City/State
Virginia Beach, VAWork Shift
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Senior Application AnalystOverviewThe Senior Application Analyst is responsible for the day-to-day support, optimization, and enhancement of enterprise software applications. This role partners closely with business and clinical stakeholders to analyze workflows, evaluate system releases and new products, and recommend solutions that optimize processes, improve system utilization, and reduce operational costs.
This position applies advanced application and domain knowledge to perform workflow assessments, define functional requirements, and support system builds, upgrades, and enhancements. The Senior Application Analyst leads testing efforts, manages incidents and changes, and provides on-call support for application-related issues. Working independently with limited supervision, this role also oversees smaller projects or components of larger initiatives, coordinates application release planning, and mentors lower-level analysts as part of a cross-functional team.
EducationBachelor’s Degree (preferred )
Experience in lieu of Bachelor’s Degree:
5+ years of relevant experience with a degree
7+ years of relevant experience without a degree
No specific certification or licensure requirements
Experience5+ years of relevant application support or analyst experience with a degree, or 7+ years without a degree
Experience supporting software application builds, upgrades, patches, and system enhancements
Proven ability to perform and document workflow assessments and translate business or clinical needs into functional system requirements
Experience developing and executing system test plans, including documenting test progress and results
Experience with problem, incident, and change management, including service request handling and on-call support
Demonstrated ability to manage small projects or components of larger projects, including coordinating application releases and implementations
Strong communication skills to effectively convey system issues, requirements, upgrades, and enhancements to technical and non-technical stakeholders
•Legal Resources Plan
•Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met.
Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.
In support of our mission “to improve health every day,” this is a tobacco-free environment.
For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs associates in the following states:
Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
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What We Do
Sentara Healthcare celebrates a 130-year history of innovation, compassion and community benefit. Based in Norfolk, VA, Sentara is a diverse not-for-profit family of 12 hospitals, an array of integrated services and a team of nearly 30,000 strong on a mission to improve health every day. This mandate is pursued through a disciplined strategy to achieve Top 10% performance in key measures through shared best practices, transformation of primary care through clinical integration and strategic growth that adds value to the communities we serve in Virginia and North Carolina.
