Application Developer

Farm Bureau Financial Services•West Des Moines, IA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Develop and maintain system applications and related procedures. Must maintain a technical expertise to a degree that assistance may be provided to other Information Technology personnel. We deliver on our promise every day to protect livelihoods and futures. We do this through our value-based work, demonstrating service, integrity, leadership, teamwork, accountability and passion in all touch points with client members, employees, agents and vendors.

Requirements

College degree or equivalent required.
Knowledge of data handling methods, development techniques and one or more development programming languages.
Oral and written communication skills as appropriate to this position.
Keyboard skills as appropriate to this position.
Ability to read, write and speak the English language.
Reasonably regular and predictable attendance.

Nice To Haves

Three years of experience in insurance or finance data processing preferred.

Responsibilities

Respond to and resolve customer service requests according to FBL Financial Group, Inc., policies in a prompt, efficient and courteous manner for external customers, departmental staff, and other FBL personnel at all times.
Evaluate system applications and effect solutions through application maintenance or by new systems application development and informs system consultants on project status.
Analyze and evaluate system applications. Develop new and maintain existing applications of medium-to-high complexity as per specifications including developing application code, testing completed applications, and develop required documentation as defined by company development standards.
Maintain strict adherence to standards for documentation, development techniques, testing, and other related development activity.
Keep up-to-date on system development techniques and apply those techniques when analyzing and developing system applications.
Keep Application Development Manager, Project Manager, and team members informed on status of deliverables.
Provide twenty-four hour support for computer operation of production systems as needed. Assist in determining the causes of system problems by conferring with technical, business unit and system personnel.
Give guidance and direction, as needed, to development staff on technical matters.
Verify application logic by preparing test data and test plans, test and debug system applications, verify test results and provide guidance to others.
Provide assistance in education of development staff on technical issues including system development and productivity tool usage.
Perform other job-related duties or special projects as assigned.