Sr. Applications Systems Developer

Department: IT

Location: Hybrid (In State Candidates Only)

Minimum Salary: $130,272

Employment Type: Regular Full Time

Shift: 1st Shift

Scheduled Work Hours: 8:30am-4:30pm Monday - Friday, Weekends as Needed

The Jel Sert Company marks a major milestone this year, 100 years of success, innovation, and industry leadership. The Jel Sert Company has focused on creating high-quality, high-value foods and beverages that help bring people together. Jel Sert is proud of being awarded the Great Place to Work certification, along with being recognized as a Best Workplace to Work in Chicago and Best Workplace to Work in Manufacturing and Production. We are currently looking for a passionate and dedicated individual to join our team as a SR. APPLICATIONS SYSTEM DEVELOPER. If you are looking for a work environment that encourages personal growth, responsibility, and a shared vision for creating incredible products that help create lasting memories, then Jel Sert wants you!

The Sr. Applications Systems Developer will be responsible for the entire life cycle of applications systems which include analysis, coding, testing, support and documentation of major production systems that are supported 24/7. Candidate must be customer service driven with the ability to work collaboratively across multiple teams and with all levels of management and staff.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Responsibility is to identify functionalities in existing systems and develop and implement solutions to business opportunities.
• Define user system and application requirements, determine and evaluate potential solutions, develop system specifications and requirements, and design application programs to meet these requirements.
• Reviews, analyzes, modifies and implements programming systems including encoding, testing, debugging and documenting programs.
• Provide technical support to end users by diagnosing and resolving software and system issues in real time as they occur.
• Database analysis and development.
  
  
  
  • Structure, implement, and maintain database systems. Establish policies, standards and procedures to ensure useful and readily accessible data.
  • Design database systems and programs.
  • Analyze data requirements, develop and document data dictionary, and develop data models.
  
  
  
  
• Design, develop, and maintain custom reports, dashboards, interfaces, and data extracts to support business, operational, and management reporting needs.
• Training of the user community upon implementation of systems and programs.
• Other projects as assigned by the Director of Application Development and VP of IT.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• Requires at least 10 yrs. professional experience and training in information technology and computer programming to the analysis, design, modification, and maintenance of application programs, integrated systems, and/or software solutions within manufacturing environments.
• Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience with QAD required; experience with additional ERP systems, Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience with SQL development, including writing, optimizing, and maintaining complex queries, stored procedures, views, and reports.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience with Progress development tools and Microsoft SQL database tools and techniques required.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience with RedHat Linux and Microsoft Windows server operating systems required.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or similar discipline.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Comprehensive, enterprise-level understanding of Information Systems best practices, including performance optimization, interface architecture, integration management, and information security strategy.
• Strong SQL, Linux, Windows, Progress and data analysis skills with the ability to translate business requirements into effective custom solutions.
• Excellent verbal, interpersonal and written communication skills.
• Proven ability to successfully manage multiple projects, tasks and priorities at once.
• The technical and business background to assess business situations or circumstances in order to make appropriate business related decisions.
• Independent critical thinker with a high degree of creativity, flexibility and strong desire to solve problems.

• Project management experience, including coordinating timelines, resources, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Experience supporting application systems within manufacturing, distribution, or industrial environments.
• Experience with Microsoft .NET technologies.
• Familiarity with ERP, MES, and related enterprise platforms, including:
  
  
  
  • QAD ERP Software
  • Royal4 WMS Software
  • Prophix Software
  • Adobe Workfront Work Management Software
  • RedZone Connected Workforce Software
  • Exceedra Trade Promotion Management Software
  
  
  
  
• Experience with integration, automation, BI or workflow tools such as:
  
  
  
  • Microsoft Power Automate
  • CLEO Integration Platform
  • Egnyte Content Management & Collaboration platform
  
  
  
  

BENEFITS & SALARY

The Jel Sert Company is committed to pay transparency and will provide further compensation information during the interview process. The minimum compensation for the Sr. Applications System Developer is $130,274. Compensation is determined by a candidate's experience, education, skills, training, and the internal equity within our organization. Actual compensation to be paid will be determined upon an offer. In addition to a competitive compensation package, regular full-time corporate employees of Jel Sert are eligible for our extensive benefits programs that can be reviewed here.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery or erratically moving surfaces.
• Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.
• Kneeling: Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
• Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
• Crawling: Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet.
• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Standing: Remaining upright on the feet, particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
• Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.
• Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to-position.
• Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with whole hand or arm as in handling.
• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; those activities where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound.
• Repetitive motions: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
• Medium work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection).
• The worker is required to have visual acuity to operate heavy equipment.
• The worker is required to have visual acuity to determine the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of the work assigned or to make general observations of facilities or structures and be able to discern differences between red/green/amber.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Hybrid environment

FOOD SAFETY and QUALITY RESPONSIBILITIES

Follow applicable procedures and work instructions.

Back up Redundant

IMPACT ON JEL SERT SUCCESS

This job supports a productive computing environment critical to company's success.