IT Business Analyst III

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is an independent, nonprofit organization providing adult cancer treatment and groundbreaking research focused on cancer and infectious diseases. Based in Seattle, Fred Hutch is the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Washington.

With a track record of global leadership in bone marrow transplantation, HIV/AIDS prevention, immunotherapy and COVID-19 vaccines, Fred Hutch has earned a reputation as one of the world's leading cancer, infectious disease and biomedical research centers. Fred Hutch operates eight clinical care sites that provide medical oncology, infusion, radiation, proton therapy and related services, and network affiliations with hospitals in five states. Together, our fully integrated research and clinical care teams seek to discover new cures to the world's deadliest diseases and make life beyond cancer a reality.

At Fred Hutch we value collaboration, compassion, determination, excellence, innovation, integrity and respect. These values are grounded in and expressed through the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion. Our mission is directly tied to the humanity, dignity and inherent value of each employee, patient, community member and supporter. Our commitment to learning across our differences and similarities make us stronger. We seek employees who bring different and innovative ways of seeing the world and solving problems. Fred Hutch is in pursuit of becoming an anti-racist organization. We are committed to ensuring that all candidates hired share our commitment to diversity, anti-racism and inclusion.

The IT Business Analyst III applies extensive knowledge of business unit's operations and needs along with knowledge of systems technology to identify and design information system improvements, serving as a liaison between business stakeholders, technical groups and end users.

This position works independently in leveraging a deep understanding of departmental operations to provide strategic consultation and in representing the business unit in coordinating system modifications and implementations with technical groups. May act as a lead for other analysts or IT support staff and oversee and/or provide training for end users.

JOB DUTIES

Analyze and document current business requirments and system configurations to define functional requirements and to develop specifications for enhancements, modifications and/or additions to existing system functionality.
• Provide recommendations for process improvements as it applies to interfaces or customizations.
• Act as liaison between department/program and other Center technical resources
• Participate in the design, development, modification, testing, implementation and documentation of application changes and upgrades to meet business needs.
• Develop new processes with test plans, test cases and scenarios and documentation of results.
• Conduct User Acceptance Testing.
• Provide training and knowledge transfer when applicable.
• Work with department and IT staff to review documentation for all system process to facilitate adoption by end-user community.
• Contribute to overall planning of projects and issue resolution by developing time estimates.
• Follow documented procedures for configuring, maintaining, upgrading, testing and coding the application/reports/interfaces.
• Attend Center IT meetings to stay informed and represent department IT issues.
• Develop and maintain operational, management, and ad-hoc reports and programs as needed.
• Assist end-users with troubleshooting of technical problems, escalating to the appropriate resources when necessary.
• Administer end-user security processes for the department.
• Provide desktop support and other duties when desktop help is not available.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or other related field.
• 7+ years of IT business analysis experience managing Enterprise applications
• Experience with application development lifecycle methodology as well as IT analysis mythologies such as process flow definition, data flow diagramming etc.
• Proven ability to work with business stakeholders to elicit, analyze, communicate, document and validate systems requirements both functional and non-functional.
• Proven ability to develop and execute test cases
• Strong organizational, analytical and problem solving skill
• Ability to understand users' requirements and write technical specifications
• Ability to communicate clearly with stakeholders in a timely manner both in writing and verbally
• Ability to identify and define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions
• Ability to work in a team environment, with significant day to day contact with user groups, internal developers, and external developers and consultants
• Ability to identify when expertise or knowledge is needed from others
• Excellent organizational and communication skills

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• CBAP Certification
• PMP Certification

A statement describing your commitment and contributions toward greater diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism in your career or that will be made through your work at Fred Hutch is requested of all finalists.

This role will have the opportunity to work partially at our campus and remotely.

The annual base salary range for this position is from $93,101 to $139,630, and pay offered will be based on experience and qualifications.

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center offers employees a comprehensive benefits package designed to enhance health, well-being, and financial security. Benefits include medical/vision, dental, flexible spending accounts, life, disability, retirement, family life support, employee assistance program, onsite health clinic, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation (12-22 days per year), paid sick leave (12-25 days per year), paid holidays (13 days per year), paid parental leave (up to 4 weeks), and partially paid sabbatical leave (up to 6 months).