Senior IT Analyst

Summary:
Develop and design web applications and web sites. Responsible for directing web site content creation, enhancement and maintenance.

Education/Experience:
Bachelor degree in computer science or equivalent training required. Significant previous IT experience required.

Skills and Competencies:
Verbal and written communication skills, problem solving skills, customer service and interpersonal skills. Expert ability to work independently and manage ones time. Expert knowledge of computer software, such as Adobe, Java, SQL, etc.

Major Job Duties and Responsibilities:
Supervise the design, build or maintenance of web sites, using authoring or Scripting languages, content creation tools, management tools and digital media. Supervise the writing, design, or editing web page content. Direct web site updates. Review problems uncovered by testing or customer feedback and approve the correction of problem. Advise and direct management or development teams to prioritize needs, resolve conflicts, develop content criteria or choose solutions. Direct development or validation of test routines and schedules to ensure that test cases mimic external interfaces. Maintain understanding of current web technologies or programming practices through continuing education.

This position will be responsible for developing/supporting critical Java web applications related to the Engineering Change Management process. Candidate will be responsible for interacting with business partners globally to architect and develop solutions to efficiently manage engineering changes. Candidate must be able to understand and prioritize enhancement requests and deliver on constantly evolving business needs. This position requires at least five years experience in developing Java Web applications, good knowledge of SQL for database querying and a willingness to work on support activities. The applicant needs to be a results oriented team player, willing to work on sometimes tight schedules.

Required Qualifications:
Relevant degree or equivalent experience. Three (3) to five (5) years of knowledge of programming languages appropriate to the platform supported, program design and specification development, programming logic, logic diagrams, system analysis techniques, testing, debugging, documentation standards, file design, storage and internal systems. J2EE, Struts 1.2, Oracle 9+, DB2, JSP 2, JDK 1.5 +, JavaScript, WebSphere/TOMCAT, JQuery, Tiles, JDBC, JNDI, SQL. Good customer service in order to deal with internal customers on a daily basis. Must be fluent in both English
Desired Qualifications. Have a developing knowledge of policies and procedures and a general knowledge of the organization. Hibernate 2+. RAD/Eclipse experience. Awareness of the Software Development Life Cycle. Experience with SOA and Web services. XML (SAX and DOM parsing).

Synectics is an Equal Opportunity Employer.