hire Photon's teams to plan and code their apps, websites, and AI tools and to keep them running afterward, paying for the engineers and designers assigned to each project. Photon is privately held and based in London, with its US arm in Dallas and engineering centers in Chennai and Bengaluru.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Founded
Not listed

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