Work Location: Madison, Wisconsin
We are seeking an uncommon professional to join our team as a Application Developer II
This is a newly-created full time employment position that requires a self-starter with a positive, can-do attitude. Under the direction of Information Technology Management and advanced levels of professional staff, successful applicants will provide professional and technical support in the development, installation and maintenance of custom-built and vended applications supporting our Retirement Plan Services line of business. Qualified applications will have knowledge of all phases of the system development lifecycle – and demonstrate the ability to quickly learn and apply knowledge to their day-to-day support of our application portfolio.
Key responsibilities include:
- Independently perform system analysis and design to translate business requirements into technical specifications
- Independently develop, test, implement, document and maintain high quality business system solutions on various technology platforms – adhering to established methodology and practices
- Independently assemble quality documentation for ongoing support of developed solutions
- Independently perform problem investigation, root cause analysis, impact analysis, and problem resolution support
- Participating in a rotating on-call schedule, providing critical off-hours troubleshooting and system support
- Promptly assume ownership of customer requests – and professionally interact with customers to complete these requests
- Proactively identify issues and risks – and escalate as appropriate to peers and management for attention
- Independently develop and maintain technical and business process knowledge
- Quickly learn new technical and business concepts, and effectively apply new skills as driven by business need and/or technology advancements
- Proactively identify and communicate business process and system improvement ideas
Qualified candidates will have:
- A Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or an equivalent trade-off in related education and professional work experience
- 1-3 years of professional IT application development experience
- Experience working with .NET 4.0
- Demonstrated understanding of fundamental technical concepts
- Proven ability to clearly and effectively communicate and present business and technical information, both verbally and in writing.
- Proven ability to simultaneously manage multiple priorities– and organize work for quality, timely delivery
- Proven ability to perform in a diverse, collaborative environment
Ideal candidates will also have:
- Professional experience providing application support
- Working knowledge of SQL reporting services
- Working knowledge of the retirement recordkeeping business