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Senior Application Analyst roles qualify for STEM OPT when your degree aligns with the position's technical requirements. The 24-month extension gives you up to 36 months total to gain hands-on systems analysis experience, provided your employer is enrolled in E-Verify and signs your I-983 training plan.
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Position Overview
The Senior Application Analyst will work on software design, configurations, upgrades, and improvements. As the primary support contact for application end-users, the Senior Application Analyst will work to identify issues that arise in the Production Planning, Digital Manufacturing and Quality management areas, as well as issues that impact other application teams, and work to resolve them. This role will guide workflow design, build, and test systems and analyze other technical issues associated with the lab operation and/or business software. The Senior Application Analyst supports the application or Project Manager and has responsibility for the scope, schedule, and quality of the software project in relation to the applications.
The Senior Application Analyst plays a critical role in managing and optimizing our Digital Manufacturing platform, primarily PPDS, Digital Manufacturing, Quality Management in SAP. This role is expected to have a high-level understanding of business processes, systems and integration methodologies. The Senior Application Analyst will have an in-depth knowledge of PPDS, Digital manufacturing and Quality management SAP configuration surrounding Manufacturing capabilities. They will have a proven ability to lead and mentor a team of analysts, providing guidance and support. This role will require a strong focus on providing excellent support to end-users, as well as effective communication and collaboration skills to work with cross-functional teams and external partners.
Essential Duties
Include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Responsible for business systems design and configuration, and upgrades and improvements for low to medium complexity applications.
- Design and implement solutions to a wide range of difficult problems that are imaginative, thorough, and practical.
- Responsible for independent development and configuration of an assigned application.
- Identify issues that arise in the application area as well as issues that impact other application teams, and work to resolve them.
- Develop new processes and procedures to meet current challenges.
- Create and maintain system documentation.
- Lead the estimation of enhancement or support requests.
- Guide workflow design, configure and test system changes, and analyze technical issues.
- Liaise with business systems stakeholders and software vendor’s implementation staff to ensure alignment of business needs with the delivery of system changes.
- Develop an understanding of operational needs to set the direction for the organization's workflows; proactively identify opportunities to improve business workflow with technology improvements.
- Participate in developing documentation and participate in trainings and work with end users.
- Troubleshoot problems and questions and provide regular updates on status to key business stakeholders.
- Serve as a subject matter expert of assigned applications.
- Provide end-user production support for issues entered into issue tracking systems.
- Review the status of projects and issues with project leadership.
- Assign or delegate configuration or other activities to other team members.
- Act as delegate for leadership regarding incident or problem resolution.
- Provide mentorship for other peers and take the lead to solve problems, even if outside of normal scope.
- Lead internal process design and documentation to drive continuous improvement for the IT department or team.
- Ability and willingness to take ownership of work activities and ensure that they are done in a timely, accurate, and efficient manner.
- Ability and willingness to recognize assignments or tasks that need to be completed, to seek out additional assignments or tasks, and to help others.
- Ability to communicate information clearly and concisely with project leadership, subject matter experts, and key stakeholders.
- Ability to persevere in difficult situations, overcome obstacles, and reach high levels of performance when faced with stressful work situations and time pressures.
- Ability and willingness to learn new software applications.
- Apply flexibility with respect to changing end-user business needs.
- Apply strong analytical skills, business intuition, and organizational ability.
- Apply strong problem-solving skills.
- Apply excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to operate in a cross-functional and complex matrix environment.
- Ability to be adaptable, open to change, able to work in ambiguous situations, and respond to new information or unexpected circumstances.
- Uphold company mission and values through accountability, innovation, integrity, quality, and teamwork.
- Support and comply with the company’s Quality Management System policies and procedures.
- Maintain regular and reliable attendance.
- Ability to act with an inclusion mindset and model these behaviors for the organization.
- Ability to work nights and/or weekends, as needed.
- Ability to work on a mobile device, tablet, or in front of a computer screen and/or perform typing for approximately 90% of a typical working day.
- Ability and means to travel between local Exact Sciences locations.
- Ability to travel 5% of working time away from work location, may include overnight/weekend travel.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field as outlined in the essential duties; or High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED) and 12 years of relevant experience as outlined in the essential duties in lieu of Bachelor’s Degree.
- 5+ years of experience developing or configuring technology solutions, either in an application analyst or project delivery role.
- Demonstrated ability to understand and apply industry best practices.
- Strong computer skills to include internet navigation and email usage.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office programs.
- Demonstrated ability to perform the essential duties of the position with or without accommodation.
Preferred Qualifications
- In-depth knowledge of PPDS, Digital Manufacturing and Quality Management design and configuration in SAP.
- In-depth knowledge of SAP MM/PP design and configuration.
- Experience leading teams of analysts and directing work of others.
- Understanding of integration points between PPDS, Digital Manufacturing and Quality modules of SAP.
- Experience leading complex projects and coordinating work amongst a cross-functional team.
Salary Range:
$91,000.00 - $155,000.00
The annual base salary shown is for this position located in US - WI - Madison on a full-time basis. In addition, this position is bonus eligible.
