DATE OF POSTING: July 3, 2008
GROUP/DIVISION, DEPARTMENT: CSG/Information Technology
LOCATION:  Denver
REPORTS TO: Senior Manager, Information Technology

Position Summary:

Analyzes, designs, develops, configures, tests and implements changes to new and existing custom and third party applications at CoBank.  Provides business hours and after hours support for applications already in production.  Provides technical direction and guidance to less experienced technical staff.

Knowledge and Skills:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering or relevant discipline and 6 – 10 years experience, preferably in banking or financial services industry; or appropriate combination of education and experience.  Experience with XML preferred.  Advanced experience in specific programming languages, databases, and development tools relevant to CoBank’s application environment.  Advanced experience in ETL tools (Informatica, Hyperion) and report writers (Hyperion, Cognos, Improptu).  Intermediate knowledge of Source Code Control tools such as PVCS or Visual Source Safe.  Intermediate knowledge in at least one system design/development methodology (RUP, SDLC, BIM, etc.).  Intermediate knowledge of Crystal Reports or similar reporting tools, automated job scheduling tools such as Control-M or Autosys, and Microsoft Server products, including Biztalk and Sharepoint,  Oracle (PL/SQL), Unix, or Peoplesoft (SQR & PeopleTools) preferred.

Other Requirements:

Excellent problem solving, troubleshooting, oral and written communications skills.  Ability to work independently and as part of a team.  Ability to provide first level of advice/assistance on procedures and work methods for software engineers and application developers.  Ability to define and implement new technical direction and to identify and participate in issue resolution and process refinement.  Willingness to broaden technical, functional, and industry skill base and to keep current with industry information and technical knowledge databases.  Occasional travel required.  Available for off-hours, on-call production support.