Software Developer

The Senior Developer role designs, develops, documents and supports business applications – both packaged and developed – as well as application integration and reporting/analytics tools and solutions. Key systems include core ERP and bolt-on related third party modules, as well as other internal and purchased applications across a variety of business domains and technology platforms.

This role creates technical specifications to implement designs created by key users and business analysts, and proceeds with the full life-cycle applications development processes. The role develops or assists in integrating systems to create end-to-end solutions, influencing both testing and training processes. Some light project management is required.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Designs, defines, develops, configures, integrates, tests, and maintains enhancements and feature development in various applications, integration among applications, business user reports/analytics and upgrades. Assists in development of user training materials, and troubleshoots applications incidents and performance anomalies.

• Ensures delivered solutions integrate and fit cleanly into the existing system and applications architecture. Collaborates with business analysts to provide application level capabilities and options to influence solutions.

• Plans and prepares technical reports and instructional manuals along with documenting custom program development.

• Knowledgeable of modern software development practices and methodologies.

• Troubleshoots user applications and provides assistance in answering user questions regarding program operation.

• Develops and supports nightly batch processes. Monitors nightly jobs to ensure successful completion & resolves any failures.

• Monitors and analyzes the performance of hardware and software and identifies opportunities for enhancing system performance. Collaborates with the infrastructure team to make changes in physical hardware configurations to improve and optimize security and performance.

• Functions as an internal consultant to the user community regarding the analysis and design of new systems and programs.

• Occasionally manages projects so that all business and IT stakeholders collaborate on required activities & monitors the completion and accuracy of those activities to accomplish project goals. Escalates when necessary.

• Follows established software development life-cycle processes to deliver high quality software products.

• Maintains keen awareness of industry practices and employs best available tools and techniques to deliver software that is efficient and maintainable. Maintains a continuous improvement mindset.

• Ensures all developed software adheres to information security standards such that vulnerabilities are neither propagated nor introduced into the environment. Employs code scanning analysis tools as may be required.

• Leverages reusability to improve overall development throughput and efficiencies.

• Mentors junior software developers on design patterns, development best practices and DevOps trade-offs