User Support and Business Analyst

Job Description

The Electronic Research Administration (ERA) team within the Office for Research and Innovation (ORI) provides cutting-edge and intuitive tools that facilitate the effective and efficient management of research administration and regulatory compliance tasks by Virginia Techs research community including faculty department staff and research administrators. The team works closely with all units across the Office of Research and Innovationincluding within the Office of Sponsored Programs and the Division of Scholarly Integrity and Research Compliance to develop software requirements redesign and improve processes and develop purchase implement and integrate electronic research administration solutions in alignment with the universitys strategic goals and initiatives.

The User Support and Business Analyst position will be responsible for gathering requirements to develop implement and deliver off-the-shelf and home-grown software solutions. They will be responsible for user support for forms workflows notifications central rules reporting and role setup across the various research administration systems. The position will develop training materials deliver user training design plan and conduct user acceptance testing.

Due to collaboration with cross-functional teams at the university this position is hybrid but expected to be in a commutable distance to the Blacksburg campus for a weekly on-site presence. The schedule will be confirmed upon hire and frequency may increase as business needs dictate.

Required Qualifications

Advanced degree or bachelors degree with equivalent experience in Business Administration or a related field.
Demonstrated experience in business process analysis and redesign.
Experience in creating and maintaining requirements and user documentation.
Experience in end-user acceptance testing.
Testing knowledge in browsers such as Google Chrome Microsoft Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox and Apple Safari.
Experience in developing and administering training preferably for automated business processes.
Desire to take ownership be creative with problem-solving and proactively secure the objectives of the business.
Excellent communication skills and strong commitment to customer service.
Proactive approach toward learning and understanding of applications and technologies.
Excellent organizational skills and ability to prioritize and manage multiple priorities.
Ability to work autonomously and collaborate within a team environment.

Preferred Qualifications

Work experience in research administration at a university or an agency funding research.
Demonstrated experience in using research/university systems.
Experience in providing first-tier support to end users.
Demonstrated experience in writing functional UAT and regression test plans and identifying and executing test cases from user stories and software requirements.
Experience working with Jira or similar scrum bug and release tracking tools.

Exempt: Not eligible for overtime

Appointment Type

Regular

Salary Information

Starting at 70000; commensurate with experience

Hours per week

40

Review Date

1/2/2026

Additional Information

Due to collaboration with cross-functional teams at the university this position is hybrid but expected to be in a commutable distance to the Blacksburg campus for a weekly on-site presence. The hyrbrid schedule will be confirmed upon hire and frequency may increase as business needs dictate.

The successful candidate will be required to have a criminal conviction check.

About Virginia Tech

Dedicated to its mottoUt Prosim(That I May Serve) Virginia Tech pushes the boundaries of knowledge by taking a hands-on transdisciplinary approach to preparing scholars to be leaders and problem-solvers. A comprehensive land-grant institution that enhances the quality of life in Virginia and throughout the world Virginia Tech is aninclusive communitydedicated to knowledge discovery and creativity. The university offers more than 280 majors to a diverse enrollment of more than 36000 undergraduate graduate and professional students in eightundergraduate colleges aschool of medicine aveterinary medicinecollegeGraduate School andHonors College.The university has a significant presence across Virginia including Blacksburg the greater Washington D.C. area the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke sites in Newport News and Richmond and numerousExtension officesandresearch institutes.A leading global research institution Virginia Tech conducts more than $650 million in research annually.

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