Senior Application Analyst

Job Posting Title:Senior Application Analyst----Hiring Department:University Development Office----Position Open To:All Applicants----Weekly Scheduled Hours:40----FLSA Status:Exempt from FLSA----Earliest Start Date:Jun 01, 2026----Position Duration:Expected to Continue----Location:UT MAIN CAMPUS----Job Details:General NotesAbout The University of Texas at AustinWhat starts here changes the world.The University of Texas at Austin, founded in 1883, ranks among the best universities in the world. With 76 programs ranked in the top 10, UT Austin is the #1 public university in Texas and the #7 public university in the nation.Like the state it calls home, The University of Texas at Austin is a bold, ambitious leader supporting more than 55,000 students, 4,750 faculty, 15,000 staff and top national programs across 18 colleges and schools. Amid the backdrop of Austin, Texas, a city recognized for its creative and entrepreneurial spirit, the University provides a place to explore countless opportunities for tomorrow’s artists, scientists, athletes, doctors, entrepreneurs and engineers.Learn more about UT’s mission and values and leadership.Why Join Texas Development?The University of Texas at Austin is a thriving hub of learning and discovery that anchors our city and enables excellence and innovation on the highest level. And it’s only possible because generous supporters believe in the power and promise of our state’s flagship university to change the world. With more than $6 billion raised in the What Starts Here campaign, Texas Development is quickly becoming one of the best fundraising programs in public higher education.Texas Development is a dynamic community of 500+ fundraising professionals across the Forty Acres. We strive to reach the highest levels of achievement and success in all that we do by creating meaningful and powerful experiences for our donors.Follow your passion, grow your career and help us change the world.BenefitsThe University provides a competitive benefits package that includes insurance and retirement benefits in addition to other programs and services.Texas Development supports growth by offering professional development opportunities that help every team member accomplish their goals, enrich their skillset and deepen their engagement with UT.Reporting to the Senior Information Technology Manager, Advancement Data Operations (ADO), the Senior Application Analyst will join ADO’s growing Application Development team to help drive the design and configuration of Texas Development’s new Salesforce based CRM. This role will serve as an ADO resource handling configuration and customization tasks common with the Salesforce platform.  PurposeThe Senior Application Analyst will serve a key role in the University Development Office’s ongoing Affinaquest Advancement RM (Salesforce) implementation and will be an important support role in the future state tasked with providing business analysis, technical design assistance, and system configuration supporting the efforts of the Advancement Data Operations Salesforce team.  Responsibilities Manage small to medium-scale projects assuming full technical responsibility and leadership. Review, prioritize, and contribute to the resolution of outstanding configuration decisions as identified by project leads. Analyze and interpret user requirements, user stories, use cases, and system architecture documentation. Perform complex systems analysis, report development, and configuration tasks. Assist with technical design and data modeling by eliciting user requirements, documenting user stories, and communicating with both internal and external subject matter experts and data stewards. Support ongoing design, configuration, and testing activities including performing routine Salesforce business analyst and administrative functions such as modification of page layouts and list views, generation of reports and dashboards, creation of new objects and fields, and other standard Salesforce analyst, administrative, and support tasks. In partnership with the Salesforce Administrator and Architect, manage and enhance the security model, including requests for new and modified permission sets, permission set groups, public groups, and sharing rules while maintaining alignment with the overall organizational security policies and best practices. Identify opportunities to create and enhance business process automations by designing and developing flows, approval processes, and other notifications. Solve business problems by soliciting requirements, interpreting client requests, and proposing solutions that are appropriate in the broader context of departmental/university procedures, goals, and automated systems technology. Participate in design and testing activities for the purpose of business unit acceptance and package deployment. Establish testing procedures for solutions and reports to support business analysis and statutory reporting requirements. Develop and maintain detailed documentations of business processes, workflows, configurations, and procedures essential to the continued support and maintenance of all components of the Salesforce solutions, for both platform users and internal technical audiences. Advocate for strong data quality standards through the comprehensive review and validation of data being imported/exported from the system. Perform data analysis needed to support technical and business needs. Additional duties as assigned. Required Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in business, computer science or a related field. Three+ years of professional experience as a Salesforce Administrator, Business Analyst, or serving in a Salesforce administration capacity. Salesforce Administrator or Salesforce Business Analyst certification. Can collaborate with individuals with varying skills and from different parts and levels within a complex organization.Able to manage expectations, prioritize work, and partner with functional and techni