261311 Analyst Programmer

Roles and Responsibilities of 261311 Analyst Programmer

In order to meet the needs of the business and customer requirements, analyst programmers, as their job description suggests, have to perform several duties and play different roles in an organization. The ANZSCO defines the roles and responsibilities of 261311 analyst programmer as:

1. managing, analyzing and manipulating data sets and then preparing reports on various issues related to this dataset analysis
2. designing, developing and implementing new programs and creating dedicated software applications
3. managing the debugging and testing of the software and recommending any changes to the technical or programming team
4. determining the functional requirements and handling the hardware specifications of the system
5. documenting the requirements of the system
6. managing software development projects by reviewing the requests, evaluating the projects and recommending solutions or modifications
7. determining the cost of the project, its feasibility, objectives and timeline
8. following up the existing project or projects that are already running and being implemented
9. suggesting any changes in the existing projects
10. working on evolving the existing projects based on the change in customer needs and technical innovations
11. providing feedback to the technical team, project manager, stakeholders and other teams related to the project such as the testing team or development team
12. keeping themselves up-to-date with the new technologies by attending seminars or keeping healthy relationships with the vendors
13. working as a team player ensuring coordination among various teams that are working on a software project together

Qualifications Required for 261311 Analyst Programmer

• In Australia applicants for the job of analyst programmer must have a bachelor’s degree or higher qualification in a computer-related discipline.
• They may also use a relevant experience of 5 years of working in the industry or a relevant vendor certification to substitute the formal qualification criteria.
• Alternative titles for an analyst programmer are ICT programmer, ICT developer or applications developer as mentioned by the ANZSCO.

Skills Required for 261311 Analyst Programmer

The ACS RPL report for 261311 analyst programmer includes the key areas of knowledge where the applicant has to clearly explain how the qualifications and the skills that they have gained can meet the skills expected by an analyst programmer in Australia. The personal skills required for succeeding as an analyst programmer are:

• ability to work with deadlines
• delivering high-quality work
• proactive approach
• quantitative and analytical aptitude
• ability to resolve queries based on the existing information
• leadership skills
• written and verbal communication skills
• business minded approach

The ANZSCO also mention some ICT core units that closely relate with this job title and an applicant must confirm with at least 65% of these technical skills:

1. Coding skills – HTML, CSS, JavaScript, C#, JQuery, ASP.NET etc
2. Windows and web programming frameworks
3. Database design and administration
4. SQL, Oracle, MySql, PL/SQL and other relational databases
5. Documentation
6. Software testing
7. Software development lifecycle
8. Software debugging
9. Software design
10. Algorithms
11. Compilers
12. Software engineering