Systems Analyst - Applications Team

Join our growing team!!

Hiring Range: $6,970 - $7,845 Monthly

New to the City of Grand Junction?  Receive 40 hours of Paid Time Off on your first paycheck!

This position is in-office not a remote or hybrid role.

About the Position:
The Applications Team serves as the functional owner for the City’s Oracle Cloud Applications HCM suite, working closely with HR, Payroll, and IT to deliver reliable, compliant, and user-friendly processes across the entire employee lifecycle. This role is critical in supporting and optimizing the City’s recent transition to Oracle Cloud HCM/ERP.

Key responsibilities include troubleshooting and resolving system issues, providing user support and training, and ensuring that systems remain secure, efficient, and up to date. The position also manages technology projects, partners with vendors, and documents technical processes to support consistency and knowledge sharing. By bridging technical expertise with business process understanding, the Systems/Network Analyst helps ensure that the City’s workforce systems operate smoothly and effectively across all departments.

About Our Culture: 
At the City of Grand Junction, we lead the way with continuous improvement, collaborative partnerships, and exemplary service. Our core values are demonstrated by our willingness to challenge the status quo, ability to work together using all areas of expertise to achieve a common goal, and commitment to fulfilling the needs of our community through thoughtful interactions. We are searching for professionals who share our values to join our organization.

What You'll Do:

• Deliver end-to-end solutions. Configure and maintain modules: Core HR, Position Control, Time/Leave, Benefits, Payroll, Talent. Build and integrate. 
• Triage and resolve HCM/ERP incidents/requests; maintain SLA performance and documentation. 
• Lead projects from start to finish. Coordinate with stakeholders to define goals and requirements, create project plans and timelines, manage implementation activities, and ensure successful deployment through testing, documentation, and user training.
• Perform system and database administration tasks, including periodic maintenance, patch installations, and data collection and validation; design, verify, and analyze custom reports, forms, applications, queries, and data storage files.
• Support and empower users. Provide troubleshooting, mentor analysts and power users, and create clear documentation and training that raise City-wide tech proficiency.

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What We're Looking For:

• Four (4) years of information technology experience in a variety of IT functions related to the duties described.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in information technology, computer science or a related field.
• Possession of, or ability to obtain, a valid Colorado driver's license.

Other combinations of experience and education that meet the minimum requirements may be substituted. 

This position is a safety sensitive position, which means you will be subject to random drug screens due to the nature of the work performed.

Notice to Applicants:
In compliance with the Colorado Job Application Fairness Act, we kindly request that you do not include the dates of your education to include years of attendance or graduation on your application, resume or attachments.

City of Grand Junction Employee Childcare Facility: 
The City of Grand Junction proudly operates its own childcare facility for employees and their families. Serving children ages 6 weeks (infants) to 6 years (preschool), the program provides a nurturing and educational environment where children can learn, explore, and grow under the care of experienced early childhood professionals.

Explore the Area: 
Grand Junction, Colorado is the gateway to the mountains and canyonlands of western Colorado and eastern Utah. Centrally located between Denver, CO (250 miles east) and Salt Lake City, UT (270 miles west), Grand Junction is surrounded by 1.2 million acres of public land. Residents enjoy world-class whitewater rafting on the Colorado and Green Rivers, golfing, fishing, skiing and snowboarding, and exploring mountain bike and hiking trails through the Colorado National Monument and the Grand Mesa National Forest. Grand Junction has a robust downtown and hosts multiple art, music, food, and market events annually. With a population of over 150,000 in Mesa County (65,000 within the City limits) we have many of the big town amenities without the big town stresses such as traffic and trail congestion. With an average of 245 days of sunshine, Grand Junction is the perfect place to work and play. 

Learn more about our area on Visit Grand Junction's website and Instagram!

At the City of Grand Junction, we proudly operate as an Equal Opportunity Employer, purposely building an inclusive workforce representative of various cultures, perspectives, and experiences. We believe in respect for all and do not discriminate based on hair, race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

If you have any questions or need assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please contact our Human Resources office at 970.244.1512.

What We Offer:

We know that a healthy and happy workforce is a thriving workforce, which is why we offer a comprehensive benefits package that supports quality work-life balance, including 32 days of paid annual leave to be used for holiday, personal, and/or sick days, health insurance options, employer-matched retirement, a City employee health clinic, a City employee child care center, wellness program, and an Employee Assistance Program. Of equal importance, we offer an opportunity to serve the community you love and live in. Our employees find their work rewarding and fulfilling, knowing that their day job makes a positive impact.

To view more information about our benefits visit: https://www.gjcity.org/333/Employee-Benefits

About the Team

The Information Technology Department manages the City's various hardware and software systems, networks, and GIS services. They are a dynamic team that takes a proactive approach to our work and strives to provide speedy response times, collaborative partnerships, continuous improvement, and exemplary service.