Application Programmer III, II, or I (Remote)

Location:

Work from home (Pennsylvania)

Shift:

Days (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Worker Type:

Regular

Exemption Status:

Yes

Job Summary:

Responsible to perform programming software development tasks to support our organization's software applications. This includes but is not limited to analysis, encoding, testing, and debugging. Works directly with the application teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support software and/or software changes requested by the system. Uses technical skills to help monitor and maintain our critical systems/applications.

Job Duties:

• Responsible to understand assigned tasks and ask for clarification when necessary.
• Participates in team on-call rotation to provide 24x7x365 support.
• Supports system upgrades, patches, and monitoring.
• Responsible to communicate all progress, roadblock, issues to management in a timely manner.
• Prepares documentation and provides training to team members on new development assignments.
• Responsible to work with assigned application staff and/or user community to develop design documents for assigned tasks.
• Responsible to document all changes within designated timeframes & in adherence with change management policy.
• Responsible for following department coding/programming guidelines to produce efficient routines. Provides input on new standards.
• Responsible to provide preliminary code review, testing, debugging, and general testing instructions for application staff, assist in go-live planning, assist in go-live moves, and post-live support.
• Facilitates and actively contributes in meetings by being an engaged listener and offering both feedback and input.
• Cultivates critical thinking atmosphere across team(s) to problem solve and strives to understand the root cause of the issue.
• Demonstrates an expert understanding of application specific programming language(s).
• Possesses a strong understanding of the application specific database.
• Demonstrates strong understanding of 1 or more applications/modules.
• Assists with the development of and precepting of others.
• Possesses knowledge of integration points within and across the various internal applications as well as the integration points with other outside systems.
• Begins to develop understanding of how to be an accountable owner for technical projects.

*Will consider candidates as an Application Programmer I or II*

Work is typically performed in an office environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job.

Position Details:

Required Experience:

• VB
• .NET
• Oracle
• Microsoft SQL

Education:

Bachelor's Degree- (Required)

Experience:

Minimum of 4 years-Information Technology (Required)

Certification(s) and License(s):

Skills:

Communication, Computer Literacy, Critical Thinking, Interpersonal Communication, Working Independently

OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities.

• KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.
• EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.
• LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow.
• INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.
• SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family. 

We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality.

We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger. Our patients, members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and it takes a diverse workforce to make better health easier for all. We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.