Lead Systems Developer - 90261267 - Wilmington

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Amtrak connects businesses and communities across the country and we move America’s workforce toward the future. We employ more than 20,000 diverse, energetic professionals in a variety of career fields throughout the United States. The safety of our passengers, our employees, the public and our operating environment is our priority and the success of our railroad is the result of our employees.

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SUMMARY OF DUTIES:
The Lead Systems Developer position entails monitoring, administration, oversight and incremental enhancement of Amtrak’s transportation platform and applications. Daily tasks include responding to change and trouble tickets, monitoring the platform for failures, exceptions and threshold issues, tuning and optimizing applications performance, testing applications for product upgrades and patches, communicating with customers and upper management about platform and/or ticket status, and working on occasional minor enhancements as remaining work capacity allows.

The Lead Systems Developer works on major projects providing subject matter expertise and technical direction and is also responsible for systems analysis, design, development, integration, and enhancement. The Lead Systems Developer works closely with customers, business analysts and team members to understand the business requirements that drive the analysis and design of quality technical solutions.  These solutions must be aligned with business and IT strategies and are in compliance with the organization’s architectural standards.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
• Works on projects that may span a broad range of systems. Requires expertise in multiple technical environments and possesses an increased level of business knowledge.
Responsibilities include, but may not be limited to, the following:
• Consults in the project planning process with customers, IT business analysts, architects and team members.
• Organizes and documents technical requirements. Creates technical design specifications and assists in sizing technical requirements.
• Works with customers to develop and analyze application packages and tools and determine optimum functionality requirements to meet those needs.  
• Evaluates new application packages and tools.
• Provides multiple recommendations for the solutions.
• Evaluates existing applications and platform and provides recommendations for system enhancements by conducting gap analysis, identifying feasible alternative solutions, and assisting in the scope of modifications. 
• Participates on teams that outline the process and scope out the improvements that can be realized through the application solution.
• May lead the deployment of new modules, upgrades and fixes.
• Implements integration plans.  Interfaces with testing teams to incorporate plans into integration testing process.
• Defines, develops or modifies software application modules or enterprise wide software systems using disciplined evelopment processes.  
• Identifies better sources of data feeds and interfaces with architects to ensure their feasibility with corporate data warehouse, when needed.
• Documents functions and changes to new or modified modules, test activities/results and other areas such as error handling and backup/recovery procedures.
• Adheres to quality standards and procedures.  Reviews modules for quality assurance and checks compliance with application architecture standards and SLAs.  
• May assist in defining development guidelines and standards to be utilized in software development/integration.
• Makes modules production-ready by moving them to libraries, completing forms, following procedures, completing version control documents, etc.
• Provides ongoing maintenance of applications.
• May produce and analyze data extracts from system based on user requirements.
• Assists in the development of user guides and training documentation. 
• Provides technical leadership coaching and mentoring to team members.  Provides technical guidance or system process expertise. 
• Develops reports and presentations for senior management, as needed.
• The candidate shall have SME COBOL development/support experience, with recent usage. 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or business management  and 7-10 years expereice.
• Extensive experience programming and/or systems analysis experience.  Have a broad level of understanding surrounding information systems and application architecture standards.
• Perform development of customer enhancements, and maintenance tasks using expertise with SQL Server, Oracle, VB .Net, and SSRS.
• Ability to work well under deadlines and in a flexible environment.
• Demonstrated ability to perform all essential functions. (See above)
• Must have leadership skills, experience/in-depth knowledge of business operations and systems requirements processes including ability to measure short- and long-term business goals. 
• Must possess the ability to utilize adaptable communication skills to effectively translate between technical and business language.
• Must possess the skill to educate project team members on business unit goals and objectives and educate the business on the value of information technology.
• Ability to identify, propose and oversee the execution of business solutions as well as interpret
documents communicating business needs and requirements.
• Must possess the skill to assess the client needs through direct interaction, and identify opportunities to develop the business through effective use of technology.
• Willingness to support applications 24 x 7 (24 hours a day, 7 days a week)
• The candidate shall have Lead programmer DB2 development/support experience, with recent usage.
• The candidate shall have demonstrated JCL proficiency.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
• Excellent troubleshooting skills
• Background in transportation or logistics
• Knowledge of Amtrak transportation systems such as OTP (on time performance), Operations portal, and Efficiency TESTS
• Knowledge with Sencha 4 or higher
• Knowledge with Java
• Knowledge of Websphere
• CICS, TSO/ISPF, SQL, VSAM, Linux, ETL/Informatica and Stored Procedures experience desired.

COMMUNICATION AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS:
Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills. 

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Requisition ID:41644
Posting Location(s):Delaware
Job Family/Function:Information Technology 
Relocation Offered:No 
Travel Requirements:None 

Amtrak employees power our progress through their performance.

We want your work at Amtrak to be more than a job – we want it to be a fulfilling experience where you find challenging and rewarding opportunities, respect among colleagues, competitive pay, benefits that protect you and your family, and a high performance culture that recognizes and values your contributions and helps you reach your career goals.

We proudly support and encourage U.S. Veterans to apply for Amtrak job opportunities.

All positions require pre-employment background verification, medical review and pre-employment drug screen. Amtrak is committed to a safe and drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing. All new hires are required to undergo a hair drug test which detects the presence of illegal drugs for months prior to testing. We appreciate your cooperation in keeping Amtrak safe and drug-free.  

In accordance with DOT regulations (49 CFR section 40.25), Amtrak is required to obtain prior drug and alcohol testing records for applicants/employees intending to perform safety- sensitive duties for covered Department of Transportation positions.   If an applicant/employee refuses to provide written consent for Amtrak to obtain these records, he/she will not permitted to perform safety-sensitive functions.

Note that any education requirement listed above may be deemed satisfied if you have an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Amtrak is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and we welcome all to apply. We consider candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability (including blindness), or veteran status.

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