Applications Analyst Jobs in Virginia
Applications Analyst jobs in Virginia are in steady demand, concentrated in defense contracting, federal IT services, healthcare systems, and state government technology, with openings at every level from junior analyst through senior architect. The largest hiring hubs are Northern Virginia, Richmond, and Hampton Roads, where established employers like Leidos, SAIC, and Inova Health System consistently fill applications analyst roles. The most sought-after specialties in Virginia include enterprise resource planning systems, healthcare information systems, and defense enterprise application support. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Overview
At Augusta Health, your work matters — and so do you. Whether you're delivering direct patient care, supporting operations, or innovating behind the scenes, every role contributes to our mission of promoting wellness and healing through compassionate service. We offer more than just a job — we offer a purpose-driven career in a nationally recognized, independent health system located in Virginia’s scenic Shenandoah Valley.
Learn more about career opportunities on our Careers Page (https://www.augustahealth.com/careers/).
Our team members thrive in a supportive culture that values collaboration, integrity, and excellence. With opportunities across clinical and non-clinical areas, Augusta Health is a place where your skills make a difference, and your growth is a priority.
Why Join Augusta Health?
We believe in taking care of the people who care for our community. That’s why Augusta Health offers a comprehensive and thoughtfully designed benefits package that supports your well-being, career development, and work-life balance. Whether you're launching your career or bringing in years of experience, we provide the tools, resources, and encouragement to help empower you to reach your full potential — personally, professionally, and financially.
Explore our Benefits (https://www.augustahealth.com/careers/benefits/), current Hiring Incentives (https://www.augustahealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Sign-On-Bonus-2025-1.pdf), and our Taking Care of Us initiative (https://investinginus.augustahealth.com/taking-care-of-us/#diversity) — which embraces Belonging, Respect, Inclusion, Diversity, Growth, and Equity (B.R.I.D.G.E.) — to see how we invest in our team members and culture.
Total Rewards & Benefits (may vary by position)
- Comprehensive insurance package including medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Retirement savings plans and financial wellness support programs
- Earned Wage Access Program, allowing eligible team members to access a portion of earned wages before payday
- Generous paid time off and flexible scheduling to promote work-life balance
- Career development programs including clinical ladders, shared governance, and advancement opportunities
- Personalized onboarding with dedicated preceptors and ongoing educational support
- Tuition reimbursement and access to onsite childcare
- Free onsite parking, 24/7-armed security for your safety, a Health Fitness Reimbursement Program, and an onsite credit union and pharmacy
- Competitive pay with shift/weekend differentials
- Employee discounts at the cafeteria, gift shop, pharmacy, and local entertainment venues (i.e., movie tickets)
Full details are available on our Benefits Page (https://www.augustahealth.com/careers/benefits/).
Job Summary
This position plays a critical role in supporting Augusta Health’s mission and advancing departmental goals through measurable performance indicators and service excellence. This position contributes to a collaborative, patient-centered environment and helps drive outcomes aligned with organizational priorities.
Provides expert-level functional and business-application support for complex enterprise applications. Primarily supports the Human Capital Management environment, including UKG and related payroll, human resources, timekeeping, scheduling, benefits, compensation, workforce data, reporting, security, and business processes. Analyzes user needs and implements, optimizes, supports, and troubleshoots applications while guiding other team members on complex issues. Serves as a bridge among the HCM application team, Payroll, Human Resources, Finance, operational users, vendors, and Information Technology while maintaining disciplined testing, documentation, data integrity, controls, and support practices.
Essential Job Duties
Application Analysis and Configuration
Collaborate with Payroll, Human Resources, Finance, operational users, vendors, and Information Technology to ensure applications meet business needs.
Analyze workflows and requirements and translate them into system configuration, workflow validation, reports, and supportable business solutions.
Configure and maintain assigned HCM modules, business rules, tables, workflows, security roles, and system settings within approved governance.
Testing, Releases, and Change Control
Plan, prepare, and execute test scripts for application, release, regression, payroll-cycle, integration-impact, and user acceptance testing.
Document requirements, design decisions, test results, changes, defects, procedures, and approvals.
Support release readiness, stakeholder communications, training materials, and post-release validation.
