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Under general supervision, responsible for the timely completion of assigned systems and programming tasks to satisfy customer requests.
These tasks include system design, coding, testing, installation, documentation and post-installation audits, all performed in accordance with established standards.
Typically, the Programmer Analyst is assigned to multiple business units of small to medium size or one business unit of medium to large size, and/or the project assignments are small to medium scale and moderately complex.
Key Non-Reporting Relationships:
1. Project Managers
Understands scope of work to be done and project resources; reports on status of work efforts, issues and risks to project delivery
2. Other team members working on the project
Coordinates work efforts, obtains clarification on system requirements and detailed designs; identifies problems and works with team to resolve them during development and implementation
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Operational Management
• Demonstrates strong commitment to learning the business
• Demonstrates ability to research subjects to support project work
• Performs routine data collection, organization, workflow and support analysis
• Provides support for the preparation of quality deliverables
• Adheres to and applies department’s methodologies
• Manages personal time in Expense Plans/project work
• Maintains expected levels of personal productivity
• Able to efficiently meet department’s deliverables
• Able to multi-task
• Ability to analyze data, trends or obstacles and consider available solutions or alternative methods of proceeding
• Provide technical guidance and support to junior developers
• Provide technical assistance to internal departments and organizations.
• Takes a leading role in installing new technology from start to end, including technical planning, testing, and bringing new systems into production
• Develop and implement improved methods and tools for the troubleshooting and researching of problems.
• Diagnose, formulate and implement system changes as necessary.
• Research and implement proactive tools for distributed systems.
Technology
• Demonstrates aptitude in learning new technology skills
• Demonstrates competency in use of technology tools, techniques and methodologies
• Applies technical skills to department projects
• Supports department’s activities
• Understands products/services and shares knowledge with team
• Builds personal expertise
• Continually improves knowledge and skill proficiency
• Participates in the support of applications, including design, coding and installation of new systems to support one or more business units
• Defines processing logic and translates business requirements into code employing established programming standards
• Works closely with end users to develop required test data
• Conducts program tests, audits and verifies results for accuracy
• Maintains expertise in the latest state-of-the-art techniques and languages as they pertain to the existing and planned processing environments in use
Project Management
• Delivers assigned tasks using appropriate project management methodologies
• Supports the communication of project status to clients and vendors
• Understands the fundamentals of the department’s project management activities
Business Analysis
• Supports business analysts in the preparation of business and functional requirements, or, in the absence of business analysts is responsible for preparing business and functional requirements
• Develops and maintains documentation and instructions for all systems for which the analyst is responsible
• Assists in implementing procedures and serves as a resource to expeditiously resolve program related operating difficulties
• Understands the fundamentals of the department’s business analysis activities
Customer Service/Communications/Marketing
• Delivers results that drive customer satisfaction
• Demonstrates ability to interact with staff members in an open, honest and positive manner
• Understands fundamentals of customer’s business
• Demonstrates ability to interact with customers
QUALIFICATIONS
Key Experiences/Achievements
- A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent work experience and technical training, is required
- 6 or more years of application development and/or programming experience
Management Skills
- Ability to perform multiple tasks and adjust priorities based on workload and direction from management
- Ability to organize, plan and execute major projects with minimal supervision
- Verbal and written communications skills
Technical/Functional Competencies
- Experience working within a variety of software development methodologies, including but not limited to Agile, TDD, RAD, Waterfall, MVC, DDD and/or CI.
- Full understanding of project management processes and tasks
- Experience in systems design on fairly complex computer systems
- Experience developing and deploying applications in a multi-tier environment
- Experience in full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Programming language expertise consisting of, but not limited to the following; Java/J2EE, C++, PHP, Ruby/RoR, Python, Bash
- Operating system expertise consisting of, but not limited to the following: Windows, OS X, *NIX
- Experience in relational database such as Oracle, mySQL, Postgres, MongoDB, CouchDB, etc
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