Technical Analyst IV

Req ID: 69821

Job Location: Business Technology Center Tulsa OK

Areas of Interest: Information Services

Colorado Base Salary Range: Not Available

BOK Financial (BOKF), Headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, BOK Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: BOKF) is a top 25 U.S.-based financial services holding company with operations in ten states - Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Kansas/Missouri, New Mexico, Nebraska and Wisconsin. The company began more than 100 years ago in Tulsa and has successfully diversified into a variety of industries, businesses and geographies

Bonus Type

Discretionary

Summary

At BOK Financial, our success starts with our incredible talent.Are you an experienced Technical Analyst IV who enjoys problem solving? This is an opportunity to become involved in some major transformative projects and leverage new cutting- edge technology. Bring your passion for technical support. It's an exciting time to join us!

Job Description

The Technical Analyst IV is responsible for delivering superior services acting as a liaison between the line of business and IT with a focus on end user experience such as user interfacing, user flow, data flow, and/or other UI/UX strategies. Applies skills as a seasoned, experienced professional with a full understanding of industry-wide business process and analysis practices and organizational policies and procedures. Defining and performing analysis, design, programming, planning, implementation, and supporting of some of the most critical systems software and procedures with a focus on our long term technology road map which require technical and systems knowledge. The Technical Analyst manages plans, organizes, and controls projects which have an organizational impact as well as provides day-to-day support for complex applications systems.

Team Culture

Our team is committed to delivering the best IT solutions for our lines of business. We collaborate with other IT members, as well as our business partners. It is a fast-paced, ever-changing yet fun environment with a number of new exciting initiatives. The mission of IT is to Enable Business Success and Create Raving fans. We do this through our shared quest to continuously improve, while simultaneously looking at ways to optimize our applications and processes. We are a determined, smart, and collaborative group that is eager to welcome you to the team.

How You'll Spend Your Time

• You will write business requirements including data retention specs, report definition, and data security requirements for complex projects.
• You will manage Requests for Information (RFI) / Request for Proposal (RFP) processes.
• You will contribute to the technology strategy and employ Information Technology Governance policies, architecture methodologies, and SOA Governance policies. You will define and conduct research which you will leverage for the development of multi-year technology roadmaps. In this position you will identify technology gaps and present recommendations for remediation and act as project consultant across team's project portfolio.
• You will design and execute Disaster Recovery processes.
• You will prioritize lines of business and/or Executive Funding Committee (EFC) projects and enhancement requests. This includes, creating business cases, participating in setting the strategy and vision for the line of business, and annual planning and estimating.
• You will develop and maintain critical vendor relationships.
• Mentors other analysts by providing oversight of projects or day to day support efforts.
• You will have advanced technical understanding of single application data flows across multiple applications, software and system integrations, RDBMS principles, tiered environments, Cloud environments, and well developed project management skills.

Essential Duties

• Writes business requirements including data retention specs, report definition, and data security requirements for complex projects. Writes functional requirements including data access and retention specs, and report definition for complex projects.
• Provides complex business process modeling. Provides project estimates for complex projects and enhancements. Reads and restarts job scheduling needs. Sets up complex jobs and dependencies.
• Manages Requests for Information (RFI) / Request for Proposal (RFP) processes.
• Designs and executes Disaster Recovery processes. Develops and maintains application documentation. Completes application configuration of complex control files. Installs desktop clients. Tracks and remediates metrics and trends of application performance.
• Creates complex reports from database repositories. Performs complex queries. Performs complex production deployments.
• Manages complex projects using bank's existing methodology, artifacts, funding, etc. Performs testing on complex projects and enhancements.
• Prioritizes line of business and/or Executive Funding Committee (EFC) projects and enhancement requests. Creates business cases. Influences or sets the strategy and vision for the line of business. Participates in annual planning and estimating.
• Contributes to the technology strategy. Contributes to and employs Information Technology Governance policies. Defines and conducts research and leverages for development of multi-year technology roadmaps. Identifies technology gaps and presents recommendations for remediation. Acts as project consultant across team's project portfolio.
• Develops and maintains critical vendor relationships. Aids in planning and forecasting of department budget.
• Mentors other analysts by providing oversight of projects or day to day support efforts, helping other analysts define and align with goals, and providing feedback as necessary.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

Education & Experience Requirements

This level of knowledge is normally acquired through completion of (a/an) Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or Computer Science or related field of study and / or 5-7 years of directly related experience in Technical Analysis, Data Analytics, or Bank Operations or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Single application data flows across multiple applications
• Software integration, system integration, and technology used
• RDBMS principles and tools
• Tiered environments (e.g. development, testing, UAT, production, DR)
• Application disaster recovery
• SQL Queries
• IT and IS standards and concepts
• Banking and payments industry and processes
• Conducting fit gap analysis
• Solidconceptual thinking and analytical skills with the ability to provide resolution to problems of a moderate complexity. Enjoy working in teams and across departments to achieve business objectives while building strong relationships to become a trusted advisor and create raving fans. Influence change by being flexible and adaptable.
• Project Management Methodology (basic framework, phases, artifacts, process, and project funding)
• Quality / Testing Methodologies and tools
• IT lifecycle Governance
• Ability to effectively plan time, method, manner and sequence of own work assignments
• Agile, waterfall, or other project management strategy
• Oral and written communication skills to effectively represent self and BOKF
• Demonstrated ability to establish and build healthy working partnerships with clients, vendors and peers.

Working Conditions & Physical Requirements

Office

BOK Financial is a stable and financially strong organization that provides excellent training and development to support building the long term careers of our employees. With passion, skill and partnership you can make an impact on the success of the bank, our customers and your own career!
Apply today and take the first step towards your next career opportunity!

If you are interested in a career with BOK Financial text "BOKF" to 25000 to engage with Olivia our virtual recruiting assistant.

BOK Financial is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for training, compensation, transfer, promotion and other aspects of employment for all qualified applicants and employees without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information or veteran status.

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