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Responsible for participating in applications development, maintenance, and enhancement of IT projects and initiatives. This role contributes to achieving business objectives by identifying opportunities for effective use of technology and developing, implementing, and supporting IT solutions in a timely manner while adhering to specified budgets.

Essential Job Duties

• Design, develop, document, test, and debug new and existing software systems and/or applications.
• Determine systems software design requirements.
• Ensures that system improvements are successfully implemented and monitored to increase efficiency.
• Serve as a technical expert on development projects.
• Participate in the full development life cycle including requirements analysis and design.
• Write technical specifications based on conceptual design and stated business requirements.
• Support, maintain, and document software functionality.
• Identify and evaluate new technologies for implementation.
• Use programming, scripting, and/or database languages to write software code.
• Analyze code to find causes of errors and revise programs as needed.
• Support software testing, deployment, maintenance, and evolution activities by correcting programming errors, responding to scope changes, and coding software enhancements.
• Apply knowledge of software development best practices, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
• Participate in software design meetings and analyze user needs to determine technical requirements.
• Consult with end users to prototype, refine, test, and debug programs to meet needs.
• Generate systems software engineering policies, standards, and procedures.
• May participate in all aspects of software development, from detailed programming to high-level system design.
• Assume other duties as assigned.

 Supervisory Responsibilities

• Not responsible for supervising employees.

Minimum Requirements

 Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience.
• 1+ years of related experience.

 Preferred Requirements  

• 2+ years of relevant experience in an automotive, retail, healthcare, financial services, or distribution-related environment with exposure to Agile development delivery models at scale and service-oriented architectures.

 Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages and to draw and interpret graphs.
• Demonstrate use of computer operations (programming, relational databases, and operating systems) and software packages.
• Basic messages communicated orally. May write brief messages and keep simple records. May explain and offer guidance on routine procedures.
• Problems encountered are routine, somewhat repetitive, and generally solved by following clear directions and procedures.
• Decisions generally affect own job or assigned functional area.
• Results are defined and existing practices are used as guidelines for how to complete work activities; works closely with supervisor/manager who provides broad guidance and overall direction.
• Prioritize assigned and routine tasks. Handle appropriately.

Essential Physical Demands/Work Environment  

• Work is primarily sedentary: must be able to sit for extended periods of time and use a computer, keyboard, and mouse, frequently.
• Travel may be required periodically, including overnight stays (contingent on position requirements).
• Must be able to lift up to 25 pounds.

Benefits:

• Health/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• 401k with Generous Company Match
• Company Paid Life Insurance and Long-Term Disability
• Short-Term Disability
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Discounts

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