Job Description
Your Opportunity as the Senior Developer, IS Enterprise Analytics
The Smucker Information Services (IS) department enables technology solutions for capabilities that help our business perform, transform and grow. The Senior Developer on the IS Enterprise Analytics Team realizes this purpose by designing, building and supporting data interfaces and other technical functions that power applications used by Smucker Sales, Marketing, Trade and Financial functions. Being part of a team that has direct relationships with internal business customers, this role builds knowledge in particular business processes and concepts as well as data structures relevant to the business areas supported. This role will be heavily involved in solution delivery and support to address an integrated technology landscape that continues to evolve toward cloud-based tools. This technical hands-on position requires proven development skills, excellent communication, curiosity to solve problems and a willingness to learn new skills under moderate guidance within a collaborative team environment.
Location: Orrville, OH (Close proximity to Cleveland/Akron)
Work Arrangements: Hybrid, Onsite approximately 6-9 days per month, during core weeks as determined by the Company; maybe more as business need requires
In this role you will:
Deliver solutions
Serve as an individual contributor to deliver programming solutions that meet business requirements, factor supportability and balance cost versus benefit. May lead technical activities for smaller projects.
Provide input to work plans and estimates based on experience with development activities.
Author technical specifications for moderately complex solutions. May own full solution design for smaller projects.
Follow documented standards for development, code promotion, and change management. Instructs junior resources as appropriate.
Own the design, construction and execution of technical solution testing, including unit, integration and performance tests. Independently troubleshoot and resolve defects.
Participate in mock cutover exercises to prevent disruption and issues once live.
Perform release management techniques in GitHub to ensure completion of all phases of development cycle.
Integrate new tools ensuring accuracy of data in pipeline.
Ensure auditable data compliance within new development
Validate that branching strategy, quality, audit, testing, cost, monitoring and security process is strong with every feature release
Support and maintain existing solutions
Own the CI/CD Pipeline maintenance ensuring the promotion of the production process is uninterrupted with business self-service of analytics
Ensure code approval flows sustain with every change
Provide troubleshooting and fixes for complex issues, driving understanding of root cause and prioritization.
Follow defined support paths and incident management processes to meet Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
Develop knowledge base and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for technical support plans.
Execute activities to support ongoing maintenance and periodic releases of software.
Strengthen development capabilities
Contribute to standardized code solutions and automation opportunities.
Learn new tools and apply modern IT concepts to support ongoing shift toward cloud-based technologies
The Right Place for You
We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our Basic Beliefs, and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs.
What we are looking for:
Minimum Requirements:
3+ years of work experience as a developer, with either a Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline (preferably Computer Science or Computer Engineering) or specialized training in Information Technology.
Experience with multiple phases of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and formal delivery methodologies/frameworks (Traditional/Waterfall, Agile, DevOps).
Experience working on teams with assignment due dates or service level agreements (SLAs) to support customer needs.
Knowledge and ability to build solutions based on business requirements, with a particular focus on data integration and ETL workloads.
Knowledge of data structures, algorithms, formats and integration methods.
Knowledge of enterprise toolsets for integration, reporting, process orchestration and/or scheduling.
Ability to unit test, troubleshoot and debug developed code, tuning for performance or other optimization/scalability objectives.
Knowledge of modern IT concepts such as Cloud Computing and Infrastructure as Code
Experience with IT service management systems (for incidents, problems and requests) and code management processes
Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role (not required):
Experience with a visualization tools: Tableau, Power BI, Spotfire, etc.
Experience with GitHub or equivalent tools.
Experience with data integration and ETL tools, particularly Databricks, Fivetran, Informatica Intelligent Cloud Service (IICS) or SnapLogic, or other tools
Familiarity with data development languages Python, PySpark, XML, R, SQL and jsn
Experience with monitoring tools for cloud cost reporting
Experience with testing frameworks
Experience developing solutions on major cloud service provider platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Experience with Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) implementations including integrations of tools within an integrated enterprise environment.
Experience working with data warehouse or data lake structures
Professional certification in software development.
Experience with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance, IT general controls and related processes.
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The J. M. Smucker Company (the “Company”) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. No person will be discriminated against in hiring or in any other aspect of their employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, transgender status, marital status, familial status, disability, genetic information, protected veteran/military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
