Technical Business Analyst Jobs in Utah

INTRODUCTION

Job Title: Technical Business Analysts
Working Title: Technical Business Analyst I
Career Progression Track: P00
Track Level: P1 - Entry Level Pro
FLSA Code: Computer Employee
Patient Sensitive Job Code? No
Standard Hours per Week: 40
Full Time or Part Time? Full Time
Shift: Day
Work Schedule Summary: Business hours, arranged with supervisor
VP Area: U of U Health - Academics
Department: 01271 - Biomed Informatics Core CCTS
Location: Campus
City: Salt Lake City, UT
Type of Recruitment: External Posting
Pay Rate Range: $60,000-$66,000
Close Date: 09/07/2026
Priority Review Date (Note - Posting may close at any time)

JOB SUMMARY

Technical Business Analyst I

The Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) supports a broad range of faculty researchers, data scientists, clinical coordinators, and informaticists. This position works with the Clinical and Translational Science Institute Biomedical Informatics Core (BMIC) on the core application and data management, user services support team to provide support to research teams, internal systems, and processes.

You will be part of a dynamic team that supports day-to-day operations of our BMIC service desk in collaboration with investigator teams. You’ll be able to grow your skills with new functionality and practices while supporting our researchers through our service recharge center. You’ll help create and update user-facing documentation and internal standard operating procedure guides for BMIC operations and researcher projects. Implementation of change management control processes and quality assurance process management are required. The most successful candidates will bring curiosity and drive to help researchers with the wide variety of solutions the BMIC offers. The Technical Business Analyst, I position supports front line service desk support as the primary function, provides clear support following BMIC standard operating procedures, and provides investigator operational support for BMIC services as assigned.

Additionally, this position will assist in support for project operations of the BMIC to collect, clarify, and document business requirements. He/she is also responsible for configuring, debugging, testing, and implementing the designed solution for assigned projects.

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Learn more about the fantastic benefits provided to University of Utah Employees including generous retirement contribution, comprehensive medical coverage, tuition reduction, and more.

Responsibilities

Technical Business Analyst, I

Requires a bachelor’s (or equivalency) + 2 years of directly related work experience or a master’s (or equivalency) degree.

This is an Entry-Level position in the General Professional track.

Reviews, analyzes, and modifies programming systems including encoding, testing, debugging, and installing to support an organization’s application systems. Consults with users to identify current operating procedures and to clarify program objectives. May be expected to write documentation to describe program development, logic, coding, and corrections. Writes manual for users to describe installation and operating procedures.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide production support for incident resolution and change requests for service recharge projects.
• Coordinate day-to-day application operations and service desk support.
• Follow, develop and maintain user-facing documentation and internal SOPs.
• Implement and manage change control and quality assurance processes.
• Support project operations by gathering and documenting business requirements.
• Configure, test, and deploy informatics solutions for investigator teams and investigator-initiated projects.
• Assist in implementing and supporting research workflows using tools such as REDCap and OpenSpecimen.
• Promote best practices in data management, including data integrity, security, and compliance with regulatory standards.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

EQUIVALENCY STATEMENT: 1 year of higher education can be substituted for 1 year of directly related work experience (Example: bachelor’s degree = 4 years of directly related work experience).

Department may hire employee at one of the following job levels:

Technical Business Analyst, I: Requires a bachelor’s (or equivalency) + 2 years of directly related work experience or a master’s (or equivalency) degree.

PREFERENCES

Technical Skills:

• Experience with REDCap data management and project configurations or other electronic data management systems in a research setting.
• Experience with Atlassian Service Desk, Service Now, Salesforce, knowledge base management.
• Familiarity with database management and data wrangling techniques.
• Some experience with data processing in a translational research environment.
• Understanding of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and clinical research coordination.

Analytical Skills:

• Strong problem-solving abilities and attention to detail.
• Knowledge of Help Desk environments and a knack for working under pressure to reason through complex information, assess problems, and collaborate on effective solutions.

Communication and Collaboration:

• Excellent communication skills to work effectively with multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to translate technical and research requirements into practical solutions.
• Collaborative mindset to support internal operations and service units.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in customer service or service management.

Type: Benefited Staff

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS SUMMARY

In the cover letter, please describe your experience as it relates to this position and confirm that you will be available to work from the state of Utah for this position.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The University is a participating employer with Utah Retirement Systems (“URS”). Eligible new hires with prior URS service may elect to enroll in URS if they make the election before they become eligible for retirement (usually the first day of work). Contact Human Resources at (801) 581-7447 for information. Individuals who previously retired and are receiving monthly retirement benefits from URS are subject to URS’ post-retirement rules and restrictions. Please contact Utah Retirement Systems at (801) 366-7770 or (800) 695-4877 or University Human Resource Management at (801) 581-7447 if you have questions regarding the post-retirement rules.

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