Business Analyst Supervisor

State of Utah; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 51,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) seeks a Business Analyst Supervisor to manage mission-critical software systems, oversee data workflows, and align infrastructure with strategic goals. You will mentor a team, guide policy, evaluate vendor products, and provide high-level technical guidance while ensuring security and data integrity.

This full-time role is located in Taylorsville, UT, requiring successful completion of a criminal history check and offering a competitive salary range.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM with 4+ years of experience or 8 total years.
• Experience evaluating and analyzing systems and performance.
• Ability to manage large, disorganized datasets and resolve inconsistencies.

Responsibilities

• Drive enterprise data assets and infrastructure governance.
• Liaise with DTS to align infrastructure with business needs.
• Lead and mentor a professional team, promoting excellence and process improvement.
• Design and maintain analytic methods to evaluate enterprise data.
• Develop and manage data dictionaries ensuring data integrity.
• Assess new software and propose solutions to optimize systems.
• Monitor system performance and coordinate with support teams.
• Provide high-level guidance to management and end-users, oversee security and permissions.
• Coordinate standards compliance and evaluate vendor products for cost-effectiveness.

Skills

Systems evaluation

Data analysis

Analytical reasoning

Data management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Tools

Bentley Systems

Google Cloud Platform

GIS

Job description

As a Business Analyst Supervisor, you will drive innovation by managing mission-critical software systems and overseeing the seamless integration of advanced infrastructure, data workflows, and applications. In this high-impact leadership role, you will serve as the strategic liaison between the agency and the Division of Technology Services (DTS), acting as a subject matter expert to recommend and implement system enhancements that empower our teams. You will shape agency policy, master complex business configurations, and mentor a team of professionals to ensure our technological landscape is optimized for excellence.

Salary Range: $36.85 - $60.08

FT/PT Status: Full Time

Background Check: You must successfully pass a criminal history check.

Schedule Code: AX – Career Service exempt (at-will)

Location: Calvin Rampton Building – 4501 South 2700 West, Taylorsville, Utah

Application Deadline: 9/7/2026

• This job posting may close at any time after the minimum advertising period of three (3) business days has passed, should a sufficient applicant pool be received. Applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive innovation by overseeing the establishment and stewardship of enterprise data assets, including infrastructure, repositories, and web services.
• Serve as the primary strategic liaison with the Division of Technology Services (DTS), ensuring infrastructure aligns with our mission-critical business needs.
• Lead and mentor a team of professionals, fostering a culture of excellence, best practices, and continuous process improvement.
• Design and maintain advanced analytic methods to evaluate enterprise data, ensuring insights drive informed agency decisions.
• Develop and manage data dictionaries, ensuring data integrity and accessibility across the organization.
• Anticipate and assess the impact of new software, recommending enhancements and technical solutions that optimize our systems.
• Monitor system performance and reliability, proactively identifying problem areas and collaborating with support teams to ensure seamless operations.
• Provide high-level technical guidance to management and end-users, while overseeing system security, configurations, and user permissions.
• Coordinate standards compliance and evaluate vendor products to select projects that maximize software functionality and cost-effectiveness.

Minimum Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree or higher in a STEM (science, technology, engineering, or math) field along with four (4) years of relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience totaling eight (8) years.
• Proficiency in systems evaluation and analysis, including identifying performance measures and assessing environmental impacts on outcomes.
• Strong deductive and inductive reasoning skills to apply and update rules for evolving technology stacks and derive conclusions from complex data.
• Proven experience managing large, disorganized, or incomplete datasets by identifying gaps and resolving inconsistencies.

Preferences

• Experience with Bentley Systems.
• Experience with GCP - Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience with GIS principles, applications and data interface.

Why You Should Join Our Team

A Mission That Matters – At the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT), our mission is “Enhance quality of life through transportation." We help the traveling public get where they want, when they want, as safely as possible. By joining our team, you contribute to the framework of Good Health, Connected Communities, Better Mobility, and a Strong Economy for all of Utah.

Our Culture and Values – We aren't just a state agency; we are a team built on an internal culture of Trust, Teamwork, and Flexibility. We live by the values of Respect, Integrity, and Caring. If these values resonate with you, you will find a home here!

EEO Statement

The State of Utah is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. For accommodations, please contact [phone].