Sr. IT Analyst

Do you want to join a team that's changing the world? Do you have a strong background as a Sr. IT Analyst? Then we're looking for you! Check out the job description and apply now! Put your skills to meaningful use, gain unique experience, and work with world-class team members with diverse backgrounds and expertise who share the same vision. Join the PECNA team today!

Sr. IT Analyst

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Meet the Recruiter: Samarra Torres

Job Summary:

Do you want to join a team that's changing the world? Do you have a strong background as a Senior IT Analyst? Then we're looking for you! Check out the job description and apply now! Put your skills to meaningful use, gain unique experience, and work with world-class team members with diverse backgrounds and expertise who share the same vision. Join the PECNA team today! The Senior IT Analyst is the highest-level individual contributor for analyst owned support services within PECNA IT Operations. This role owns analyst standards, support maturity, escalation strategy, tooling improvement, and technical risk management for endpoint and user support services. The position defines long term direction for analyst workflows, governs ticket quality and operational performance, leads major incident support strategy for analyst owned areas, mentors analysts, and ensures support services are reliable, documented, secure, customer focused, and aligned with business needs.

Essential Duties:

Functional Operations: 

• Own analyst operational standards for incident, request, change, problem, project task, walk up, field support, onboarding, offboarding, endpoint refresh, shared device, asset return, and production area support workflows.
• Serve as the highest analyst escalation point for complex endpoint, application, access, shared workstation, printing, mobile device, and user impacting issues that require advanced technical judgment.
• Lead analyst response strategy during major incidents by guiding user impact validation, endpoint recovery coordination, communications input, escalation management, and post incident improvement actions.
• Participate in on call, after hours support, and maintenance activities as the senior analyst escalation point for major incidents, production support, endpoint deployments, and business critical support events.
• Set expectations for ticket queue management, SLA and KPI performance, aging ticket control, escalation criteria, documentation quality, customer communication, and operational reporting across analyst owned work.
• Own analyst tooling maturity for ManageEngine Endpoint Central or similar platforms, including agent health standards, deployment practices, patch reporting, inventory accuracy, software deployment governance, and support model improvements.
• Own analyst expectations for monitoring tool use, including ManageEngine OpManager alert handling, endpoint impact validation, escalation paths, operational dashboards, and service health reporting inputs.
• Lead cross functional alignment for analyst supported projects, endpoint lifecycle planning, access process improvements, device standards, support readiness, tooling changes, and site support models.
• Review project plans, change plans, vendor recommendations, support models, and new service introductions to ensure analyst readiness, documentation quality, and long-term supportability.
• Define standards for analyst support in office, manufacturing, laboratory, shared workstation, conference room, and mobile support environments.
• Perform other duties, responsibilities, and special projects as assigned to support business objectives and operational requirements.

Performance Optimization & Continuous Improvement: 

• Proactively identify systemic support risks, ticket backlog risks, service gaps, tool limitations, endpoint support weaknesses, knowledge gaps, customer experience issues, and KPI performance gaps.
• Define and improve analyst performance models for SLA adherence, ticket quality, customer communication, backlog health, escalation discipline, and knowledge base effectiveness.
• Lead root cause analysis for significant or recurring analyst owned issues and drive corrective actions across teams.
• Develop recommendations that balance service quality, user experience, operational maturity, cybersecurity, compliance, cost, scalability, and long-term supportability.

Training & Team Support: 

• Provide sustained mentorship to IT Analyst I, II, and III team members through coaching, ticket reviews, escalation reviews, technical standards, project guidance, and promotion readiness feedback.
• Define documentation standards, knowledge management expectations, analyst playbooks, troubleshooting models, communication templates, escalation guides, and service readiness requirements.
• Build analyst capability through training plans, reference materials, peer review routines, root cause learning, and cross training strategies.

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Communication: 

• Influence analyst support strategy across IT Operations, IT Asset Management, Systems Engineering, Network Engineering, Security, Service Desk, vendors, manufacturing teams, and business leadership.
• Translate support risks, operational gaps, customer experience concerns, tooling needs, and staffing impact into clear leadership recommendations.
• Lead cross functional alignment for major analyst supported initiatives, endpoint lifecycle changes, support model improvements, service readiness, and operational maturity efforts.

Quality, Safety, & Compliance: 

• Ensure analyst operations support safety, quality, cybersecurity, compliance, audit readiness, customer service, endpoint reliability, and operational continuity.
• Guide standards for access handling, endpoint support, asset updates, software deployment, patch reporting, ticket governance, knowledge management, support evidence, and incident prevention.
• Promote a culture of operational excellence, customer focus, accountability, continuous improvement, and disciplined technical execution.

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Requirements:

• To ensure the health and safety in the workplace and for the protection of our employees, wearing PPE is a possibility and may include equipment such as a full Tyvek suit, safety shoes, gloves, safety glasses, face mask, bump cap, and a full hazmat suit that includes a respirator.

The foregoing description is not intended and should not be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills and efforts or work conditions associated with the job. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the general nature and level of the job.

Requirements - Required and/or Preferred

Required Education, Certifications, and Licenses:

• High school diploma or GED and related technical training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Preferred Education, Certifications, and Licenses: 

• Bachelor degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, Business Information Systems, or a related technical field.

