Associate Application Engineer - Asset Management

Thrivent•Minneapolis, MN

2d•$77,478 - $104,823•Hybrid

About The Position

The Associate Application Engineer - Asset Management assists in creating or maintaining software applications to meet business needs. The Associate Application Engineer works with or is mentored by experienced Application Engineers to get work done in individual application components or subsystems within the scope of larger applications. The Associate Application Engineer works in a team environment.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, MIS, business, mathematics or related field.
0-3 years’ technical experience.
Experience with Java and SQL.
Experience with or ability to learn development languages, tools, and structures.
Experience with or ability to learn vendor package implementation.
Business knowledge for the area of support.

Nice To Haves

Experience with development languages, tools, and structures (e.g., Java, OpenShift, SQL, Snowflake, dbt, GitHub, PowerBI or similar technologies).
Strong critical thinking abilities to assess an application system and design changes within the convention of the system.
Ability to make sound judgments when evaluating the business and technical environment and assessing technical solutions.
Strong abilities in troubleshooting and problem solving.
Demonstrates a continuous learning mindset.
Works effectively as a member of a cross functional team iterating on solutions while providing 24x7 support for production systems.

Responsibilities

Provide support for business applications (proprietary and/or vendor applications) including: Enhancement and/or new development work on projects, Upgrades to existing systems, Routine maintenance and support activities
Participation in on-call rotation to provide 24x7 support for existing systems.
Work collaboratively in a team environment with business resources and other application engineers. Use established agile methodologies and tools to identify, verify and document technical features that support development of business-driven technology solutions.
Work with other application engineers to ensure that the affected application components function appropriately, data impacts are considered, and other areas of change management are addressed.
Develop, integrate, test, debug and document application components using a variety of technologies.
Install application components by following implementation and verification procedures to ensure the successful implementation of systems.