Job Summary

The ideal for a computer systems analyst is perfect harmony between an organization's employees, work flow and computer system.  These professionals must be clear understanding of how the components within a computer system – hardware, software and networks – work together. They're charged with analyzing that interaction and making recommendations to help a company or organization operate more efficiently. Computer systems analysts juggle a lot of responsibilities, which can include choosing and configuring hardware and software, matching technology to users' needs, monitoring and testing the system in operation and troubleshooting problems after implementation.