Responsibilities
Job Summary: As a Senior Systems Developer, you'll coach / mentor junior Developers in techniques, processes, and new technologies, facilitate technical communications with vendors and Operations teams. You will stay ahead of new technologies; assist with plans to keep tech sustainment items current and supported; recommend changes to processes and tools based on industry standards, patterns, and practices.
Key Responsibilities & Essential Functions:Areas of Focus:
- Demonstrates expert knowledge in areas of focus and coaches / mentors others on techniques, processes, and technologies.
- Plays a role in attracting, developing, and retaining top talent at H-E-B.
- Proactively seeks out opportunities for personal / professional development and looks for ways to share learnings with others.
- Stays ahead of new and emerging technologies and vendor solutions and shares knowledge to keep the team updated and skilled. Researches and evaluates emerging technologies, evaluates applicability (ROI, Impact) for H-E-B.
- Stays aware of and influences technical roadmaps; works within the team to ensure alignment with the business.
- Demonstrates sound knowledge of domain-specific industry best practices and standards; Able to apply that knowledge to process and technology improvements at H-E-B.
- Awareness of COTS / SaaS vendor functional / technical roadmaps.
- Proactively identifies gaps / opportunities to leverage technology to improve processes and efficiencies.
Development & Support:
- Leads efforts for successful implementation of COTS systems; Applies awareness of all affected systems / applications to support implementation, end-to-end system integration, stabilization, and production support transition.
- Leads reviews of functional design / requirements to identify technical risks and obstacles.
- Independently conducts technical reviews for COTS, SaaS, and cloud-based solutions; Ensures solutions meet H-E-B standards.
- With guidance, provides accurate duration / effort estimates; ensures technical teams stay on track, on schedule, and on budget.
- Supports and may occasionally lead efforts in system development and maintenance, ensuring optimal use of resources.
- Facilitates awareness of and alignment on technical design and needed resources with Foundational Technology teams.
- Supports test planning / test case development; identify required technical tasks to support testing; prepare environments to support SIT / UAT execution and training.
- Provides support during escalation of medium urgency, moderate complexity incidents without prompting; Contributes to activities to permanently address root causes of recurring issues.
- Proactively designs / implements automated system monitoring and alerting solutions; identifies engineering tools that facilitate systems management.
- Demonstrates awareness of cross-domain (upstream / downstream) functional / technical dependencies (business processes, supporting technology, and contacts).
- Demonstrates sound technical knowledge of the full architectural stack and able to support all aspects of the technical stack with expertise in one or more areas of the stack.
- Knowledgeable in data architecture, data modeling, database operations / efficiency / tuning and SQL.
- Knowledgeable / capable of adopting proprietary languages / frameworks (examples: X++, Ladder Logic, MA ProActive).
- Knowledgeable on multiple languages, technologies, frameworks, and general software development concepts / trends / best practices and serves as mentor to junior developers.
- Independently develops / implements small to medium domain-specific applications to fill gaps between large COTS systems; design system funnels to route analytical data for reporting.
- Develops comprehensive technical documentation and training for system enhancements.
- Ability to assess level of impact and works to minimize technical debt (risk management, agility, etc.).
- Assists with plans to keep tech sustainment items current and supported; Recommends changes to processes and tools at the group / department level based on industry standards, patterns, and practices.
- Contributes to cost reduction and management of technical solutions (hardware / software maintenance).
- Effectively leads technical conversations with Business / stakeholders, vendors, cross-functional and supporting teams across H-E-B.
The responsibilities and essential functions outlined above describe the general nature and level of work assigned to this position. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. Duties and responsibilities may be modified at any time based on business needs. Employees may be required to perform other job-related tasks as requested by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodations.
Qualifications & Key Requirements:Work Experience:- 5+ years of experience configuring, enhancing, and maintaining COTS / SaaS products
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:- Strong knowledge of computer science fundamentals, and workflow methodology
- A fundamental understanding of system development life cycles
- Understands development methodologies / processes
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
- Domain experience at the ERP and enterprise system level
- Knowledge of a given system's tech sustainment factors, and the maintenance and support plan for them
- Understands architecture, design, and integration landscape of multiple H-E-B systems
- An awareness of how systems integrate beyond your scope of responsibility
- An ownership mentality, and a consistent track record of successful, high-quality results
Education:- A related degree or comparable formal training, certification, or work experience
Licenses/Certifications:Physical Demands & Working Conditions:- Take instruction well
- Work extended hours
- Operate independently
- Provide on-call support, as needed
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a Partner encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Last revised: 11/01/2024
