Sr Analyst: Applications

Our mission is to create the Experience of a Lifetime for our employees, so they can, in turn, create the Experience of a Lifetime for our guests. We own and operate the most renowned destination resorts in the world as well as regional and local ski areas outside major cities, and connect them all through one unrivaled network. We are looking for ambitious leaders, innovators and creators to join our talented team. If you’re ready to pursue your fullest potential, we want to get to know you!

Candidates for year-round positions are reviewed on a rolling basis. Applications will be accepted up to 90 days after the posting date, or until the position is filled (whichever is first).

Job Summary:

The Lead Business Analyst is a senior individual contributor and functional leader within the Resort Application Development (RAD) Mountain Support team. This role serves as the primary liaison between business stakeholders, operations teams, and technology partners to ensure the stability, performance, and continuous improvement of critical resort applications, integrations, and data platforms. The Lead Business Analyst is also expected to serve as a quality champion for the Mountain Support team, regularly performing and leading QA-related activities. The role requires the ability to seamlessly transition between Business Analysis, Quality Assurance, and Production Support responsibilities as business priorities evolve.

The Mountain Support team is responsible for production support, operational stability, incident response, enhancement delivery, technical debt reduction, modernization initiatives, and performance optimization for applications supporting front-line resort operations.

Success in this role requires strong leadership, exceptional communication skills, technical aptitude, adaptability, and the ability to navigate ambiguity while balancing planned project work with unplanned production support responsibilities.

Job Specifications: 

• Starting Wage: $77,841.00 - $113,964.69 + Annual Bonus  

• Employment Type: Year Round  

• Shift Type: Full Time hours available 

• Minimum Age: At least 18 years of age  

• Housing Availability: No  

Job Responsibilities: 

• Leadership & Team Development: Mentor and coach BAs and QAs, establish best practices, serve as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert.
• Production Support & Incident Management: Lead incident triage, root cause analysis,troubleshooting, stakeholder communications, and on-call support. Utilize SQL extensively to investigate production issues, analyze data anomalies, validate fixes, and support root cause analysis.
• Business Analysis & Enhancement Delivery: Gather requirements, refine Jira tickets,support backlog prioritization, and partner with business and IT stakeholders.
• Integration Management & Technical Analysis: Support enterprise integrations environments, deployment configurations, for both legacy and cloud-hosted applications and services.
• Quality Assurance & Validation: Perform QA, UAT, regression testing, and postdeployment production validation. Organize and facilitate demos to stakeholders.
• Batch Processing, Reporting & Data Operations: Support batch platforms, reporting processes, reconciliations, and data investigations.
• Continuous Improvement & Technical Debt Reduction: Drive stability, modernization,performance improvements, automation opportunities, and technical debt reduction.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years of Business Analyst, Systems Analyst, or Application Analyst experience.
• Experience in production support for enterprise applications, leading incident investigation and resolution activities.
• Ability to analyze application behavior across databases, integrations, APIs, and cloud-hosted services to support incident resolution and deliver business outcomes.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and Agile delivery.
• Strong experience gathering, documenting, and refining business and functional requirements.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Advanced SQL skills with experience writing complex queries, stored procedures, troubleshooting scripts, and data analysis against relational databases.
• Demonstrated experience supporting QA, regression testing, and user acceptance testing activities.
• Experience with:
  • Microsoft Azure, or other Cloud-based applications and services.
  • ActiveBatch, SSIS, or similar scheduling and ETL tools.
  • SSRS database reporting.
  • Dynatrace, Splunk, or other monitoring and observability platforms.
• Jira and Confluence (Atlassian) proficiency.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience supporting point-of-sale (POS), retail, hospitality, or resort operations systems.
• Exposure to deployment and release management tools: Octopus, LaunchDarkly (Feature Flag management)
• Knowledge of PCI, SOX, and related compliance requirements.
• Designing and developing automated test cases.
• Familiarity with SnapLogic, MuleSoft, Boomi, or other integration platforms.
• Exposure to artificial intelligence (AI), process automation, intelligent workflows, or emerging technologies that improve operational efficiency and business outcomes.

Key Competencies:

• Leadership and mentoring.
• Outstanding communication with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Complex problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Adaptability and Time Management.
• Managing Ambiguity.
• Resilient and solution-oriented during production incidents.
• Self-starter and active learner.
• Demonstrates a growth mindset by continuously seeking opportunities to learn, improve, and adapt in a rapidly evolving technology and business environment.
• Demonstrates curiosity and a commitment to continuous learning, staying current with emerging technologies, industry trends, AI capabilities, and automation opportunities.

The expected Total Compensation for this role is $77,841.00 - $113,964.69 + Annual Bonus. Individual compensation decisions are based on a variety of factors.

Job Benefits

• Ski/Mountain Perks! Free passes for employees, employee discounted lift tickets for friends and family AND free ski lessons
• MORE employee discounts on lodging, food, gear, and mountain shuttles
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Excellent training and professional development

Full Time roles are eligible for the above, plus:

• Health Insurance; Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, and Vision Insurance plans (for eligible seasonal employees after working 500 hours)
• Free ski passes for dependents
• Critical Illness and Accident plans

Vail Resorts offers a ‘Hybrid’ work environment where employees living within 50 miles of the Broomfield office work on-site Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and have flexibility to work off-site on Mondays and Fridays.  Employees living outside of a commutable distance can work remotely from British Columbia, Washington D.C., and the 16 U.S. states* in which we currently operate. This includes: California, Colorado, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah, Vermont, Washington State, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

Please note that the ability to work in person or off-site, and the particulars related to such work, are subject to change at any time; and, accordingly, the Company reserves the right to change its policies and/or require in-person/in-office work or off-site work at any time in its sole discretion. 

In completing this application, and when submitting related documentation, applicants may redact information that identifies their age, date of birth, and/or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution. 

We follow all federal, state, and local laws including restrictions on child/minor labor. Minors hired into this position will not be asked or permitted to engage in any activities restricted to adult workers.

Vail Resorts is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law.

Requisition ID  516845
Reference Date: 08/22/2026 
Job Code Function: Applications