Technical Lead (QAD)

Valmont Structures; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Valmont Structures seeks an experienced software professional to perform systems analysis, design, and development of complex applications. You will ensure standards, controls, and audit trails are maintained, while documenting current and future business processes and bridging gaps with technical solutions.

The role requires translating user requirements into scalable designs, developing database, scripting, and UI code, and leading data validation efforts.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8+ years of relevant programming experience with Progress 4GL and ERP integrations.
• Experience across CIM Loads & QXTEND in QAD ERP environments.
• Strong ability to translate business requirements into robust technical designs and applications.
• Experience in documentation, testing, and adherence to standards and audit trails.

Responsibilities

• Perform systems analysis and design with minimal supervision.
• Ensure adherence to departmental standards, controls and audit trails.
• Identify current and future business processes and gaps.
• Translate user requirements into technical design and development tasks.
• Develop architecture and code for database, scripting, and UI components.
• Lead project teams and support data validation and quality efforts.
• Prepare documentation and infrastructure requirements for development projects.
• Monitor industry trends and apply new technologies as appropriate.
• Manage feasibility analyses considering technical and economic factors.
• Oversee project management tasks including estimation, scheduling, and risk resolution.

Skills

Progress 4GL

CIM Loads

QXTEND

QAD ERP SE/EE

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Master's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

QAD ERP

Job description

Role & responsibilities :

• Perform systems analysis and design, document, develop, implement, and maintain complex application development work with little or no supervision
• Ensure systems and applications created under his/her responsibility adhere to departmental standards, appropriate controls and audit trails exist, and that new systems and programs are thoroughly tested prior to installation in production environment
• Identify and document current and future business processes
• Identify and document gaps between current and future business processes
• Analyze and translate user requirements into technical design and development projects
• Develop technical architecture and code for applications including database, scripting and user interface design
• Develop technical and functional architecture for Interfaces including field mapping and data transformation
• Assist Business Analysts and other Programmers in identifying fields to execute data conversion
• Lead project team and end users in execution of data validation and quality
• Document identified issues as they surface
• Collaborate with project team to resolve identified issues
• Monitor and assist project team and end users in the execution of user acceptance testing
• Provide on-going application technical support and participate in application training
• Provide documentation, technical specifications and infrastructure requirements for each development Project
• Continuously monitor industry trends, standards and technologies. Research, recommend and apply new technologies as they emerge
• Perform feasibility analysis considering technical, infrastructural, organizational and economic aspects to alternative solutions
• Perform project management activities including task identification, effort and duration estimates, task dependencies and sequencing, critical path analysis, resource assignment and evaluation, conflict and problem resolution

Preferred candidate profile

• Strong expertise in Progress 4GL programming, CIM Loads & QXTEND.
• Work experience of QAD ERP systems SE & EE different versions.
• Preferred bachelors degree with 8+ years or masters degree with 5+ years of relevant computer programming experience.