Business Application Lifecycle Analyst, AVP at State Street in Boston, Massachusetts

Job Description:

Who we are looking for

As part of State Street’s continued investment in Resiliency, we are looking for an individuals with an analytical mind and a detailed understanding of IT Lifecycle. These team members will work along with application teams and Infrastructure teams to help deliver organizational Lifecycle goals.

What you will be responsible for

Work with a number application teams and infrastructure teams to identify Lifecycle requirements, schedule builds, deployment and migrations while identifying and working through blockers, risks and other items that could derail the plan. 

What we value

Superior communication skills. Flexibility and strong tenants for reaching desired outcome. Taking ownership, problem solving and working collaboratively are important skills in this role.

These skills will help you succeed in this role:

• Strong relationship building and communications skills


• Go Getter / Quick Learner with an attitude to venture into unknown territories and create learning path


• Ability to navigate an ambiguous environment and find opportunities to resolve Issues


• Leadership and collaborative interpersonal skills to engage and motivate assigned app team members with good Interpersonal skills


• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to prioritize tasks, work with schedules / resources while remaining focus on goals


• Proactive approach to handling issues, risks, dependencies and escalations


• Proven ability to be proactive, suggest new ideas and to drive tasks to completion


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Education & Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of State Street applications a plus


• Minimum 4 year college degree


• Minimum 5 years’ experience working with application teams or large scale IT infrastructure projects


• Advanced knowledge of Office 365 products, including MS Project


• Working knowledge of ticketing systems; creating, updating and closing tickets


• Strong customer service customer service skills (both written and verbal)


• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to listen and understand what is being described


• Ability to effectively deliver and execute technical projects across multiple engagements in a customer-facing-capacity