Application Analyst

Horizontal Talent; Rochester (MN); On-site; USD 51,000 - 98,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Retirement plan

Job summary

Horizontal Talent is seeking an experienced Application Analyst to partner with business, product, architecture, and engineering teams. The role turns complex needs into actionable solutions across content, metadata, publishing, and knowledge services platforms.

You will gather requirements, write user stories, analyze data flows, and support release activities. A collaborative, fast-moving environment is expected.

Qualifications

• Experience gathering and documenting requirements for enterprise platforms.
• Ability to translate business needs into user stories and criteria.
• Strong collaboration with product, architecture, and engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Gather and document business and technical requirements for enterprise platform enhancements
• Translate business needs into user stories, acceptance criteria, and workflow documentation
• Partner with product managers, architects, engineers, stakeholders, and vendors to support successful delivery
• Analyze application behavior, integration points, and data flows to help resolve issues and improve performance
• Support release activities and help validate changes through testing and implementation coordination
• Document processes, system interactions, and technical requirements for ongoing platform improvements
• Collaborate across teams to help ensure content, metadata, publishing, and knowledge services platforms operate effectively

Skills

Business analysis

Agile delivery

Requirements gathering

API integration

SQL data analysis

Documentation

Stakeholder communication

CMS knowledge

Content management

Knowledge graphs

Tools

Adobe Experience Manager

Google Cloud Platform

CMS platforms

Job description

Join a dynamic enterprise team focused on modernizing content and knowledge services platforms that support authoring, transformation, publishing, metadata, and knowledge graph capabilities. This role is ideal for an experienced Application Analyst who enjoys partnering across business, product, architecture, and engineering teams to turn complex needs into clear, actionable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Gather and document business and technical requirements for enterprise platform enhancements
• Translate business needs into user stories, acceptance criteria, and workflow documentation
• Partner with product managers, architects, engineers, stakeholders, and vendors to support successful delivery
• Analyze application behavior, integration points, and data flows to help resolve issues and improve performance
• Support release activities and help validate changes through testing and implementation coordination
• Document processes, system interactions, and technical requirements for ongoing platform improvements
• Collaborate across teams to help ensure content, metadata, publishing, and knowledge services platforms operate effectively

Skills

• Strong background in application or business analysis within complex enterprise environments
• Experience with requirements gathering, user stories, acceptance criteria, and Agile delivery practices
• Working knowledge of APIs, integrations, and data flows
• SQL and data analysis skills
• Ability to troubleshoot application and integration issues
• Experience working with cross-functional teams and communicating clearly with technical and non-technical partners
• Ability to document business processes and technical requirements
• Understanding of content management systems, metadata, or knowledge management concepts

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Adobe Experience Manager or other CMS platforms
• Exposure to knowledge graphs, taxonomy, metadata, or semantic technologies
• Familiarity with cloud environments, especially Google Cloud Platform
• Experience in healthcare or other regulated industries
• Ability to adapt quickly in a collaborative, fast-moving environment

Horizontal is committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace where people of all backgrounds are valued, respected, and supported. We encourage qualified candidates from all communities to apply and bring their unique perspectives to the team.

By applying for this position, you acknowledge and agree that Horizontal Talent may contact you regarding your application using automated technology, including phone calls, SMS/text messages, or email, which may be delivered by our virtual AI recruiter, Alex.

Applications will be accepted for 4 weeks. For those that join the team, we offer competitive compensation and benefits including medical, dental, vision, and retirement.

The pay range for this role is $37 - $71 per hour based on qualifications and experience.