Sr. Systems Integration Developer

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION

Work with business partners, business analysts, technical team members, and third party software vendors to understand business requirements, driving effective analysis and design of robust IT solutions. This position will own the analysis, design, documentation, implementation and testing of integrations that it will be responsible for. This position will work with internal and third party resources to assure system design and configuration is executed efficiently and correctly. This position will provide on-going, deep technical support for system enhancements, optimization, and assure alignment to the approved standard, global design model. This position will report to the Sr Systems Integration Engineer.

ESSENTIAL POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

Maps systems and interfaces used to manage interfaces, sets standards for integrations, analyzes current state and conceives desired future state, and conceives projects needed to close the gap between current state and future goals. Conceptualizes and influences application and interface projects, providing advice and assistance toward desirable outcomes. Work with BI team and the I.S. teams to develop, support, document and maintaining an integration systems architecture to support the business requirements. Create and manage test planning for the system architecture and associated architecture sub-components. Perform risk assessments and develop mitigation plans.

Maintains purchased applications. Maintains, implements, upgrades and supports existing and future applications that are or will be purchased by Simmons Information Services. Builds and performs training and documentation for these applications. Performs migration of legacy applications to current applications where needed.

Troubleshoots. Quickly recognizes issues and performs the steps needed to solve the issue as quickly and effectively as possible. Includes other team members depending on the magnitude of the issue. Participates in After Action Reviews with IS team to document resolution and what was learned for future reference.

Gives recommendations and feedback to the Sr Systems Integration Engineer and helps facilitate the growth of your teammates. Validates any work done, whether development or issue resolution will be thoroughly tested outside of the production environment before implementing into the production environment.

Provides support. Provides functional and highly technical user support where needed.

Participates as a member of the Team: Participates in the ongoing development, communication and implementation of team concepts, programs and policies; coordinates work to ensure best practices with all team members. Attends appropriate team meetings. As a member of the Team, fosters strong cohesiveness regarding all major issues; e.g., direction, annual plan, budget, policy changes, etc. Accepts responsibility to quickly identify any areas that lack cohesiveness, bringing them to the attention of the team leader and working with the team in a supportive manner to resolve issues and actively look for ways, and reinforce actions needed, to achieve synergy possible within the larger organization.

Simmons Operating systems principles and objectives: Is familiar with Simmons’ established operating systems (e.g. quality, security, office environment, company policies, LEAN); understands the responsibility to maintain familiarity with the systems and this position’s role in support of these systems - including a consideration of the impact of individual actions on the systems and the responsibility to communicate concerns and improvement ideas. Performs other duties as necessary in support of business objectives: This position description is intended to guide the activities of the person in this position and is not intended to limit the thinking and creativity of the person as

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to the work of this function nor is it intended that this describe all the work that may be required of the person in this position.

Physical Activities: Enters and locates information on a computer. Visually verifies information, often in small print. Communicates with Customers, Vendors, or Employees via telephone, in person, and/or electronic mail. May present information to small or large groups. Must be able to work in various temperatures. Move about in a manufacturing environment and surrounding property; often to collect data from sensors. May travel via car or plane to various work locations.

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): As required by visiting facility.

Travel: One to two offsite classes per year. Travel to Simmons facilities as needed depending on projects that are in process.

Technical Experience: 6+ years of experience with Systems integration and design, implementation and maintenance. Computer skills required: Oracle Database, Microsoft SQL Server, Universal Table Browser (UTB), Business Function Design, Object Management Workbench (OMW), SQL, PL/SQL, Microsoft Office. Experience as a plus: ODI (Oracle Data Integrator), Oracle SOA Suite, Oracle Data Warehouse, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Application Interface Services (AIS), DB2/AS400. Must have a basic understanding of the system development life cycle; software project management approaches; and requirements, design, and test techniques. Ability to follow best coding standards and integration best practices. Expert in performance tuning of PLSQL code.

Industry Experience: Preference for food processing organization.

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, or 8+ years business experience using and developing technical systems integrations.

Preferred Education: Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field of study.

Competencies:

Peer Relationships: Can quickly find common ground and solve problems for the good of all; can represent his/her own interests and yet be fair to other groups; can solve problems with peers with a minimum of noise; is seen as a team player and is cooperative; easily gains trust and support of peers; encourages collaboration; can be candid with peers.

Organizational Agility: Knowledgeable about how organizations work; knows how to get things done both through formal channels and the informal network; understands the origin and reasoning behind key policies, practices, and procedures; understands the cultures of organizations.

Integrity and Trust: Is widely trusted; is seen as a direct, truthful individual; can present the unvarnished truth in an appropriate and helpful manner; keeps confidences; admits mistakes; doesn’t’ misrepresent him/herself for personal gain.

Process Management: Good at figuring out the processes necessary to get things done; knows how to organize people and activities; understands how to separate and combine tasks into efficient workflow; knows what to measure and how to measure it; can see opportunities for synergy and integration where others can’t; can simplify complex processes; gets more out of fewer resources.