Description

The Analyst programmers are required to meet the needs of the users and prepare documents and system plans. They also help in deciding complex programs, testing and maintaining the various hard programs and applications.

The job of an analyst programmer combines the job of a computer programmer and a business analyst. Therefore, an analyst programmer is a professional who fills the gap between the IT department and the business. Unlike a programmer who focuses only on coding, an analyst programmer works all the way through gathering needs, designing and configuring systems as well as developing them. The professional may also test the systems and offer technical support before and after system implementation. Many business organizations employ people as analyst programmers who can lead the team and manage the code. The assessment authority that assesses the eligibility of foreign candidates as analyst programmer is ACS, the Australian Computer Society.

Skill Level

1

Alternative Titles

Programmer Analyst

Skills Assessment Authority

ACS (Australian Computer Society)

Occupation Lists

This occupation features in the following skills list

Combined Skilled Occupations List (STSOL MLTSSL)/p>

RSMS Occupations List (RSMSL

Medium Long Term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL)

The following lists do not hold this occupation

Labor Market Testing Required for 457 List (LMTL)

Short-term Skilled Occupation list (STSOL)

Visa Provision

Since the occupation features in MLTSSL, the candidates can apply for Visa under GSM Program. However, apart from that, the candidates can apply for Visa under the following category.

Skilled Independent 189

Skilled Regional Nominated 489

Skilled Regional Sponsored 489

Skilled Nominated 190

The candidates can also apply for an employer-sponsored visa.

Job description:

The tasks, skill level, scope, duties, purpose and key technical skills for an analyst programmer are in ANZSCO, Australia and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations. The ANZSCO code for the occupation of analyst programmer is 261311. It has the job description of a typical analyst programmer as:

• The professional plays a dual role by analyzing the information of the systems and programming the applications according to the user specifications.
• The programmer works on data sets, manipulates them, analyzes them and answers the typical queries of businesses.
• Professionals design and develop software products.
• They offer support to the clients or users of the software systems.
• The professional often has to lead the team and ensure the coordination between software development phases.
• The programmer works on analyzing the customer needs thoroughly and identifies the technical specifications.
• The expert may also have interactions with customers at the time of requirement gathering, system updating and resolving technical problems.
• Professionals can also test the systems and identify and rectify the faults.

Roles and responsibilities of the analyst programmer 261311:

To fulfill the requirements of businesses and customers, an analyst programmer, as per their job description, has to perform several duties and play different roles in the business organization. The ANZSCO defines the responsibilities and roles of the professional as:

• They manage, analyze and manipulate data sets. After that, they prepare reports on different issues that are related to this dataset analysis.
• The professional designs, develops and implements new programs and creates dedicated software apps.
• Professionals manage the debugging and testing of the software and recommend any changes to the technical or programming team.
• The programmer determines the functional requirements and handles the hardware specifications of the system.
• They document the system requirements.
• Professionals handle software development projects by reviewing the requests, assessing the projects and recommending solutions or modifications.
• The programmer determines the project feasibility, cost, objectives and timeline.
• They adhere to the existing project or projects that are being implemented and already running.
• Professionals work on evolving the existing projects that are based on the change in customer requirements and technical innovations.
• They suggest changes in the existing projects.
• The professional offers feedback to the technical team, project manager, stakeholders and other teams related to the project like the testing or development team.
• Professionals work as team players ensuring coordination among different teams working on a software project together.
• They keep themselves up-to-date with the new technologies y going to seminars and keeping strong relationships with the vendors.

Description

In Australia, the analyst programmer works towards developing, creating, testing, maintaining and preparing a document of the program code as per the needs and requirements of the user and technical requirements. There are various job options for analyst programmers in Australia.

Required qualifications:

In Australia, an applicant who is looking for the job of an analyst programmer must have a bachelor’s degree or higher qualification in a computer-related discipline.

They may also use a related work experience of 5 years in the industry or a related vendor certification instead of the formal qualification criteria.

Alternative titles of the professional of an analyst programmer are ICT developer, ICT programmer or application developer as given in the ANZSCO.

Necessary skills:

In the ACS RPL report for 261311 analyst programmers, there is a section of ‘Key Areas of Knowledge’, in which you need to convincingly how the qualifications and skills that you have earned can fulfill the skills expected from an analyst programmer in the country. The personal skills that you need to show in this report for a successful assessment are:

• Delivering high-quality work
• Capability of working within deadlines
• An analytical and quantitative aptitude
• Proactive approach
• Leadership skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to handle queries that are based on the existing information
• Business-minded approach

Tasks

• Figuring out the limitations of technology, a flaw in the existing system, methods and procedures
• Writing and updating the codes for the technical program to prepare the operational procedures and end-user programs
• Researching, examining and analyzing the system to determine the needs of the program
• Providing expert advice and guidance to the users and developing proposals and strategies to maintain the design of the software regarding financial planning and cost of the software upgrade and purchase
• Conducting established testing to carry out debugging and clearing the flaws in the existing system based on the programming language.
• Meeting the protocols and mentioned guidelines to ensure smooth performance of the program and applications.

Skill level

The candidates applying this job position must have the following skills

Bachelor's degree or higher education

5 years of experience in the relevant field or vendor certification program

Relevant experience or job experience may also hold to be valid.

Occupation in this group

• 261311 Analyst Programmer
• 261312 Developer Programmer
• 261313 Software Engineer
• 261314 Software Tester
• 261399 Software and Applications Programmers (nec)

English Requirement

The minimum score should be as following in the mentioned exams

• IELTS- 6 (L, R, W), 7 (Speaking), 7 (overall)
• TOEFL iBT- L:12, R:13, W:21, S:23 and L93
• PTE Academics- 50 (L, R, W), 65 (speaking), 65 (overall)
• OET- B (All sections)

Exceptions

• The Australian Graduates can apply in a few states or territories
• Priority Skilled List may be a necessity in many states and territories across the country
• Candidates belonging from Ireland, US, UK, Canada, and New Zealand do not need to produce their IELTS or OET.

However, if required one may need to produce results of the adequate or relevant examination field.

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