Essential Qualifications:

• 7+ years of progressive IT Analyst, endpoint support, desktop support, field support, service desk, application support, technical lead, or related IT operations experience.
• Expert knowledge of endpoint support, Windows, Microsoft 365, endpoint management, ITSM practices, access support, business application support, remote support, ticket management, and analyst support workflows.
• Demonstrated ability to define standards, influence support strategy, mentor analysts, improve operating performance, manage technical risk, and lead complex support initiatives across teams.
• Strong business communication skills with the ability to explain operational risk, support gaps, investment needs, KPI trends, and recommended actions to leadership and stakeholders.
• Ability to lead critical support events, after hours maintenance, on call escalation, and major incident support for analyst owned services as required by business need.
• Must have working level knowledge of the English language, including reading, writing, and speaking English.
• Alignment to Panasonic’s seven core principles including contribution to society, fairness and honesty, cooperation and team spirit, untiring effort for improvement, courtesy and humility, adaptability, and gratitude.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with ServiceNow, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, ManageEngine OpManager, Microsoft Intune, Autopilot, SCCM, endpoint security, analytics reporting, and support process automation.
• Experience developing analyst standards, support maturity roadmaps, ticket quality models, service readiness models, endpoint lifecycle processes, and leadership recommendations.
• Relevant certifications such as CompTIA Security+, Microsoft, ITIL Foundation, HDI, endpoint management, project management, or similar credentials.

Physical Demands:

Physical Activities: Percentage of time (equaling 100%) during the normal workday the employee is required to: 

• Sit: 10%
• Walk: 70%
• Stand: 20%

Required Lifting and Carrying: Rare (<1%), Occasional (1-33%), Frequent (34-66%), Continuous (67-100%)

For this position, the required frequency is:

• Up to 10 lbs.: Frequent
• Up to 20 lbs.: Frequent
• Up to 35 lbs.: Occasional
• Team-lift only (over 35 lbs.): Occasional

Benefits & Perks - What's In It For You:

Panasonic Energy prioritizes total well-being and offers comprehensive benefits options to support physical, emotional, financial, social, and environmental health:

• Health Benefits – Offering medical, dental, vision, prescription plans, plus Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account options.
• Voluntary Benefits – Life, accident, critical illness, disability, legal, identity theft, and pet insurance.
• Panasonic Retirement Savings & Investment Plan (PRSIP) – 401(k) plan with company matching contributions and immediate vesting.
• Paid Time-Off Benefits – Vacation, holidays, personal days, sick leave, volunteer, and parental & caregiver leave.
• Educational Assistance – Tuition reimbursement for job-related courses after six months of service.
• Health Management and Wellbeing Programs –Lifestyle Spending Account, EAP, virtual health management, chronic condition, neurodiversity, tobacco cessation, substance abuse support, and life stage and fertility resources. Available to eligible employees starting the first day of the month following your start date. Eligibility for each benefit may vary based on employment status, location, and length of service.
• Employee Recognition Program - High5 employee recognition and awards platform, quarterly and annual employee recognition
• Annual Bonus Program - Opportunity for an annual performance-based bonus.
• On-site Food Options: Several on-site cafes, plentiful snack and beverage kitchens, revolving on-site vendor visits and employee events
• Free Shuttle: Rides to and from work!

Where You'll Be:

For our onsite roles, Panasonic Energy is committed to fostering an ideal working environment that goes beyond the conventional. We understand the significance of moments that matter in your onsite experience, and we prioritize creating a workspace that not only promotes productivity but also ensures a fulfilling and positive work atmosphere. Join us at Panasonic Energy, where your onsite presence is valued, and we strive to make each moment count in your professional journey.

Who We Are:

Meet Panasonic Energy! At Panasonic Energy, you'll do work that matters as we are dedicated to transforming the world through the acceleration of sustainable energy. By producing safe, high-quality lithium-ion batteries, you become part of a team that plays a crucial role in creating technologies that move us.

Our journey began in 2017, and now, as the world's largest lithium-ion battery factory, we are expanding operations to De Soto, Kansas, providing you with the opportunity to experience career growth in more ways than one.

As an innovative thinker, you'll thrive here, as we continually push the boundaries of lithium-ion battery technology and production capabilities to enhance efficiency and performance in EVs.

Being part of Panasonic Energy means positively contributing to society, aligning with our commitment to building a better world through sustainable energy solutions.

We care about what you care about, fostering an environment where your contributions make a meaningful impact on the future of energy and transportation. Join us and be part of a team that values your work, encourages innovation, and actively contributes to a positive societal impact.

In addition to an environment that is as innovative as our products, we offer competitive salaries and benefits.

We Take Opportunity Seriously:

At Panasonic Energy, we are committed to a workplace that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. Fairness and Honesty have been part of our core values for more than 100 years and we are proud of our diverse culture as an equal opportunity employer.

We understand that your career search may look different than others and embrace the professional, personal, educational, and volunteer opportunities through which people gain experience. If you are actively looking or starting to explore new opportunities, submit your application!

Supplemental Information:

Pre-employment drug testing is required.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. All qualified individuals are required to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

Due to the high volume of responses, we will only be able to respond to candidates of interest. All candidates must have valid authorization to work in the U.S. without restriction.

Thank you for your interest in Panasonic Energy Corporation of North America.

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