Exact Sciences is proud to offer an employee experience that includes paid time off (including days for vacation, holidays, volunteering, and personal time), paid leave for parents and caregivers, a retirement savings plan, wellness support, and health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage. Learn more about our benefits.
Our success relies on the experiences and perspectives of a diverse team, and Exact Sciences fosters a culture where all employees can develop personally and professionally with a sense of respect and belonging. If you require an accommodation, please contact us here.
Not ready to apply? Join our Talent Community to stay updated on the latest news and opportunities at Exact Sciences.
We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, protected veteran status, and any other status protected by applicable local, state, or federal law.
To view the Right to Work, E-Verify Employer, and Pay Transparency notices and Federal, Federal Contractor, and State employment law posters, visit our compliance hub. The documents summarize important details of the law and provide key points that you have a right to know.
Help us change lives
At Exact Sciences, we’re helping change how the world prevents, detects and guides treatment for cancer. We give patients and clinicians the clarity needed to make confident decisions when they matter most. Join our team to find a purpose-driven career, an inclusive culture, and robust benefits to support your life while you’re working to help others.
Position Overview
The Senior Application Analyst will work on software design, configurations, upgrades, and improvements. As the primary support contact for application end-users, the Senior Application Analyst will work to identify issues that arise in the Production Planning, Digital Manufacturing and Quality management areas, as well as issues that impact other application teams, and work to resolve them. This role will guide workflow design, build, and test systems and analyze other technical issues associated with the lab operation and/or business software. The Senior Application Analyst supports the application or Project Manager and has responsibility for the scope, schedule, and quality of the software project in relation to the applications.
The Senior Application Analyst plays a critical role in managing and optimizing our Digital Manufacturing platform, primarily PPDS, Digital Manufacturing, Quality Management in SAP. This role is expected to have a high-level understanding of business processes, systems and integration methodologies. The Senior Application Analyst will have an in-depth knowledge of PPDS, Digital manufacturing and Quality management SAP configuration surrounding Manufacturing capabilities. They will have a proven ability to lead and mentor a team of analysts, providing guidance and support. This role will require a strong focus on providing excellent support to end-users, as well as effective communication and collaboration skills to work with cross-functional teams and external partners.
Essential Duties
Include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Responsible for business systems design and configuration, and upgrades and improvements for low to medium complexity applications.
- Design and implement solutions to a wide range of difficult problems that are imaginative, thorough, and practical.
- Responsible for independent development and configuration of an assigned application.
- Identify issues that arise in the application area as well as issues that impact other application teams, and work to resolve them.
- Develop new processes and procedures to meet current challenges.
- Create and maintain system documentation.
- Lead the estimation of enhancement or support requests.
- Guide workflow design, configure and test system changes, and analyze technical issues.
- Liaise with business systems stakeholders and software vendor’s implementation staff to ensure alignment of business needs with the delivery of system changes.
- Develop an understanding of operational needs to set the direction for the organization's workflows; proactively identify opportunities to improve business workflow with technology improvements.
- Participate in developing documentation and participate in trainings and work with end users.
- Troubleshoot problems and questions and provide regular updates on status to key business stakeholders.
- Serve as a subject matter expert of assigned applications.
- Provide end-user production support for issues entered into issue tracking systems.
- Review the status of projects and issues with project leadership.
- Assign or delegate configuration or other activities to other team members.
- Act as delegate for leadership regarding incident or problem resolution.
- Provide mentorship for other peers and take the lead to solve problems, even if outside of normal scope.
- Lead internal process design and documentation to drive continuous improvement for the IT department or team.
- Ability and willingness to take ownership of work activities and ensure that they are done in a timely, accurate, and efficient manner.
- Ability and willingness to recognize assignments or tasks that need to be completed, to seek out additional assignments or tasks, and to help others.
- Ability to communicate information clearly and concisely with project leadership, subject matter experts, and key stakeholders.
- Ability to persevere in difficult situations, overcome obstacles, and reach high levels of performance when faced with stressful work situations and time pressures.
- Ability and willingness to learn new software applications.
- Apply flexibility with respect to changing end-user business needs.
- Apply strong analytical skills, business intuition, and organizational ability.
- Apply strong problem-solving skills.
- Apply excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to operate in a cross-functional and complex matrix environment.
- Ability to be adaptable, open to change, able to work in ambiguous situations, and respond to new information or unexpected circumstances.
- Uphold company mission and values through accountability, innovation, integrity, quality, and teamwork.
- Support and comply with the company’s Quality Management System policies and procedures.
- Maintain regular and reliable attendance.
- Ability to act with an inclusion mindset and model these behaviors for the organization.
- Ability to work nights and/or weekends, as needed.
- Ability to work on a mobile device, tablet, or in front of a computer screen and/or perform typing for approximately 90% of a typical working day.
- Ability and means to travel between local Exact Sciences locations.
- Ability to travel 5% of working time away from work location, may include overnight/weekend travel.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field as outlined in the essential duties; or High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED) and 12 years of relevant experience as outlined in the essential duties in lieu of Bachelor’s Degree.
- 5+ years of experience developing or configuring technology solutions, either in an application analyst or project delivery role.
