Systems Analyst II-Marketing Technical Lead

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L.L.Bean is currently searching for a Systems Analyst – Marketing Technical Lead to join our Information Services (IS) team. This important role is responsible for critical marketing and customer communication strategies in collaboration with our internal business partners. You will design and implement complex computer application solutions to meet business informational needs and requirements, and provide technical leadership in broad, complex, high visibility and/or high impact projects. You will also evaluate and analyze requirements to develop technical solutions to business problems within industry standard business process and best practices while still having coding responsibilities as well.

Please note: This role can be based at our corporate headquarters in Freeport, Maine, our Costa Rica office, remote/virtual, or some combination.  Our HQ facilities in Freeport, Maine have just been renovated and it is an incredible facility with on-site cafeteria and fitness facilities.

Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates technical leadership within team and provides technical leadership on complex projects and baseline support.

• Works with business area customers and vendors to identify business requirements, scope, feasibility, performance, security, test strategies, and test execution.

• Develops complex integration requirements and partners with the integration developer to implement.

• Responsible for design and specifications (High Level and Micro), configuration/development, integration, testing, debugging, implementation, and documentation for complex solutions.

• Emphasis on design. Applies technical expertise in one or more highly specialized areas of application systems or a suite of Commercial off the Shelf (COTS) software packages.

• Works independently and collaboratively with team; provides regular updates to leader.

• Applies formal methodologies when designing and implementing solutions, including the usage of software design patterns, documentation and automated testing.

• Manage any technical issues that arise during development/configuration, testing and implementation.

• Coordinate environment set-up (including code releases, data loads, asset load, etc.)

• Participates in project planning and development and assumes responsibility for project scope including guidance of others. Provides options for and estimates of possible solutions

• Estimates and tracks time required to complete work, for project budgeting and financial tracking

• Participates in or may lead the selection, implementation, and integration of packaged software

• Participates in the identification & development of new shop standards consistent with L. L. Bean's Enterprise Referential Architecture.

• Conducts and participates in reviews of solution designs, configurations, and code.

• Partners with technical and business team members to maintain system documentation, knowledge base and frequently asked questions.

• Acts as technical liaison to software vendors.

• Partners with the business on effective end user adoption and use of system / function.

• Reviews training strategy, materials and Standard Operating Procedures.

• Responsible for 24x7 research and resolution of production system problems.

• On call – provides daytime and after hours on call support.

• Ensures the team adheres to security standards in support of PCI compliance.

• Ensures the team adheres to development standards and best coding practices.

May manage assigned personnel

• Establish performance objectives, assign/direct work, monitor progress and appraise performance.

• Develop employees in job-related skills through work assignments, direct training, and development plans, and provide regular feedback, both positive and developmental.

• Recommend and administer wages and salaries of direct reports.

• Communicate company policies and procedures and resolve routine personnel problems in accordance with them.

Requirements include:

• 4-Year Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in computer science/technology