Senior Platform Analyst

Pathward

Platform Analyst Senior leading systems analysis and coordinating requirements at Pathward, a financial empowerment company. Promoting economic mobility through innovative financial solutions for diverse communities.

Posted 6/9/2026full-timeArizona, Kentucky, Missouri, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $72,000 - $120,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloud.NETPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Leads system requirements analysis and validation activities using established industry methodologies, ensuring requirements are complete, consistent, traceable, feasible, and conform to standards.
Builds and maintains deep knowledge of the business processes, capabilities, and services supported by the platform and applies that expertise to guide requirements definition, solution design and prioritization, collaborating with product stakeholders and revenue partners.
Establishes, documents, implements, and continuously improves processes for system planning, requirements definition, and release planning.
Partners with customers, project managers, and revenue stakeholders to understand needs and present solutions that align with business and technical objectives.
Defines system and solution approaches based on experience, sound judgment, and creative problem solving.
Provides system development effort and cost estimates in support of ROI analysis and resource planning.
Produces and maintains initiative system documentation and platform system documentation.
Works with engineering teams to develop user stories, use cases, and delivery plans.
Creates and maintains technical documentation for use by engineering and operations teams.
Continuously expands understanding of business processes, platform capabilities, and supported services to improve solution quality, decision-making and stakeholder outcomes.
Troubleshoots and resolves issues in existing systems to improve reliability and performance.
Provides work breakdowns, schedules, and coordination for assigned initiatives.
Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree or equivalent education and work experience.
Typically, 5+ years with bachelor's or equivalent
Effectively work within a team environment
Effective written and oral communication
Ability to teach and mentor other software engineers
Knowledge of the software development lifecycle, including Agile / Lean or Kanban.
Knowledge of Amazon Q/Kiro, Python, .NET, C#, Azure DevOps.
Experience in creating system workflows and documentation.
Experience in Cloud development with Azure or AWS a plus.

Benefits

Comp & perks

health insurance
401(k) retirement benefits
life insurance
disability benefits
paid time off
annual performance-based incentive opportunity
comprehensive benefits package

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Hard Skills & Tools

system requirements analysisrequirements definitionsolution designsystem documentationuser storiesuse casestroubleshootingsystem workflowsCloud developmentsoftware development lifecycle

Soft Skills

team collaborationeffective communicationmentoringproblem solvingstakeholder engagement

Certifications

Bachelor's degree