About The Role:
The Applications Analyst is responsible for the assessment, design, development, implementation, testing, education, and ongoing management of assigned enterprise applications. The Applications Analyst III serves as a key technical resource, collaborating with functional teams and translating business requirements into technical specifications and solutions to ensure applications meet organizational goals.
What You'll Do:
- Serves as a liaison between customers, IT teams, and vendors; collaborates with functional and technical stakeholders at various levels.
- Leads and participates in meetings with stakeholders to gather requirements, discuss solutions, and provide status updates.
- Listens to users to identify needs and serves as a subject matter expert in resolving business problems related to enterprise applications.
- Works with functional teams to share information on new features, process improvements, and seeks input regarding future enhancements.
- Stays current with industry trends and self-educates through seminars, conferences, webinars, and professional networking.
- Participates in process improvement initiatives and assesses measurement outcomes.
- Leads or participates in all phases of the software/application development lifecycle: gathers requirements, designs, builds, implements, documents, and trains solutions based on current and future technologies.
- Ensures assigned applications function optimally and compliance is maintained with business policies, strategies, and regulatory requirements.
- Utilizes industry-standard and innovative methodologies to troubleshoot system, integration, performance, security, connectivity, and utilization issues.
- Develops expertise in application-specific functions, configurations, reporting, integrations, and security.
- Documents incidents, requests, project updates, knowledge, and changes according to IT and organizational procedures.
- Authors essential project documentation including requirements, project charters, functional specifications, designs, and test plans.
- Provides management with timely updates regarding existing systems, potential risks, and recommendations for improvement.
- Ensures adherence to all policies, procedures, standards, and compliance/regulatory requirements.
- Provides on-call or after-hour support as required.
Project Management and Other Responsibilities
- Leads or participates in project planning, execution, and resource coordination.
- Provides project status updates to team members and management, proactively making recommendations to ensure project objectives and timelines are met.
- Participates in or leads review, assessment, design, development, testing, and training activities for new releases or new application implementations.
Who You Are- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Information Systems, Business Administration, Finance, or related field; MBA preferred.
- 3–5 years of experience implementing or supporting enterprise applications, preferably in a large organizational environment.
Knowledge / Skills / Competencies- Willingness to obtain relevant application-specific certifications within 6 months of hire (as needed for assignment).
- Experience implementing, configuring, or supporting enterprise applications.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Ability to multitask and manage multiple deliverables, including helpdesk support, production tickets, and enhancement requests.
What You'll Get
Zekelman Industries offers competitive compensation and excellent benefits, including low-cost, high-quality medical and dental benefits. In addition, we have an amazing tuition assistance program, a bonus plan, a 401(k) plan with a generous company match, loyalty awards, and much more:
- Competitive Compensation
- Bonus Plan & Profit-Sharing Opportunities
- 401(k) with Company Match
- Comprehensive Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Tuition Assistance Program
- Paid Vacation & Holidays
- Employee Loyalty Awards
Compensation & Benefits
Below is the expected base salary range for this position. This is a good-faith estimate, and offers will be determined based on experience, education, skill set, and interview performance.
Base Salary Range:
Additional compensation may include:
✔ Performance-based yearly merit increases
✔ Profit-sharing bonus opportunities'
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