Senior Programmer-Analyst

• The Senior Programmer Analyst investigates requests and problems that are large and/or have a high degree of complexity as assigned by the Project Manager and/or Development Manager.
• The incumbent will develop detailed specifications for new or enhanced systems to include accurate cost & time estimates and make recommendations to ensure project objectives, and tasks are delivered in a timely manner. The Senior Programmer Analyst will analyze, design, document, test, debug, implement and maintain programs in the core technologies supported by Customer. Communicating and providing expertise & assistance to other team members and other business units is required on a daily basis.

• Logical thinking, strong problem solving
• Effective organizational skills
• Ability to mentor junior staff and share expertise across the I.S. team
• Significant knowledge of systems analysis, design, and systems development disciplines
• Perseverance, diligence, self-motivation.
• Excellent written/verbal & listening skills
• Results & detail orientated
• Decision making
• Presentation skills

• University degree in Computer Science or a combined Business Administration & Information Systems diploma
• 5-8 years experience in systems development, implementation, integration & support

• WebSphere 4.0, WSAD, XML, Java, Javascript, and related
• Other relevant skills: Visual Age for Java, previous versions of WebSphere, VB, COM+, PowerBuilder, DB2, Sybase, HTML, and related
• Insurance/financial industry experience is a definite asset