Systems Support Analyst

Department: System Implementation

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Bloomington, MN

Reporting To: Application Support & IT Operations Manager

Compensation: $70,000 - $80,000 / year

Verus Mortgage Capital is seeking a Systems Support Analyst – Mortgage Applications who enjoys solving problems, supporting users, and making technology work better for the business. In this role, you’ll help keep our internal and external applications accessible, reliable, and running smoothly while partnering with business and technology teams to resolve issues and improve the user experience. As our technology capabilities grow, you’ll have opportunities to deepen your mortgage systems expertise, expand your technical skills, and contribute to improvements across the organization.

As an Systems Support Analyst, you will provide troubleshooting and escalation of issues.

Success in this role will require the candidate to be able to listen to business needs, promptly prioritize and respond to requests, and collaborate to deliver solutions. Associates must be able to effectively work in both remote and in-office environments. Candidates must possess the interpersonal skills to facilitate a cohesive work relationship with both internal and external partners at various levels.

The ability to work and thrive both independently and collaboratively within an entrepreneurial small-team environment is a must.

• Provide application configuration and support for internal system users.
• Troubleshoot issues and communicate with users and support team through resolution.
• Monitor application health and performance. Proactively
  * escalate* issues and potential issues to minimize disruption to users.
• Work within different Databases for each supported application.
• Prioritize and balance tasks across multiple applications.
• Create knowledge base documentation for End User Support.
• Participate in the documentation of business requirements, communication of issues and potential solutions to software vendors, in coordination with Product Owners.
• Interact effectively with both technical and non-technical users.
• Hybrid in Bloomington, MN - Tuesday and Thursdays

• Bachelor’s Degree or 4+ years of relevant experience.
• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• 2 - 4 years of experience supporting Mortgage Origination and Acquisition systems OR 2 - 4 years of experience in the Mortgage Industry.
• 1 – 2 years of experience in multiple areas of information technology required including computer programming, or management information systems.
• Experience with ITIL and best practices.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and to manage multiple time-sensitive responsibilities and requests with minimal supervision.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Must be able to collaborate with all users across the Enterprise and render clearly written, accurate instructions.
• Complex problem-solving capabilities. Robust critical and analytical thinking skills with strong attention to detail. Ability to exercise independent judgment in interpreting issues and identifying solutions.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint), Adobe
• Intermediate to advanced experience with using Microsoft Excel formulas, functions and pivot tables and VLOOKUP’s. SharePoint experience a plus.

• Knowledge of or experience with ticket-tracking collaboration software (such as Service Now, Jira or similar).
• Understanding mortgage banking and securitization practices and/or data is a strong plus.
• Ability to understand systems and become a subject matter expert of applications.
• Experience with relational databases (e.g. SQL Server,…