Computer Systems Analysts

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Career Description
Computer systems analysts analyze business, scientific, engineering or other technical requirements or problems, and design computer systems to meet clients' needs.

Duties May Include
Computer Systems Analysts:

Analyze and find computer solutions to clients' information processing, database or computation needs

Write requirement specifications for computer programs, identifying steps in the program and required algorithms

Test and implement computer programs and provide user training

Plan and implement computer security systems for database access control

Analyze databases, develop database directories, and generate/maintain databases

Supervise computer programmers or other systems analysts or serve as project leaders

Examples of Titles
Business Systems Analysts
Computer Consultants
Computer Graphics Specialists
Electronic Data Processing Analysts

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Updated Friday, April 01, 2005

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