- Demonstrated ability to understand and apply industry best practices.
- Strong computer skills to include internet navigation and email usage.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office programs.
- Demonstrated ability to perform the essential duties of the position with or without accommodation.
Preferred Qualifications
- In-depth knowledge of PPDS, Digital Manufacturing and Quality Management design and configuration in SAP.
- In-depth knowledge of SAP MM/PP design and configuration.
- Experience leading teams of analysts and directing work of others.
- Understanding of integration points between PPDS, Digital Manufacturing and Quality modules of SAP.
- Experience leading complex projects and coordinating work amongst a cross-functional team.
Salary Range:
$91,000.00 - $155,000.00
The annual base salary shown is for this position located in US - WI - Madison on a full-time basis. In addition, this position is bonus eligible.
Exact Sciences is proud to offer an employee experience that includes paid time off (including days for vacation, holidays, volunteering, and personal time), paid leave for parents and caregivers, a retirement savings plan, wellness support, and health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage. Learn more about our benefits.
Our success relies on the experiences and perspectives of a diverse team, and Exact Sciences fosters a culture where all employees can develop personally and professionally with a sense of respect and belonging. If you require an accommodation, please contact us here.
Not ready to apply? Join our Talent Community to stay updated on the latest news and opportunities at Exact Sciences.
We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, protected veteran status, and any other status protected by applicable local, state, or federal law.
To view the Right to Work, E-Verify Employer, and Pay Transparency notices and Federal, Federal Contractor, and State employment law posters, visit our compliance hub. The documents summarize important details of the law and provide key points that you have a right to know.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding STEM OPT Authorization as a Senior Application Analyst
Verify your CIP code before applying
Check that your degree's Classification of Instructional Programs code maps to a STEM-designated field recognized by ICE. Application analysis roles typically require computer science, information systems, or engineering degrees, so a mismatched CIP code can disqualify your extension before it starts.
Confirm E-Verify enrollment before accepting offers
Ask your recruiter for the company's E-Verify employer ID during the offer stage, not after signing. Employers must be actively enrolled in E-Verify to sponsor STEM OPT, and enrollment status can lapse, so verify it directly with the hiring team.
Build your I-983 training plan around systems deliverables
Frame your I-983 learning objectives around specific application analyst outputs: requirements documentation, system integration testing, and escalation workflows. Generic training plans draw DSO scrutiny, so tie each objective to a measurable project milestone your employer can supervise and sign off on.
Target employers with active LCA filings for analyst roles
Search Migrate Mate to find employers whose DOL Labor Condition Application history shows active filings for application analyst and systems analyst positions. This tells you which companies already understand technical visa sponsorship workflows, not just which ones claim to sponsor.
Use OFLC Wage Search to benchmark before negotiating
Look up the prevailing wage for Senior Application Analyst under SOC code 15-1211 in your metro area using OFLC Wage Search. Your offer must meet or exceed the applicable wage level, so knowing the floor before negotiations prevents compliance problems that could delay your I-983 approval.
Time your extension request to your OPT end date
File your STEM OPT extension with USCIS at least 90 days before your initial OPT expires. Late filings create an authorization gap that stops you from working, and Senior Application Analyst roles in enterprise environments often require continuous employment to maintain project access and security clearances.
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Find Senior Application Analyst JobsFrequently Asked Questions
Does a Senior Application Analyst role qualify for STEM OPT?
Yes, if your degree is in a STEM-designated field such as computer science, information systems, or software engineering and the role's core duties involve technical systems work. The position typically falls under SOC code 15-1211, which USCIS and ICE recognize for STEM OPT eligibility. Confirm your specific degree's CIP code with your DSO before filing the extension.
What E-Verify requirement applies to my STEM OPT employer?
Your employer must be enrolled in E-Verify before you begin working under the STEM OPT extension. Enrollment at the time of hiring is not enough if it has since lapsed. Ask your HR contact to confirm the company's active E-Verify employer ID and verify it directly with E-Verify if needed. A lapsed enrollment invalidates your extension authorization.
What goes into the I-983 training plan for this role?
Your I-983 must describe the practical training you'll receive as a Senior Application Analyst, including specific learning objectives tied to systems analysis tasks, the supervision structure, and how the work relates to your STEM degree. Vague descriptions citing only job titles get flagged by DSOs. Include concrete deliverables such as requirements documentation, integration testing cycles, or platform migration projects.
How does cap-gap protection apply if I'm waiting on H-1B selection?
If your employer files an H-1B petition on your behalf before your OPT or STEM OPT expires, cap-gap automatically extends your work authorization through September 30 of that fiscal year. You can continue working as a Senior Application Analyst during this period without interruption. USCIS issues updated I-20 documentation reflecting the cap-gap extension, which your employer uses to confirm your continued authorization.
Where can I find Senior Application Analyst jobs that sponsor STEM OPT?
Use Migrate Mate to search for Senior Application Analyst positions at employers with verified E-Verify enrollment and active DOL Labor Condition Application filing history. Filtering by employers who already file LCAs for analyst roles significantly narrows your list to companies that understand and actively manage technical visa sponsorship, saving time during your OPT authorization window.
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