AMEREN Req. # 12996 Title: Applications Dev Specialist Lead Location: St. Louis, MO Posting: Start Date: 03-03-14 End Date: 03-17-14 Position Description: The Applications Development Specialist Lead is primarily responsible for designing, programming, implementing and maintaining computer information systems that provide support for functions within the Company. Key responsibilities include: • Contributes strategic vision and integrates a broad range of ideas regarding applications development. Recognized across the organization for applications development expertise and sought as a resource for resolution of unique or complex application development problems. Undertakes the most complex projects involving multiple disciplines and may impact multiple business units. • Independently designs, programs, implements, and maintains computer information systems to provide support for a variety of functions within the company relating to confidential and non-confidential matters. Also assists in systems planning, scheduling and implementation. Often coordinates with users to determine requirements. Reviews systems under development and related documentation. • Ensure data integrity and successful backup and restoration ability, monitor assigned systems and exercise good project management skills to ensure that changes are successfully implemented and monitored for effect. • Provide analysis, project management, and programming expertise for a variety of systems. Leads a project team in the analysis, design, and development of business applications. • Regularly coach other project personnel in most phases of applications systems analysis and programming activities. • Keep abreast of developments in computer hardware and software. Participate in studies and recommendations regarding hardware or software. • Develops applications in a way that complies with architectural standards and established methodologies and practices. • Maintain a high degree of integrity to safeguard company position on confidential matters. • Direct outside consultants/vendors in the development and implementation of applications to insure delivery on-time and within budget. • Acts as a source of direction, training and guidance for less experienced staff. • May assume supervisors role on a limited basis in supervisors absence, and may provide input to leadership regarding co-worker performance. Minimum Requirements: Education: Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent computer related degree from an accredited college or university required. Masters level degree preferred Experience: Ten or more years of relevant applications development experience required, including two or more years of experience leading the design and implementation of large multi-user corporate business applications. Other: Depth and breadth of IT and business knowledge required. Strong project management experience preferred. Strong PL/SQL and Oracle database knowledge preferred. A technical background in the Customer/1 application and architecture and Foundation FCP is required. Technical experience with Microsoft .NET technologies, COBOL, and C++ is a plus. Experience implementing procedures to adhere to cyber security policies is required. Ability to manage multiple priorities with a high frequency of changing requirements, analyze and clarify ambiguous requests/instructions, meet very aggressive deadlines and manage a large workload is required. May need to work off-hours for project needs, support/upgrade/outage reasons, and systems implementations. May require being on-call in order to provide the required system support (includes 24x7x365). Ameren strives to attract and keep the top talent. At Ameren, we take diversity seriously. We believe that the full utilization of all human resource potential is critical to achieving the highest competitive advantage and to best serving our customers, suppliers and the community at large. Please visit ameren/careers to view all of our current openings and apply. We encourage candidates to apply for all positions in which they meet the minimum qualifications; consideration is specific to the job requisition for which you apply. Ameren is an Equal Opportunity Employer, M/F/D/V. Under current law, it is unlawful for our company to hire anyone who is in the United States illegally. Therefore, Ameren requires new employees to furnish information that shows they are legally eligible for employment. Were focused on providing safe, reliable electricity and natural gas today, while developing even better ways to do that in the future. Thats our focus - now, and for life.
Posted on: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 16:40:48 +0000