Use business, technology and application domain subject matter expertise to analyze and translate business requirements into technical system specifications and data specifications.  Perform detailed analysis of new features/enhancements in response to business policy changes, conduct impact analysis and specify functional and data changes required to meet new business requirements.  Identify trends and execute immediate corrective actions plans with the clients and vendors to resolve problems.  Perform upgrades and configuration changes critical to maintaining optimal application performance, maximizing systems uptime.  Code SQL queries to obtain data for statistical and/or analytical reporting