Consultant – Applications Consultant

Jobtailor; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Chicago is seeking an experienced software professional to develop, modify, and implement applications that boost performance according to design parameters.

You will gather client requirements to design computer systems using SDLC methodologies and business cases, and craft scalable enterprise assets, data models, and workflows. Expect involvement in tests, code reviews, and deployment planning as part of a collaborative team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business, Engineering, Math, IT, or related field with 2 years of IT experience.
• Alternatively, 3 years of post-secondary study plus 3 years of IT experience in lieu of a bachelor’s degree.
• 1 year of IT work experience with Java, GIT, and RESTful Web Services.

Responsibilities

• Develop, modify, and implement existing software to improve performance based on established design parameters.
• Gather and analyze client requirements to design and develop computer systems through SDLC methodologies and business cases.
• Design and develop reusable and scalable enterprise application assets, including processes, decision rules, and workflows.
• Create data models, workflow designs, and integration approaches.
• Perform integration testing, system testing, troubleshooting, and support.
• Check reports for software quality standards.
• Resolve issues in unit, component, and integration test cases.
• Analyze existing applications for performance and response-time improvements.
• Conduct design review sessions.
• Interact with development teams and provide input for product enhancements, bug fixes, and releases.
• Conduct code walkthroughs and problem analysis.
• Perform impact analysis for code or design changes.
• Review code quality and resolve merge and code-change issues.
• Provide or revoke code-base access as required.
• Prepare production deployment plans.
• Conduct deployment escalations, streamline branch creation, and build automation processes.

Skills

Software Development

Performance Analysis

Data Modeling

Workflow Design

Troubleshooting

Code Review

Impact Analysis

Deployment Planning

Bug Fixing

Code Walkthroughs

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in CS or related field

Tools

Java

GIT

RESTful Web Services

Job description

• Develop, modify, and implement existing software to improve performance based on established design parameters
• Gather and analyze client requirements to design and develop computer systems through systems development life cycle methodologies and business cases
• Design and develop reusable and scalable enterprise application assets, including processes, decision rules, and workflows
• Create data models, workflow designs, and integration approaches
• Perform integration testing, system testing, troubleshooting, and support
• Check reports for software quality standards
• Resolve issues in unit, component, and integration test cases
• Analyze existing applications for performance and response-time improvements
• Conduct design review sessions
• Interact with development teams and provide input for product enhancements, bug fixes, and releases
• Conduct code walkthroughs and problem analysis
• Perform impact analysis for code or design changes
• Review code quality and resolve merge and code-change issues
• Provide or revoke code-base access as required
• Prepare production deployment plans
• Conduct deployment escalations, streamline branch creation, and build automation processes

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Business, Engineering (any), Math, Information Technology, or related field, plus two (2) years of IT experience
• Alternatively, three (3) years of post-secondary study in any field, plus three (3) years of IT experience, in lieu of a Bachelor's Degree
• One (1) year of IT work experience with Java, GIT, and RESTful Web Services
• All experience may be acquired concurrently
• Travel and relocation to various unanticipated locations throughout the U.S. required based on business needs
• Travel not to exceed 5% per year
• International travel not required

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in software development and system analysis, focusing on performance improvement, integration testing, and code quality. Proficient in utilizing systems development life cycle methodologies to design scalable enterprise applications and workflows.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Java
• GIT
• RESTful Web Services
• Systems Development Life Cycle
• Integration Testing

Hard Skills

• Software Development
• Performance Analysis
• Data Modeling
• Workflow Design
• Troubleshooting
• Code Review
• Impact Analysis
• Deployment Planning
• Bug Fixing
• Code Walkthroughs

Industry Keywords

• Enterprise Application
• Client Requirements
• Design Parameters
• Quality Standards
• Business Cases