Sr. IT Developer - Randstad USA

Strategy & Planning

• Acquire and interpret business requirements, creates a functional specification, and determines the most efficient/appropriate technologies.
  
  
• Research and improve current coding standards.
  
  
• Research and implement new development techniques.
  
  
• Submit and review technical and process improvement recommendations as a member of the technical leadership team.
  
  
• Work with business and IT teams to plan new features, gather requirements and suggest solutions.
  
  
• Support the entire application lifecycle (concept, design, test, release, and support).
  
  
• Ability to work with new technologies while showing drive, versatility, adaptability, and creative thinking.
  
  
• Help foster a culture of innovation and out-of-the box thinking.

Acquisition & Deployment

• Possesses strong functional knowledge on Product Information Management and Product Data Hub cloud or Supplier Hub.
  
  
• Perform analysis of business models, logical specifications, and/or customer requirements to design and build Internet solutions utilizing multiple technologies.
  
  
• Estimate hours for project tasks.
  
  
• Schedule and lead brainstorming activities surrounding development functionality.
  
  
• Perform complex programming assignments requiring an advanced aptitude of established programming standards, methods, and best practices.
  
  
• Mitigate significant risks associated with projects, which have a high technical complexity and/or involve significant challenges to the business.
  
  
• Collaborate with other teams to ensure shared use of standard tools and processes.
  
  
• Communicate effectively by using natural language and by writing clear and concise code.

Operational Management

• Manage and prioritize workload between project and maintenance tasks.
  
  
• Maintain and modify web applications; make approved changes by amending application documentation, developing detailed programming logic, and coding changes.
  
  
• Provide support for critical web application problems and issues.
  
  
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert in the discovery and investigation of critical production problems as required.
  
  
• Train and teach other developers.
  
  
• Help foster development of team's cross-functional and collaborative capabilities.

Incidental Functions

• Conduct research into new technologies, including tools, components, and frameworks.
  
  
• Train and knowledge share with development teams.
  
  
• Mentor and coach developers and/or Professional Apprentices.
  
  
• Project and task management and reporting as necessary.
  
  
• Make presentations to management, clients, and peer groups as requested.
  
  
• Schedule and lead project and communication meetings with clients.
  
  
• Provide tier 2, on-call support for critical application problems and issues.
  
  
• Assist with other projects as may be required to contribute to efficiency and effectiveness of the work.
  
  
• Participate in hiring activities and fulfilling affirmative action obligations and ensuring compliance with the equal employment opportunity policy.

QUALIFICATIONS

Formal Education & Certification

• Bachelor's degree (or foreign equivalent) in a Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Information Technology field of study (e.g., Information Technology, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, Computer Systems Management, Mathematics) or equivalent experience

Knowledge & Experience

• 5+ years of IT Experience
  
  
• strong technical knowledge in one of the Product Data Hub/Supplier Hub modules.
  
  
• Must be part of at least one cloud Implementation.
  
  
• Experience in integrating with one or more ERP systems (Oracle E-Business, SAP...).
  
  
• Progressively responsible for building Java/JavaScript based applications and system integrations.