Overview:
ITFS requires a senior-level Application Developer to assist on a variety of efforts related to those applications supported by ITFS as well as the interfaces into and out of them. The workload for this position will likely be coordinated by a team lead, though the individual will be administratively reporting to management at some level.
What you will do:
- Learn our applications to the level required for providing proper support and maintenance
- Receive business requirements and ensure proper understanding for appropriate coding
- Actively participate in appropriate Scrum, Kanban, or stand-up meetings
- Understand development standards and utilize them when planning/executing the coding tasks
- Provide appropriate input for solid project planning and the setting of target dates
- Manage time and workload properly to ensure meeting of deadlines
- Ensure review of design and code with team members prior to code promotion
- Work with technical architect to ensure documentation is created/updated as appropriate for assigned task(s)
- Ensure high levels of communication and transparency, demonstrating traceability and best practice
- Ensure close collaboration with the lead and Assistance Vice President of IT Financial Systemsknowing what to communicate and when to escalate
- Work with experts to monitor performance of our production environment, and implement any necessary changes to improve it, including small fixes, and large architectural changes
- Assist in effectively managing all non-production environments
- Assist in ensuring our controls are adhered to (e.g. change controls)
- Continue to expand technical skill set, both in terms of ITFS needs and new technologies, utilizing both internal and external training tools.
- There may be a small amount of travel, on an as needed basis, to NJ
What you will bring to C&F
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering. or related field and 2-6+ years of experience working as a Data Developer or Engineer
- Experience with SQL Server and related tools (SQL queries, SSIS, SSRS)
- Experience with source version control and related tools (Stash, GIT, Bitbucket, etc.)
- A basic foundation in data (e.g. integrity, governance, architecture, extraction, manipulation, storage, mining)
- Experience with job schedulers (SQL Server agent, Autosys, etc.)
- Familiarity with DevOps concepts, CI/CD, and related tools
- Ability to convert business requirements into technical specifications
- Understanding of financial concepts (accounts payable, general ledger, etc.)
- An understanding of basic SDLC and project management principles
- Familiarity with in Microsoft Office tools
- Experience with additional coding languages and tools (C#, VB, .NET, UIPath, Python, XML, JSON, Azure Technologies), is perferred but not required
- Strong analytical skills
- Ability to build and maintain solid working relationships
- Ability to be pro-active and self-directed with solid time management
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills 6 MUST be a team player
- Ability to collaborate with team members to ensure solutions are appropriate and fit for purpose
- Ability to work across teams (internal to ITFS, external IT teams, business units within Finance, cyber, audit, etc.)
- Ability to analyze system functionality and data flow to troubleshoot production issues
- Ability to research and analyze business/system/process issues for improvement potential
- Ability to handle constantly changing priorities
- Excited by new technologies, and a love of learning.Evidence of being self-motivated and driven
- An enthusiastic/positive/collaborative/helping/sharing/team focused attitude
- Desire to work on challenging problems with smart and collaborative people
- Anunderstandingof working with vendor-based applications and APIs
- Be an advocate for best practice, success, and excellence
- Believe and adhere to the principles of traceability and best practice in an agile manner
- Ensure internal controls are adhered to and that evidence of adherence is available
- Understand concepts of performance monitoring, tuning, and improvement
- Ability to assess and prioritize feature requests based on both effort and value
- Ability to develop and execute unit testing based on tickets and acceptance criteria
Desired, but not required skills:
- Knowledge of the insurance industry
- Experience with data warehouses and/or data marts
- Experience in additional DBMSs (Oracle, Snowflake, SYBASE, MongoDB, NOSQL, etc.)
- Experience in, or understanding of, additional BI tools (SSAS, Tableau, PowerBI, OneStream, Crystal Reports, Business Objects)
- Experience in, or understanding of, additional ETL tools (Informatica)
- Knowledge of Agile principles and Scrum and/or Kanban
- Familiarity with Jira and Confluence
- Experience working across multiple time zones
- Experience working with employees and contractors
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What C&F will bring to you
- Competitive compensation package
- Generous 401K employer match
- Employee Stock Purchase plan with employer matching
- Generous Paid Time Off
- Excellent benefits that go beyond health, dental & vision. Our programs are focused on your whole familys wellness, including your physical, mental and financial wellbeing
- A core C&F tenet is supporting your career development, so we provide a wealth of ways for you to keep learning, which may include tuition reimbursement, industry-related certifications and professional training to keep you progressing on your chosen path
- A dynamic, ambitious, fun and exciting work environment
- We believe you do well by doing good and want to encourage a spirit of social and community responsibility, matching donation program, volunteer opportunities, and an employee-driven corporate giving program that lets you participate and support your community
