Application Analyst

Job Posting Title:

Application Analyst

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Hiring Department:

Enterprise Business Information Technology Solutions

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Position Open To:

All Applicants

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Weekly Scheduled Hours:

40

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FLSA Status:

Exempt

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Earliest Start Date:

Immediately

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Position Duration:

Expected to Continue Until Feb 10, 2028

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Location:

AUSTIN, TX

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Job Details:

General Notes

Enterprise Technology advances the University’s digital ecosystem to empower the Longhorn community to learn, discover, and succeed. The Enterprise Platforms team is a unified enterprise-focused organization responsible for managing, advancing, and supporting the university's critical business and academic technology platforms. For more information about Enterprise Technology, please visit https://tech.utexas.edu.

This is a 3-year fixed term position with the possibility of extension based on business need, funding, and performance. Position is eligible for a Flexible Work Arrangement (FWA), including remote work. Must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis for any employer without sponsorship.

The University of Texas at Austin provides an outstanding benefits package. Those benefits include:

• Competitive health benefits (Employee premiums covered at 100%, family premiums at 50%)
• Vision, Dental, Life, and Disability insurance options
• Paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays
• Teachers Retirement System of Texas (a defined benefit retirement plan)
• Additional Voluntary Retirement Programs: Tax Sheltered Annuity 403(b) and a Deferred Compensation program 457(b)
• Flexible spending account options for medical and childcare expenses
• Training and conference opportunities
• Tuition assistance
• Athletic ticket discounts
• Access to UT Austin's libraries and museums
• Free rides on all UT Shuttle and Capital metro buses with staff ID card

For more information about Benefits and the Longhorn Employee Experience, please visit https://hr.utexas.edu/prospective/benefits and https://hr.utexas.edu/learning-development/resources/employee-experience.

Purpose

Position will work with Enterprise Technology teams and campus units to assist with identifying, designing, building, testing, and deploying new and existing software solutions; analyze current and future business processes; responsible for interpreting technical details to both functional experts and developers; document best practices.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for working with Enterprise Technology teams and campus units to identify and gather requirements for new and existing software solutions.
• Support Enterprise Technology clients in analyzing current and future business processes. Present those needs and requirements to functional and technical staff.
• Responsible for helping to develop and execute a test plan for software solutions.
• Document best practices, university procedures, and develop standards for software solutions.
• Schedule and facilitate meetings with functional and technical staff.
• Other related functions as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Training and experience in a business analyst or systems analyst role, typically achieved through a bachelor’s degree and more than one year of relevant experience working with software systems.
• Experience in some aspect of delivering successful projects that span units.
• Ability to work across organizational units to achieve goals.
• Ability to estimate and establish milestones on a project.
• Experience documenting and testing complex technical processes.
• Experience with data analysis.
• Exceptional analytical, multi-tasking, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong verbal, written, and presentation communication skills.
• Self-managed, detail-oriented, and highly motivated with a strong drive for delivering high quality results.

Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications