Senior Software Developer

At STERIS, we help our Customers create a healthier and safer world by providing innovative healthcare and life science product and service solutions around the globe.

Position Summary

The Senior Software Developer, C# / SQL Server, is a position on the IT team dedicated to the AST division and is responsible for the implementation and ongoing system support for the ODMS application suite, used in all AST locations. 

There will be interaction with business users to understand issues, gather change requirements, coordinate testing and implement solutions.  Participation in team and / or project meetings, to schedule work and discuss status, will be required.  

This position will work on development requests and projects. This position will be expected to take joint responsibility for software development tasks.  Development tasks will include, but not limited to, interacting with business to gather requirements, designing and developing technical solutions, unit testing programs, user testing, documentation and implementation.  Requests involve development of new forms/screens, reports, alerts, interfaces and data conversion programs.  

Support of the applications would include resolving issues reported by users.  Resolution process will include, but not limited to, investigating reported bugs, modifying application code to resolve application issues, developing scripts to fix data issues, making program changes, testing fixes and applying changes to production.  

The position also requires staying abreast with changes in technology, programming languages, and software development tools.  Staying up to date on changes and upgrades to related software development tools will also be required.
 

Duties

Application Administration - 30%

• Monitors interfaces and critical programs in production systems for errors, performance and any other abnormality
• Provides support for assigned applications modules and related integrations
• Troubleshoots and resolves problems reported by users of these modules and applications.
• Investigates issues reported by system users.
• Develops fixes for issues
• Develops changes to programs to resolve issues
• Investigates setup or configuration changes required to support business processes
• Works with other team members, DBA team and other teams to resolve issues
• Works with Business Process Owner(s) to test and make changes to Applications setup or configurations to resolve issues

Application Development – 70%

• Reviews and understands business requirements for development tasks assigned
• Develops new programs or makes changes to existing programs, according to business requirements.  
• Develops test scripts and tests programs according to business requirements
• Does performance tuning of programs, screens and other objects when performance issues are reported
• Works with business users to test programs in Development and Test environments.
• Writes technical documentation
• Works with DBA, System Administration teams to migrate programs to Test and Production environments
• Works with Business Process Owners to investigate new functionality
• Works on Application upgrades
• Participates in the validation process. #LI-KS1

Required Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science or equivalent field.
• Minimum 6 years of full-time systems and applications development including systems/application analysis and design experience 
• Expertise in specific application, platform, technology to provide service to multiple clients.
• Experience in implementing quality guidelines, standards and procedures.
• Knowledge of project management tools methodologies and tools.
• Experience in the following:
  • Microsoft .NET, C#, .NET Core, Web and Windows Forms, Blazor, EntityFramework, etc.
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • DevOps pipelines
  • Advance knowledge of relational databases preferred  
  • Advance knowledge of design and programming techniques that provide security 
  • Advance knowledge of SDLC 
  • Advance knowledge of version and revision control practices and procedures

Skills

• Strong professional verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to establish effective working relationships with business and project team members.
• Demonstrated ability to work within a team environment, helping peers resolve issues.
• Ability to work with little supervision and within changing priorities. 
• Strong ability to analyze requirements and troubleshoot problems.
• Possess a high degree of initiative and self-direction
   

 

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