Senior IT Applications Engineer - Cleveland-Cliffs

Cleveland-Cliffs is seeking a Senior IT Applications Development Engineer at our office in West Chester, Ohio. The Applications Developer will be programming systems for use in the Manufacturing space that support day-to-day plant operations. This position also requires the ability to troubleshoot issues and address concerns while identifying ways to improve the application(s) in a holistic manner.

 Summary of Responsibilities:

• Contribute in all aspects of the SDLC (analysis, design, development, testing, and maintenance)

• Design, develop, implement, and coordinate system changes

• Build relationships with team members, peers, leaders, and key system owners

• Interact with business users when gathering requirements, understanding support concerns, learning business processes, etc.

• Participate in daily team meetings to communicate status on web development projects

• Reverse engineer legacy system functions and transform those into cohesive web applications

• Visualize common interfaces to role-based functions across the Manufacturing Execution System

• Use logical data design techniques to dynamically present content and functionality

• Derive test cases for software changes and document the results thereof

• Accurately report issues or problems with clear explanations and solutions to leadership

• On-call support rotation including troubleshooting and issue resolution

• Advise legacy developers on programming practices in the new development paradigm

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business (MIS), or related discipline

• 5-10 years of experience in Information Technology with custom development and SDLC processes

• Experience with Web UI design, specifically Responsive CSS

• Proven knowledge and experience with representative languages and tools:

• C#, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL, Shell scripting, C++, JCL, Cobol, PLI

• Visual Studio, VS Code, Git, Micro Focus enterprise server, ZENA

• Proven knowledge and experience with DB2, Oracle, MySQL, and SQL Server

• Knowledge of Angular, Angular Materials, GitHub Copilot, and Power Apps is a plus

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with systems supporting a 24x7 Manufacturing setting

• Experience with both Windows and Linux platforms

• Experience with modernizing comprehensive and fully-integrated legacy systems

• Excellent communication and presentation skills – both verbal and written

• Awareness of project management and common methodologies

• Awareness of agile techniques

• Awareness of low-code options and the appropriateness thereof