Corporate Business Application Administrator II

Mountain West Bank

Edmonds, WA

JOB DETAILS
JOB TYPE
Full-time, Employee
SKILLS
Acceptance Testing, Accounting, Administrative Skills, Analysis Skills, Automation Systems, Banking Services, Best Practices, Business Intelligence, Business Operations, Business Process Management, Business Services, Business Solutions, Commercial Banking, Compensation Analysis, Computer Science, Computer Security, Computer Skills, Cross-Functional, Customer Experience, Customer Support/Service, Documentation, Gap Analysis, Help Desk, Industry Standards, Information Technology & Information Systems, Life Insurance, Loans, Microsoft Visio, Online Courses, Online Training, Operational Audit, Operations Security (OPSEC), Organizational Skills, People Management, Procedure Development, Product/Service Launch, Production Support, Production Systems, Quality Control, Regulations, Release Management/Engineering, Reporting Dashboards, Reporting Skills, Requirements Management, Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), Security Auditing, Service Level Agreement (SLA), ServiceNow, Software Administration, Software Installation, Software Upgrades, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), Strategic Planning, Systems Administration/Management, Technical Support, Technical Writing, Test Plan/Schedule, Test Scripts, Testing, Training/Teaching, Trouble Tickets, User Groups, Vendor/Supplier Evaluation, Vision Plan
LOCATION
Edmonds, WA
POSTED
Today

Glacier Bancorp, Inc. (GBCI) is a regional bank holding company providing commercial banking services in 80 communities through 129 banking offices in Montana, Idaho, Colorado, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. GBCI offers an extensive benefits package that includes, but is not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance; retirement plan including employer match and profit sharing; paid vacation, holiday and sick leave. Salary is negotiable depending upon relevant experience.

About The Role


The primary focus of this position is to administer and provide Level III support throughout the assigned application(s) analysis, configuration, testing, implementation and production lifecycle. This position will be responsible for several low and medium applications but a minimal number of high risk applications under the guidance of the Business Applications Supervisor. This role will be primarily responsible for medium impact IT Services provided to the bank, such as Lending, Teller, New Accounts, Compliance, Quality Control, Accounting, and Core Banking interface solutions. You will keep all relevant technical documentation up to date and will ensure testing is completed by appropriate users at all levels of the organization for new systems, releases, new features/enhancements and break/fix solutions. On project and strategic efforts, you will work in cross-functional teams to provide technical and analytical support of new and current production systems. This position will be considered a representative of the IT Department to all levels of bank groups and management, so professionalism and diplomacy to gain trust is critical to the success of the position.


This is a Corporate position which may be located in an available bank division across our eight-state footprint in AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, UT, WA, or WY. Click here to learn more about our bank divisions.


The entry-rate for this position is $34.33+ /hr (calculated for Missoula, MT). All compensation offers are analyzed individually and take into consideration multiple factors including but not limited to geographic location, years of experience, and educational background.



* Responsible for the Level III support of all IT Services represented by the Business Applications department. This includes, but not limited to Lending, Teller, New Accounts, Compliance, Quality Control, Business Intelligence, Accounting, and Core Banking interface solutions. Develop strategies for system enhancements; design solutions; support development, testing, release management and implementation. Deal with system outages and communicate those outages to the Service Desk and to the Banks on short notice with minimal supervision.

* Responsible for effective installation of new software products and releases that impact the organization's business services and operations. Develop thorough and positive communication, both specific and broad, for system changes being implemented in production. Prepare test scripts for User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and execute. Drive UAT with business users including coordination and user acceptance signoff.

* Responsible for maintaining effective and efficient information technology systems and applications. Establishing protocols and developing procedures for assigned applications to optimize the organization's ability to provide services to the banks and the bank customers. Collaborate with IT staff in translating business requirements into functional and technical requirements; review and approve. Take a lead role in the area of assigned log review, applications documentation, and providing training to Level II Support and other team members, as needed.

* Responsible for upholding all Standard Operating Procedures and Service Level Agreements as outlined in IT policy. Responsible for assuring accurate, thorough testing is completed by appropriate users at all levels of the organization. Manage the priorities for system related work (defects and enhancements) and present recommendations to management. Support production problems and trouble tickets, including troubleshooting with external vendors. Coordinate with the groups of business users who will test, validate and evaluate new applications and functions to determine issues in services and software provided.

* Responsible for creating, maintaining and providing all necessary documentation on IT operational and security audit controls for assigned systems, including the heavily scrutinized SOX controls for lending systems.

* Responsible for analyzing and occasionally collecting the business and functional requirements for established applications from varying levels of the organization, and then transferring that knowledge into technical solutions focusing on positive impact to the organization and overall customer experience with the banks. Facilitate requirements gathering and deliver gap analysis and impact assessments. Develop reports and dashboards as needed. As well as providing guidance or work direction to lower level analysts and/or vendors.

* Responsible for providing judgment, advice, recommendations, and best practices on systems to help senior management make informed decisions that impact peers and employees at all levels of the organization.

* Must comply with all company policies and procedures and all applicable laws and regulations, including but not limited to, the Bank Secrecy Act, the Patriot Act, and the Office of Foreign Assets Control. Must complete the assigned online training courses and achieve a passing score by due date.




About You







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


Required/Preferred

Education Level

Description

Required

Bachelor's Degree

Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Science or related field.




Experience


Required/Preferred

Experience Level

Description

Required

5 years

Increasingly responsible professional work experience in computer science, information systems, or information technology.

Required

3 years

Hands-on application management experience, preferably in the field of business process management, workflow automation or comparable software systems.

Required

Advanced Experience

End user support, and other industry-standard techniques and practices. Providing both on-hours and after-hours software support by completing small scale and system-wide software upgrades and installations. Microsoft Windows operating system experience and Office applications.

Required

Beginner Experience

Use of modeling tools, such as Visio.

Required

Knowledge Of

Application systems to include: Stopping services, Starting services, Resetting passwords, enabling (creating) users, disabling (deleting) users, etc. Citrix Client.

Preferred

Advanced Experience

Administration experience with ServiceNow, LaserPro, Decision Pro, Encompass, or Synergy.

Preferred

Beginner Experience

Working in the banking industry.







Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.


About the Company

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Mountain West Bank