Applications Administrator II at Arizona Financial Credit Union

Phoenix, Arizona, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

01 Jun, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

03 Mar, 26

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Application Administration, Troubleshooting, Incident Management, Upgrades, Patching, Access Management, Integrations, Change Control, Automation, Runbooks, Configuration Management, ServiceNow, SQL, Vendor Management, Root Cause Analysis, Process Improvement

Industry

Banking

Description

Description Job Summary Overview The Applications Administrator II owns the health, configuration, and daily operation of assigned enterprise applications—both on-premises and SaaS. This role handles routine support and complex incidents, plans and executes upgrades, maintains secure access and integrations, and partners with business units and vendors to keep critical member- and employee-facing systems stable, compliant, and continuously improving. Success looks like reliable applications, clear communication, well-documented changes, and measurable reductions in manual work through automation. Essential Job Functions Act as owner and primary administrator of assigned application(s). Troubleshoot issues, providing expert level support. Resolve issues or identify escalation team or vendor. Own issue until resolved. Analyze application incidents to identify root cause. Follow change control for all modifications: create change records, impact/risk assessments, peer reviews, test evidence, rollback, and post-implementation verification. Coordinate maintenance windows and stakeholder comms. Ensure successful installation and validation of vendor-provided upgrades and patches. Research, mapping, planning, testing, documentation, and coordination. Administer roles/permissions; run periodic access reviews with business owners; enforce least-privilege; maintain audit artifacts; assist with control testing and evidence for auditors. Maintain runbooks, configuration baselines, topology diagrams, and KB articles; provide enablement sessions to Service Desk and business super-users. Handle tickets via phone, email, Teams, and the service desk. Troubleshoot application errors, access issues, performance concerns, and data mismatches; validate fixes in test and production; document RCA and prevention steps. Proactively identifies and initiates process improvements, documents potential problems and resolutions. Works with automation software to streamline business processes for assigned applications. Makes decisions around application configuration for best practice and performance using vendors communicated specifications. Adheres to on-call rotation schedule. Performs other job-related duties as assigned. Requirements Position Required Qualifications Minimum Education and Experience Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) or technical school and two (2) years of experience or five (5) years of application administration experience in enterprise applications or systems using automated processing tools or any combination of education and experience. Proficiency in PC software applications in a Windows environment including MS suites. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Understanding of information systems structures, processes, and protocols to provide sound organizational support. Ability to type 45 words per minute. Ability to read, write and speak in English. Ability to read, analyze and interpret technical procedures, program specifications, financial reports, legal documents, and government regulations. Ability to write business correspondence, reports and procedure manuals. Ability to speak effectively presenting information to groups of membership and management. Ability to communicate verbally person, virtually, and on the telephone. Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, and make appropriate recommendations for resolution. Ability to apply mathematical concepts to determine and test reliability and validity. Preferred Qualifications Core financial platform experience. Process improvement experience. Proficiency in Structured Query Language (SQL) or other database tools. ServiceNow Administration certification. Hybrid Work Environment and Physical Demands Regularly required to stand, walk, sit, climb or balance; use hands to finger keys accurately when using calculator machines or computer keyboards; reach with hands and arms. Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distant vision, and color vision. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Must be able to travel independently to department and branch locations. NOTE: The job description is intended to be generic in nature. It is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. Requirements listed in the above qualifications and physical requirements are representative of the knowledge, skill, abilities, physical demands, or work environment required or encountered that must be met by an employee to successfully perform each duty and each function of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions. Employees who work from home must have business operational internet to complete work tasks and communicate via video call or chat messaging systems in a dedicated workspace.

Responsibilities

The Applications Administrator II is responsible for owning the health, configuration, and daily operation of assigned enterprise applications, handling routine support and complex incidents, and executing upgrades. This role also involves maintaining secure access, managing integrations, and partnering with business units and vendors to ensure system stability and continuous improvement.