Kalamazoo, MI - Software Application Development & Support

Job Description:

• The BT (Business Technology) strategy within the company Animal Genetics is an integral role, leveraging the right software technologies and practices to enable the business to continue to deliver its customers new products and services
• This position is the first line of support for daily operations of the laboratory functions widely interpreted Samples enter the lab, data are logged in, genotyping performed and analyzed, then reports sent to customers
• This position also will have broader relationship development with BT (Business Technology) and Company Animal Genetics support in New Zealand
• This position is both demanding and exciting as it will be part of a diverse multi-national team in a fast moving industry
• Code, customizes products, tests, debugs and documents software applications
• Installs and configures application software, both off-the-shelf and developed in-house
• Coordinates with other technical teams to ensure compatibility with other modules and applications
• Consults with users and stakeholders to ensure that requirements are met
• Enforces change management policies
• Stays abreast and trained in advances in their specific fields
• Familiar with software development lifecycle and configuration management

REQUIREMENTS:

• .NET   Desired 1-3 Years Advanced
• ASP   Desired 1-3 Years Advanced
• MS Project   Desired 1-3 Years Advanced
• MS Visio   Desired 1-3 Years Advanced
• VB.net   Desired 1-3 Years Advanced
• Object Oriented Design and Programming (OOD/P)   Desired 1-3 Years Advanced
• Relational Database Management System (RDBMS)   Desired 1-3 Years Advanced
• SQL   Desired 1-3 Years Advanced
• .NET Framework experience
  
• Experience with Microsoft SQL 2005 (or later) and associated tools
• You need to be able to effectively communicate with a diverse range of people and levels, ranging from detailed technical details with the development team, through to high level strategy with the management team
• The ability to do this concisely both verbally and in writing is absolutely critical as you will be interacting with a geographically distributed team

Reasonable experience in the following areas:

• Data manipulation through various applications – any experience in dealing with genotype data would be beneficial
• Requirements gathering and documentation
• Requirements analysis
• Good problem solving skills – able to logically isolate and fix

Good hands-on understanding of the following core principles/concepts:

• Relational databases
• 3GL software development
• Multi-tier software development
• Object orientated development principles
• Development lifecycle methodologies (incl waterfall & agile)

Experience or skills in any of the following are beneficial but not essential:

• VB.NET
• ASP.NET
• Source control
• Microsoft SSQ Reporting Services
• Microsoft Enterprise Library
• MS Visio
• MS Project
• Mathematics
• Statistics

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