Application Systems Senior Analyst

LE001 Northwest Bank; Kentucky; On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwest Bank is seeking a Senior Application Systems Analyst to provide analytical and tier 2/3 technical support for business applications. The role involves mentoring junior team members, developing documentation, and improving system reliability through root cause analysis.

Strong SQL/ETL, Fiserv Signature experience, and collaboration with IT and business units are required. This individual will manage project plans, create deployment documentation, and drive issue resolution across

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher with IT/programming concentration and 3+ years' relevant work experience.
• Associate's degree with 6+ years' experience in IT/CS.
• High school diploma with 8+ years' experience in IT/tech sectors.

Responsibilities

• Independently support, install, troubleshoot, maintain, and manage applications.
• Gather, analyze, and document business requirements for IT projects.
• Test, implement, document, and support core banking solutions.
• Interact with Fiserv Signature in business meetings and projects.
• Mentor application support analysts and junior staff.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Mentoring

Documentation

SQL

ETL

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/IT or Engineering with programming concentration

Associate's Degree with 6+ years' experience

High School Diploma with 8+ years' experience

Tools

Fiserv Signature core banking

Query SQL

Microsoft Visio

Job description

IN0534 Fishers, OH0523 Independence Bus Office, OH0713 NW Bancshares HQ, PA0258 Bellevue, PA0738 Processing Center Job Description Senior Application Systems Analyst provides analytical, tier 2/3 technical support for business applications, mentors and coaches junior team members; creates and maintains documentation relative to application support and implementation, maintains application reliability by working to identify systemic issues through root cause analysis.

Essential Functions

• Independently support, install, troubleshoot, maintain, and manage applications
• Independently gather, analyze, and document the business requirements in IT projects aiming at creating new solutions in complex IT landscape
• Independently test, implement, document, and support assigned core banking solutions
• Represent Information Systems with Fiserv Signature functional and technical capabilities in line of business meetings and projects
• Independently interact with Fiserv to solve problems and implement projects
• Create of post-implementation and deployment documentation for operations and internal customers
• Mange project plans and associated tasks as well as complete individual tasks related to project plans
• Drive resolution of issues through problem solving, identification of necessary resources, and escalation
• Triage support incidents and elevate high priority events to the appropriate groups
• Create and maintain architecture diagrams, design diagrams, and data flow diagrams using Microsoft Visio or other equivalent tools
• Facilitate and drive sessions with internal customers to assess business needs and works with a team to find solutions
• Support ETL solutions using SQL Query and other languages/tools
• Create and maintain application documentation
• Analyze and improve the efficiency of various systems and services
• Map data from one core system to another support conversion related activities
• Work closely with tier 1 technical support teams and works as part of the tier 2/3 support team to ensure team is meeting the business’ expectations
• Mentor application support analysts and business partners

Additional Essential Functions

• Ensure compliance with Northwest’s policies and procedures, and Federal/State regulations
• Navigate Microsoft Office Software, computer applications, and software specific to the department in order to maximize technology tools and gain efficiency
• Work as part of a team
• Work with on-site equipment

Additional Responsibilities

• Contribute to all aspects of a project from beginning to end
• Participate in the software development life cycle (SDLC) activities as required
• Build and maintain a knowledge base to ensure that knowledge transfer takes place within the team
• Learn to coordinate installation of new software, document and test custom changes
• Help to define, record, and execute application disaster recovery plans and procedures

Safety and Health for those without supervisory duties

• Abide by the rules of the safety and loss prevention program
• Perform work tasks in a safe manner
• Report any and all injuries to supervisor
• Know what to do in case of an emergency

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree Computer Science, Information Technology (Software development track) or Engineering with a programming concentration AND at least 3 years' relevant work experience
• Associate's Degree With at least 6 year's work experience
• High School Diploma With at least 8 years' work experience

Work Experience

• Experience with automated testing 3 - 5 years
• Analytical experience with a financial institution 3 - 5 years
• Experience working with Fiserv Signature core banking software
• At least 1 year of demonstrable of application production support using Fiserv technology stack or equivalent technologies and toolset e.g. Query, SQL Query, CL General

Employee Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to establish effective working relationships among team members and participate in solving problems and making decisions
• Ability to present and express ideas and information clearly and concisely in a manner appropriate to the audience, whether oral or written
• Ability to actively listen to what others are saying to achieve understanding, sharing information with others and facilitating the open exchange of ideas and information
• Ability to establish courses of action for self to accomplish specific goals, develop and use tracking systems for monitoring own work progress, and effectively use resources such as time and information
• Ability to make right decisions based on perceptive and analytical processes, practicing good judgment in gray areas

Additional Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of business rules for the core banking solution, Fiserv Signature
• Knowledge core banking processes supporting lending, deposits and investments
• Knowledge of relational data model.
• Experience in writing SQL statements for relational database management systems like SQL and Query SQL
• Knowledge of SDCL
• Knowledge of Agile development
• Ability to quickly learn new applications, processes, and procedures
• Analytical skills, attention to detail, troubleshooting skills and problem solving skills
• Ability to map data from one core system to another support conversion related activities
• Ability to effectively conduct meetings, requirement gathering sessions and presentations

Northwest is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. At Northwest, we’re here for what's next. Whether we're finding opportunities for families, businesses and communities or opening doors for our team, we share a passion for helping the people around us succeed. And we know that in order to provide the highest level of care, we need to understand unique experiences and perspectives. That's why, whether you're interested in a corporate role or something customer-facing, your talent and voice matter. Here, you belong. Working at Northwest, you'll find that we recognize our employees for the important work they do through competitive compensation and benefits, professional development opportunities, and by regularly celebrating wins along the way. So, take a look at the opportunities here. And join us as we move into the future making a difference for the people we serve.