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Senior Business Technology Analyst

Sacramento Municipal Utility District

Sacramento, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 27 Jul 2026

💰 $158,059/yr($119,309/yr – $158,059/yr)

About the role

Minimum Pay Rate: $119,308.80

Maximum Pay Rate: $158,059.20

Apply by Date: 08/14/2026

Posting Type: Open

The intent of this posting is to fill a two (2)-year limited-term position and create an eligibility list that may be used to fill permanent and limited-term vacancies for the next two (2) years.

SMUD is looking for a Senior Business Technology Analyst who is ready to help reinvent how business analysis work gets done. This role will use AI and automation to make process documentation, requirements gathering, analysis, and decision support faster, smarter, and more impactful across the organization. We are looking for someone with hands-on familiarity with large language models, including prompt design, skills, and tool calling, who is excited to turn emerging technology into practical results. This role will also help advance work in Energy Delivery and Operations by identifying data needs, uncovering gaps, and enabling insights that strengthen asset analysis, maintenance planning, and grid reliability. If you are energized by innovation, love finding better ways to work, and want to help bring the future into everyday business operations, this is a chance to make a real mark.

Application Preparation: As part of the application process, candidates will be required to answer four (4) questions when submitting their application. Please be advised, "Refer to resume" responses will not be accepted.

Purpose

Provides analytical support to assigned business units and associated systems, applications, and activities by applying business and information technology solutions to a broad range of business unit processes and applications; functions as a specialist in one or more areas such as systems analysis, application development, or application support; acts as a local system administrator; performs table configuration and maintenance of software systems used to support business applications pertinent to the business unit.

Nature and Scope

This series describes classes assigned to Departmental Business Units. The primary focus of these classes is to support business unit systems, applications, and activities where depth of knowledge of business unit functions and processes are critical to job success. Business Technology Analysts function as IT business specialists where breadth of experience and knowledge in one or more areas of lT work such as systems analysis, application development, or application support are used in the development, management and maintenance of business unit systems and applications. This is the advanced journey or lead level of the series requiring knowledge of more complex business systems involving advanced technical features; serves as business unit subject matter expert and lead on major projects reviewing completed work for compliance to unit, department, or SMUD standards. May serve as the business unit project manager on major business unit projects.

Duties and Responsibilities

Provides IT strategic, tactical, and operational planning to assigned business unit; plans and manages IT system; prepares and evaluates proposals to acquire and design business applications.
Manages IT controls and security for the business unit; manages contracts for business unit systems.
Prepares project budgets and monitors project costs.
Directs and oversees the work of assigned business unit staff in a lead capacity.
Acquires, designs, develops, modifies, tests, documents, implements and provides client training for business application solutions to meet business requirements using mainframe, PC, client server, and Intranet technologies.
Develops and maintains training courses and materials that support business processes; prepares course agendas and schedules and provides initial coaching and on--going support for user community.Identifies and recommends opportunities to apply information technology to business unit functions and processes.
Maintains and modifies system table configurations to support on-going business needs.
Participates in or leads projects to reengineer business processes; serves as business unit contact/technical lead on enterprise application projects; plans or leads systems development projects.
Troubleshoots and resolves complex application software problems and issues for business unit applications; coordinates problem resolution activities between users, technical support staff and/or vendors.
Performs related duties as required.