Support, Data Integrity, and Controls
Provide expert application support, triage, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and escalation for complex HCM and payroll issues.
Monitor data quality, application processing, functional operation, and data integrity; investigate exceptions and coordinate correction.
Develop operational and audit reports, queries, reconciliations, and data-quality monitoring.
Support role-based application security, segregation of duties, privacy, audit evidence, access reviews, and payroll-critical controls.
Position Control, Reporting, and Analytics
Configure and maintain position-control structures, job and position attributes, organizational hierarchies, supervisor relationships, and related data-quality controls.
Develop workforce dashboards and recurring reporting for payroll accuracy, overtime, agency utilization, vacancies, turnover, labor trends, and position control.
Document definitions and reconcile reports and data outputs to authoritative sources.
Optimization, Adoption, and Knowledge Management
Maintain assigned portions of the HCM application portfolio inventory, including module ownership, vendors, dependencies, business owners, configuration inventories, and documentation.
Support workflow and policy standardization by documenting current-state processes and translating approved future-state processes into configuration and testing scenarios.
Develop job aids, training materials, readiness checklists, communications, and post-release adoption monitoring.
Support implementations, upgrades, vendor coordination, projects, cross-training, and operational runbooks.
Required Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in information systems, computer science, business, human resources, accounting, healthcare informatics, or related field.
- Licensure/Certification: Platform-centric certification if required by the supported application.
- Experience: Five or more years supporting complex business applications, including requirements analysis, configuration, testing, troubleshooting, reporting, integrations, or data quality.
- Driver's License: N/A
- Eligibility to work in the United States and meet Virginia state employment requirements
Preferred Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
- Licensure/Certification: UKG or comparable HCM/workforce platform certification.
- Experience:
Healthcare experience.
Direct support of HCM, payroll, timekeeping, scheduling, benefits, compensation, or human resources workflows.
- Prior experience in a hospital, healthcare system, or related service-oriented environment
- Familiarity with Augusta Health’s systems, workflows, or organizational culture is a plus
Competencies, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Application analysis and problem-solving
Cross-functional collaboration and service
Organization and prioritization
Functional configuration and testing
Reporting and data analysis
Documentation and training
Confidentiality, cybersecurity, and privacy
Continuous learning and process improvement
About Augusta Health
Augusta Health is an independent, nonprofit, mission-driven health system located in Fishersville, Virginia, in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley. We offer a full continuum of inpatient and outpatient services, including Augusta Medical Center—a 255-bed facility—and Augusta Medical Group, which operates 40 practice locations and four urgent care centers. Our commitment to excellence, innovation, and compassionate care makes Augusta Health a leading employer and healthcare provider in the region.
Discover more about our history, values, and community impact on our About Us Page (https://www.augustahealth.com/about-us/).
Equal Opportunity Statement
Augusta Health recruits, hires, and promotes qualified candidates for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, veteran or military discharge status, and family medical or genetic information.
We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace in accordance with federal and Virginia state employment laws.
Equal Opportunity Employer
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/poster) notice from the Department of Labor.
Overview
At Augusta Health, your work matters — and so do you. Whether you're delivering direct patient care, supporting operations, or innovating behind the scenes, every role contributes to our mission of promoting wellness and healing through compassionate service. We offer more than just a job — we offer a purpose-driven career in a nationally recognized, independent health system located in Virginia’s scenic Shenandoah Valley.
Learn more about career opportunities on our Careers Page (https://www.augustahealth.com/careers/).
Our team members thrive in a supportive culture that values collaboration, integrity, and excellence. With opportunities across clinical and non-clinical areas, Augusta Health is a place where your skills make a difference, and your growth is a priority.
Why Join Augusta Health?
We believe in taking care of the people who care for our community. That’s why Augusta Health offers a comprehensive and thoughtfully designed benefits package that supports your well-being, career development, and work-life balance. Whether you're launching your career or bringing in years of experience, we provide the tools, resources, and encouragement to help empower you to reach your full potential — personally, professionally, and financially.
