SUMMARY: The Sr Applications Developer is responsible for developing custom applications as well as leveraging third party applications to meet the needs of the customers/users. For Department-specific and company-wide projects, assist in project management by identifying issues and recommending solutions and communicating the status of the project in a timely fashion. The nature of the work will include performing systems analysis, detailed design, programming, testing and training in the implementation of departmental and interdepartmental applications. Individual will participate in a post-implementation support role including troubleshooting and enhancing installed applications. These tasks should be completed without supervision but will include Manager checkpoints for relevant milestones.

Essential Functions

Production Support – 10%

• Monitors system, analyzing and correcting issues in a timely fashion in order to maintain the production schedule
• Supports of all HNE applications
• Documents changes for production personnel to insure fault tolerance and plan to follow should applications/job fail to run as designed
• Works directly with customers to insure applications are functioning based on business needs and customer understands the output correctly
• Insures adequate training of production personnel
• Works with customer to identify, prioritize, implement and determine impact of required changes
• Recommends and implements solutions based on business needs
  
  

Application Development/Enhancements – 90%

• Develops /enhances custom applications to satisfy business needs
• Works with internal and external customers throughout the life cycle of the project, including support
• Participates in meetings and discussions with the customer thru final approval of design
• Evaluates impact to other parts of the system and best solution to integrate application into workflow/operation schedule
• Defines customer requirements by reviewing business needs and understanding existing system through documentation, and by organizing and conducting customer interviews
• Translates customer requirements into functional and technical design documents
• Designs operational documentation
• Develops accurate and meaningful detail design documentation and insure their completeness and accuracy by confirming approach with other Application Developers and customers
• Conducts operational and customer design reviews with the customers and operational staff
• Programs to meet business specifications and department standards
• Designs testing requirements
• Ensures unit test data is prepared and maintained
• Aids in the preparation of system and integration test plan
• Conducts code reviews with development team Implement/Support
• Prepares and packages all necessary documentation requirements based on department standards for review and sign-off
• Defines training goals and objectives in conjunction with the customer
• Develops training material consistent with customer needs including user manual standard
• Investigates customer questions and provide solutions
  
  

Minimum Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science with 5+ years of experience performing advance level application development work or an equivalent combination of education and experience

• Required experience with Visual Basic, Visual Studio, Team Foundation Server, C#, .NET, WEB Development, Enity Framwork, SQL Server, and LINQ
• Preferred experience with MVC, AngularJS, ETL tools Talend and SSIS, SSRS, Oracle, Cobol, Suprtool, and UNIX
• Prior experience with health care insurance or health care vendor organizations desirable
• Excellent analytical skills
• Excellent customer service skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent ability to work as a team member
  
  

WORKING CONDITIONS: Works in a standard office-based environment