Senior IT Systems Analyst

Senior IT Systems Analyst

BCforward is currently seeking a highly motivated Senior IT Systems Analyst

for an opportunity at - Minneapolis, MN Location!

Position Title: Senior IT Systems Analyst

Location: Minneapolis, MN

Anticipated Start Date: 05/02/2026

Please note this is the target date and it is subject to change. BCforward will send official notice ahead of a confirmed start date.

Expected Duration: Contract

Job Type: Contract

Salary Range: $50-55/HR

Please note that actual compensation may vary within this range due to factors such as location, experience, and job responsibilities, and does not encompass additional non-standard compensation (e.g., benefits, paid time off, per diem, etc.).

Key responsibilities:

We are looking for a Systems Analyst to join our newly formed Shipping, Receiving and Blending (SRB) team. You must have excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, be detail oriented, able to work in a team environment and independently, and have the ability to solve complex problems.

Responsibilities

Assist in managing/standardizing/deploying the applications under the SRB portfolio.

Assist in creation of business systems that will enable scalability within the SRB portfolio and greater CLIENT teams.

Ensure customer experience and user experience acceptable standards are being met/exceeded.

Understand industry issues and trends, and present technical solutions that provide value to our business partners.

Analyze business strategy and user needs, document specifications, and translate business objectives into proper system requirement specifications.

Guide business customers through business case development for new applications/functionality, including cost / benefit analysis and risk / impact analysis.

Deliver value through realization of benefits, avoidance of cost, identify new opportunities and modernizing the organization.

Proactively maintain an understanding of the business processes.

Focus on continuous improvement for both the business process and the underlying technologies and system support.

Gather requirements into user stories to engage with teams for development, QA and implementation.

Coordinate system development, QA and user acceptance testing of projects.

Support, test, and enhance moderately complex information systems and develop adequate error management functionality within assigned applications.

Provide new user training on supported applications as requested.

Provide overall application support and ownership for the applications in the business portfolio.

Provide end-to-end IT coordination for all IT related activities.

Support activities for assigned applications and assure secondary resources are defined and are well trained to support the application.

Minimize application support load by refining error management and moving initial triage to the 1st level support staff.

Work closely with all IT organizations and drive projects to successful completion.

Work closely with other Business Units to identify and deliver Enterprise value.

Assist and provide guidance to more junior business analysts.

Perform other responsibilities as needed or assigned.

Minimum Qualifications (required)

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology Management, or related field (or equivalent years of experience, education and/or training)

4+ years of experience in Information Technology and/or IT Business Systems Analysis to include:

o Requirements definition

o Business process definition

o Strong documentation

o Development and support of integrated business applications

o Implementation and support of applications

o End-to-end IT coordination and support experience

Technical role- need to be able to troubleshoot, fix hardware, very hands on in fixing IT/OT systems. Understanding of computer/ hardware components is needed

Additional Qualifications

Participation in and leading the design, development, and implementation of software and hardware solutions, systems, or products

Basic knowledge of systems programming and associated activities

Practical knowledge and experience in importing data for use in report software, spreadsheets, graphs, and flow charts

Experience in the operation and analysis of data

Ability to envision system needs from business user interactions

Understanding of the organization's goals and objectives and how technology solutions impact the organization

Strong technical and agribusiness acumen

Experience with Visio or another tool used for technical schematics

Experience with networking and usage of 3rd party hardware

Benefits:

BCforward offers all eligible employees a comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to major medical, HSA, dental, vision, employer-provided group life, voluntary life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and 401k.

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About BCforward:

Founded in 1998 on the idea that industry leaders needed a professional service, and workforce management expert, to fuel the development and execution of core business and technology strategies, BCforward is a Black-owned firm providing unique solutions supporting value capture and digital product delivery needs for organizations around the world. Headquartered in Indianapolis, IN with an Offshore Development Center in Hyderabad, India, BCforward's 6,000 consultants support more than 225 clients globally.

BCforward champions the power of human potential to help companies transform, accelerate, and scale. Guided by our core values of People-Centric, Optimism, Excellence, Diversity, and Accountability, our professionals have helped our clients achieve their strategic goals for more than 25 years. Our strong culture and clear values have enabled BCforward to become a market leader and best in class place to work.

BCforward is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability.

To learn more about how BCforward collects and uses personal information as part of the recruiting process, view our Privacy Notice and CCPA Addendum. As part of the recruitment process, we may ask for you to disclose and provide us with various categories of personal information, including identifiers, professional information, commercial information, education information, and other related information. BCforward will only use this information to complete the recruitment process.

This posting is not an offer of employment. All applicants applying for positions in the United States must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The submission of intentionally false or fraudulent information in response to this posting may render the applicant ineligible for the position. Any subsequent offer of employment will be considered employment at-will regardless of the anticipated assignment duration.

Interested candidates please send resume in Word format Please reference job code 249311 when responding to this ad.

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