Explore our Benefits (https://www.augustahealth.com/careers/benefits/), current Hiring Incentives (https://www.augustahealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Sign-On-Bonus-2025-1.pdf), and our Taking Care of Us initiative (https://investinginus.augustahealth.com/taking-care-of-us/#diversity) — which embraces Belonging, Respect, Inclusion, Diversity, Growth, and Equity (B.R.I.D.G.E.) — to see how we invest in our team members and culture.
Total Rewards & Benefits (may vary by position)
- Comprehensive insurance package including medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Retirement savings plans and financial wellness support programs
- Earned Wage Access Program, allowing eligible team members to access a portion of earned wages before payday
- Generous paid time off and flexible scheduling to promote work-life balance
- Career development programs including clinical ladders, shared governance, and advancement opportunities
- Personalized onboarding with dedicated preceptors and ongoing educational support
- Tuition reimbursement and access to onsite childcare
- Free onsite parking, 24/7-armed security for your safety, a Health Fitness Reimbursement Program, and an onsite credit union and pharmacy
- Competitive pay with shift/weekend differentials
- Employee discounts at the cafeteria, gift shop, pharmacy, and local entertainment venues (i.e., movie tickets)
Full details are available on our Benefits Page (https://www.augustahealth.com/careers/benefits/).
Job Summary
This position plays a critical role in supporting Augusta Health’s mission and advancing departmental goals through measurable performance indicators and service excellence. This position contributes to a collaborative, patient-centered environment and helps drive outcomes aligned with organizational priorities.
Provides expert-level functional and business-application support for complex enterprise applications. Primarily supports the Human Capital Management environment, including UKG and related payroll, human resources, timekeeping, scheduling, benefits, compensation, workforce data, reporting, security, and business processes. Analyzes user needs and implements, optimizes, supports, and troubleshoots applications while guiding other team members on complex issues. Serves as a bridge among the HCM application team, Payroll, Human Resources, Finance, operational users, vendors, and Information Technology while maintaining disciplined testing, documentation, data integrity, controls, and support practices.
Essential Job Duties
Application Analysis and Configuration
Collaborate with Payroll, Human Resources, Finance, operational users, vendors, and Information Technology to ensure applications meet business needs.
Analyze workflows and requirements and translate them into system configuration, workflow validation, reports, and supportable business solutions.
Configure and maintain assigned HCM modules, business rules, tables, workflows, security roles, and system settings within approved governance.
Testing, Releases, and Change Control
Plan, prepare, and execute test scripts for application, release, regression, payroll-cycle, integration-impact, and user acceptance testing.
Document requirements, design decisions, test results, changes, defects, procedures, and approvals.
Support release readiness, stakeholder communications, training materials, and post-release validation.
Support, Data Integrity, and Controls
Provide expert application support, triage, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and escalation for complex HCM and payroll issues.
Monitor data quality, application processing, functional operation, and data integrity; investigate exceptions and coordinate correction.
Develop operational and audit reports, queries, reconciliations, and data-quality monitoring.
Support role-based application security, segregation of duties, privacy, audit evidence, access reviews, and payroll-critical controls.
Position Control, Reporting, and Analytics
Configure and maintain position-control structures, job and position attributes, organizational hierarchies, supervisor relationships, and related data-quality controls.
Develop workforce dashboards and recurring reporting for payroll accuracy, overtime, agency utilization, vacancies, turnover, labor trends, and position control.
Document definitions and reconcile reports and data outputs to authoritative sources.
Optimization, Adoption, and Knowledge Management
Maintain assigned portions of the HCM application portfolio inventory, including module ownership, vendors, dependencies, business owners, configuration inventories, and documentation.
Support workflow and policy standardization by documenting current-state processes and translating approved future-state processes into configuration and testing scenarios.
Develop job aids, training materials, readiness checklists, communications, and post-release adoption monitoring.
Support implementations, upgrades, vendor coordination, projects, cross-training, and operational runbooks.
Required Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in information systems, computer science, business, human resources, accounting, healthcare informatics, or related field.
- Licensure/Certification: Platform-centric certification if required by the supported application.
- Experience: Five or more years supporting complex business applications, including requirements analysis, configuration, testing, troubleshooting, reporting, integrations, or data quality.
