Is it surprising to hear that a financial institution of 1.5 million members and over $30 billion in managed assets say that success comes from focusing on people, not profits?
Our “people helping people” philosophy has guided us since 1935, driving our deep commitment to serving our members, communities, and each other. When you join our team, you become part of a purpose-driven organization where your work makes a real difference.
While we’re proud of our history, we’re even more excited about our future. With business and technology transformation on the horizon, there’s never been a better time to be part of BECU.
PAY RANGE
The Target Pay Range for this position is $128,900.00-$157,500.00 annually. The full Pay Range is $99,900.00 - $186,400.00 annually. At BECU, compensation decisions are determined using factors such as relevant job-related skills, experience, and education or training. Should an offer for employment be made, we will consider individual qualifications. In addition to your salary, compensation incentives are available for the hired applicant. Incentives are performance based and targets vary by role.BENEFITS – because people helping people starts with supporting you
401(k) Company Match (up to 3%)
4% annual contribution to your 401(k) by BECU
Medical, Dental and Vision (family contributions as well)
PTO Program + Exchange Program
Tuition Reimbursement Program
BECU Cares volunteer time off + donation match
IMPACT YOU’LL MAKE:
As a Sr. Systems Analyst at BECU, you’ll shape the future of technology experiences for our members and teams. You’ll translate end-user needs into powerful, scalable technical solutions—bringing clarity, structure, and innovation to complex products and enterprise-wide initiatives. Your expertise will help drive smarter system designs, reduce technical debt, strengthen compliance and security, and elevate the way BECU delivers value.
You’ll serve as a trusted subject matter expert, a mentor to other analysts, and a strategic partner who ensures our systems aren’t just functioning—but continuously evolving to meet the needs of our rapidly growing organization. If you’re energized by designing solutions that make a real-world impact, this is where you’ll thrive.
To join our dynamic team, we require candidates to be residents of WA, OR, ID, AZ, TX, GA, SC, NC, CA or VA. If you’re located in Washington state and within a reasonable driving distance from Tukwila, we are requesting that you come into our HQ on Tuesdays & Wednesdays. For those candidates that live outside the commute distance of TFC and in any of our approved remote work locations, this role will be remote. Remote or onsite, we are committed to ensuring you are fully engaged and included in our collaborative environment.
WHAT YOU’LL DO:
Lead Business & Technology Alignment: Partner with decision makers, stakeholders, and end users to define goals, requirements, user stories, and outcomes—ensuring the technical roadmap aligns with organizational needs
Shape Technical Solutions: Develop strong business cases, identify effective technology approaches, and guide product strategies that reduce technical debt, meet regulatory requirements, and deliver meaningful value.
Guide Requirements & System Design: Lead workshops, build use cases, and create detailed specifications that clarify and refine user and system requirements.
Manage Complex Application Platforms: Oversee configuration, workflows, permissions, reporting, data, upgrades, and critical platform functions supporting financial, compliance, and product operations.
Coordinate Vendor Solutions: Translate business needs into vendor requirements, maintain productive vendor relationships, and ensure timely, accurate delivery of enhancements.
Support Quality & Testing Excellence: Drive test planning, troubleshooting, defect resolution, and user acceptance activities to ensure successful system implementations.
Lead Implementations & Releases: Manage patches, upgrades, configuration changes, and disaster recovery planning across in-house, SaaS, PaaS, and third-party systems.
Enable Organizational Readiness: Break down long-term strategies into actionable objectives and support teams through process, people, and system impact assessments.
Maintain Operational Health: Provide system administration support, improve performance, maintain documentation, troubleshoot issues, and lead lifecycle planning.
Champion Security & Compliance: Ensure cybersecurity, data privacy, and regulatory standards are incorporated across all technical solutions.
Optimize Performance: Monitor system behavior, identify variances, and proactively implement improvements to support stability, scalability, and efficiency.
Deliver Documentation & Knowledge Transfer: Create user guides, technical documents, and facilitate walkthroughs and demos for stakeholders.
Mentor & Develop Others: Support colleagues by sharing knowledge, tools, and best practices.
Serve as a Trusted SME: Provide expert insight across multiple products and high impact initiatives.
This isn’t just about ticking off tasks on a list. It's about making a significant, positive change in BECU’s journey, where your contributions are valued, and your growth is continually fostered.
WHAT YOU’LL GAIN:
Meaningful Impact: Shape enterprise‑level systems that power critical business functions across BECU.
Modern Technology: Work hands‑on with cloud platforms, microservices, Azure tools, and DevOps practices.
Continuous Growth: Build expertise in cloud architecture, secure system design, and data‑driven solutions.
Collaborative Culture: Partner with engineering, product, and business teams that value curiosity and shared success.
Leadership & Visibility: Mentor others, influence technical strategy, and contribute to BECU’s long‑term technology vision.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in a technical/related discipline required, or equivalent work or education related experience.
Minimum seven years of experience working with business software applications
Solid understanding of cloud computing principles and hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure services.
Proficiency in microservices and API architecture, including REST, GraphQL, service contracts, versioning, and interoperability considerations.
Advanced skills with SQL and/or various relational database concepts and languages required, including multiple methods for analyzing, reporting and validating data at the source (eg. SQL queries)
Experience in developing and delivering the full system development life cycle and its various phases (including user story creation, test planning, test execution, CI/CD pipeline support, production implementation and break-fix production issue resolution)
Demonstrated experience with multiple methods for creating and communicating strong business cases, including financial analysis, strategic alignment, and risk analysis .
Desired Qualifications
Advanced degree preferred.
Experience working with the Fiserv DNA core banking platform.
Strong with multiple change approaches from Agile, Lean, TDD, Waterfall, etc. and understand the proper use and application of each approach.
Proven ability to manage solutions delivered in multiple programming languages and technical environments.
Understanding software engineering vocabulary and data architecture required. Includes experience working with Azure DevOps, JIRA or other Agile development team tools.
Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills to identify problems from a functional perspective, specifically when supporting end-user testing and training. Includes proficient use of such tools as Azure App Insights, etc.
Ability to remain informed about the events, trends and developments which affect your role, business area(s) and the Information Technology industry.
Ability to plan, organize, schedule, and implement projects in accordance with BECU and industry project management methodologies.
JOIN THE JOURNEY:
Ready to make an indelible impact? Eager to be part of a collaborative and innovative team where your ideas and contributions don’t just fill a role, but fuel BECU’s growth and success? This is more than a job—it’s a chance to elevate your career, your skills, and your future while helping shape BECU’s evolving technology landscape.
Embrace the opportunity to grow with us. Apply now, bring your expertise to the table, and let’s achieve excellence together at BECU.
Your journey of influence, innovation, and meaningful contribution starts now.
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BECU is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected status.
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What We Do
As a member-owned, not-for-profit financial cooperative, we are guided by the credit union philosophy of “people helping people.” Putting people over profit guides our everyday business decisions. Unlike many financial institutions, we aren’t privately owned. As a cooperative, we are owned by our members. This drives us to do right by the member, and right by each other as coworkers. We display this in our working culture, in our day-to-day choices to ensure both members’ and employees’ needs are met. Imagine what this type of commitment could do for your work satisfaction.
Why Work With Us
We are a team-first culture that ensures every employee has the opportunity to learn and grow. We are diving headfirst into a technology transformation.
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