Sr App Developer - Troux & SQL

  • Full-time

Company Description

You and Northwestern Mutual. We believe relationships are built on trust. That our lives and our work matter. And we’re much stronger together than we are apart. These beliefs launched our company nearly 160 years ago. Today, they’re just a few of the reasons why people choose to build careers at Northwestern Mutual.

Our business is about helping people secure their financial futures, and that starts with putting people first – our clients, our employees and our field representatives. Northwestern Mutual is known for financial strength. We’re strong, innovative and growing. Come grow with us.

Job Description

At Northwestern Mutual, we believe relationships are built on trust. That our lives and our work matter. These beliefs launched our company nearly 160 years ago. Today, they're just a few of the reasons why people choose to build careers at Northwestern Mutual.

We're strong and growing. In a company with such a long and storied history, this may be the most exciting and important time to be a part of Northwestern Mutual. We're strong, innovative and growing.

We invest in our people. We provide opportunities for employees to grow themselves, their career and in turn, our business.

We care.  We make a positive difference in our communities. Nationally, thousands have benefitted from our support of research and programs to fight childhood cancer. Each year, our Foundation, employees and financial representatives donate time, talent and financial support to causes they're passionate about.

 

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age or status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.

 

Are you an agile application developer who is interested in working with a large organization to build the tooling that enables architecture to set future direction for technology investment that supports strategic company initiatives? 

 

What's the role?

 

As a Senior Application Developer for the IT Asset Portfolio Management team, you will develop integrated solutions, modernizing, consolidating and coordinating independently-designed applications to meet business needs. Partnering with Architecture and in keeping with development best practices, you will analyze business/functional specifications to deliver quality applications/systems while minimizing cost and optimizing maintainability. Using your diverse skills in light detailed design, agile estimation and agile development you will work with a cross functional scrum team to develop product backlog items into a product increment.  Above all, you are a strategic thinker; you take ownership of issues, moving between diverse tasks with cooperation and persistence to motivate and bring out the best in those around you.  

 

Bring Your Best! What this role needs:

The ideal candidate is someone who has a strong diverse technical background.  Must have technical skillsets include:   Troux development tools experience and strong SQL skills.  Preferred technical skillsets include: experience customizing other vendor applications using configurations and other extensions. Experience or exposure to XML, Java, Unix Shell Scripting, Informatica, REST API, Infopath, SharePoint,VB/C#/Visual Studio, PowerBI and BIRT (or other Reporting Development tools).     This person should be an agile thinker, comfortable with ambiguity, speaking with stakeholders to understand needs and good at working with abstract concepts.  An agile mindset is a must with Scrum development framework experience strongly desired.  We are looking for a person who has the passion for a technical role with a diversity of skills and willingness to configure, develop, analyze and support. 

 

Willing to consider a candidate who works remotely if not local to the Milwaukee area.

 

Req ID: 7701
Position Type: Regular Full Time
Education Experience: Bachelor's Required
Employment Experience: 3-5 years
Licenses/Certifications: None
FLSA Status: Exempt
Posting Date: 09/08/2016

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