- Driver's License: N/A
- Eligibility to work in the United States and meet Virginia state employment requirements
Preferred Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
- Licensure/Certification: UKG or comparable HCM/workforce platform certification.
- Experience:
Healthcare experience.
Direct support of HCM, payroll, timekeeping, scheduling, benefits, compensation, or human resources workflows.
- Prior experience in a hospital, healthcare system, or related service-oriented environment
- Familiarity with Augusta Health’s systems, workflows, or organizational culture is a plus
Competencies, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Application analysis and problem-solving
Cross-functional collaboration and service
Organization and prioritization
Functional configuration and testing
Reporting and data analysis
Documentation and training
Confidentiality, cybersecurity, and privacy
Continuous learning and process improvement
About Augusta Health
Augusta Health is an independent, nonprofit, mission-driven health system located in Fishersville, Virginia, in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley. We offer a full continuum of inpatient and outpatient services, including Augusta Medical Center—a 255-bed facility—and Augusta Medical Group, which operates 40 practice locations and four urgent care centers. Our commitment to excellence, innovation, and compassionate care makes Augusta Health a leading employer and healthcare provider in the region.
Discover more about our history, values, and community impact on our About Us Page (https://www.augustahealth.com/about-us/).
Equal Opportunity Statement
Augusta Health recruits, hires, and promotes qualified candidates for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, veteran or military discharge status, and family medical or genetic information.
We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace in accordance with federal and Virginia state employment laws.
Equal Opportunity Employer
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/poster) notice from the Department of Labor.
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What Virginia Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in applications analyst jobs across Virginia.
- Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, or a related field
- Experience supporting or administering enterprise applications such as ERP or CRM systems
- Proficiency with SQL and ability to query, analyze, and report on application data
- Familiarity with ITIL frameworks and formal change management or ticketing processes
- Experience working within defense or federal environments, including security clearance eligibility
- Strong communication skills for translating technical issues into guidance for non-technical users
Applications Analyst Jobs in Virginia: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a applications analyst in Virginia?
Applications analyst roles in Virginia do not require a state-issued license, but employers consistently expect a bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, or management information systems. Candidates strengthen their profile with vendor certifications such as those from Microsoft, Oracle, or SAP. In Virginia's defense-heavy market, obtaining or maintaining a security clearance through a sponsoring employer is often a practical requirement for a large share of available positions.
How much do applications analysts make in Virginia?
Applications analysts in Virginia earn a median of about $120,840 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $73,160 for the lowest 10% to over $179,920 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire applications analysts in Virginia?
Employers hiring applications analysts in Virginia right now include Augusta Health, Austal, and VHC Health, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Virginia's concentration of defense contractors, federal agencies, and large healthcare systems means demand stays consistent across both the public sector and large enterprise environments throughout the year.
Which Virginia cities have the most applications analyst jobs?
Fishersville, Reston, and Norfolk have the most applications analyst openings in Virginia. Northern Virginia dominates because of its dense cluster of federal agencies and defense contractors, while Richmond draws demand from state government offices and regional healthcare systems, and Hampton Roads reflects the strong military and naval installation presence that anchors enterprise IT work in that corridor.
Are there remote applications analyst jobs in Virginia?
Yes, and more than many technical roles, because applications analysts work primarily with software systems rather than physical infrastructure. About 100% of applications analyst openings tied to Virginia are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting how widely distributed enterprise application support can be. Roles focused on configuration, reporting, and tier-two user support tend to be the most remote-friendly, while implementation and on-site training assignments are more likely to require presence.
How can I get hired as a applications analyst in Virginia with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is a help desk or application support specialist role, which large Virginia employers like Leidos, SAIC, and major health systems use as a pipeline for analyst positions. Completing a vendor certification in a widely used platform such as Microsoft Dynamics, Salesforce, or ServiceNow signals technical readiness. Virginia community college workforce programs and George Mason University's continuing education offerings provide affordable credentials that Virginia-area hiring managers recognize when evaluating candidates without full-time analyst experience.
Where can I find and apply to applications analyst jobs in Virginia?
You can find and apply to applications analyst jobs in Virginia on Migrate Mate, which lists current Virginia openings across industries. Find roles that fit your background and apply directly to the ones that match.
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