Manager, IT Application Delivery

Homesteaders Life Company•West Des Moines, IA

54d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Manager, IT Application Delivery, you will provide technical direction, development oversight, and deployment of Homesteaders software solutions. Your role will include technical direction of development and adherence to system architecture. You will assist with leading prototyping and rapid development initiatives within the single agile delivery team. Your responsibilities will include: Solution Design & Architecture: Translates business requirements into solution designs. Coordinates with other HLC IT leadership on architecture decisions and engages with the application architecture review process. Ensures all new development work completed by the team follows the application architecture process. System design & build: Performs and guides an applications delivery team in performing necessary tasks to design, code, test, debug, document, and implement changes to existing software applications. Communication: Ensures that the appropriate people are informed of activities and progress made relative to milestones or tasks. Presents and discuss solution designs at levels of the organization, adjusting communication style appropriately. Testing: Performs, guides and oversee the performance of quality applications testing to assure the delivery of a product that meets the user’s specifications. System Implementation: Participates in and leads off-hours system upgrades and implementations to minimize customer impact and promote system reliability. IT Planning: Provides technical advice to senior IT management or project managers, assisting them with high level planning and cost justifications that impact new or existing software applications. Elicits business requirements and translates them into solution designs, including the creation of meaningful diagrams that can convey ideas to a non-technical audience. When needed, assists in creating project backlog items. Use the agile methodology to manage and complete work among the team. Advocates for and supports our ongoing efforts to automate toward continuous integration and continuous delivery. Manages, coaches, and mentors team members toward desired team culture, level of excellence, and work quality and efficiency. Ensures their adherence to standards.

Requirements

5+ years of progressive, applicable experience working with application development tools and processes.
3+ years of leadership experience required.
2+years of .NET framework experience.
2+ years of experience utilizing SQL Server.
Understanding systems development methodology best practices.
Knowledge of agile methodologies, techniques, and tools; minimum of two years agile experience
Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

Solution Design & Architecture: Translates business requirements into solution designs. Coordinates with other HLC IT leadership on architecture decisions and engages with the application architecture review process. Ensures all new development work completed by the team follows the application architecture process.
System design & build: Performs and guides an applications delivery team in performing necessary tasks to design, code, test, debug, document, and implement changes to existing software applications.
Communication: Ensures that the appropriate people are informed of activities and progress made relative to milestones or tasks. Presents and discuss solution designs at levels of the organization, adjusting communication style appropriately.
Testing: Performs, guides and oversee the performance of quality applications testing to assure the delivery of a product that meets the user’s specifications.
System Implementation: Participates in and leads off-hours system upgrades and implementations to minimize customer impact and promote system reliability.
IT Planning: Provides technical advice to senior IT management or project managers, assisting them with high level planning and cost justifications that impact new or existing software applications.
Elicits business requirements and translates them into solution designs, including the creation of meaningful diagrams that can convey ideas to a non-technical audience. When needed, assists in creating project backlog items.
Use the agile methodology to manage and complete work among the team. Advocates for and supports our ongoing efforts to automate toward continuous integration and continuous delivery.
Manages, coaches, and mentors team members toward desired team culture, level of excellence, and work quality and efficiency. Ensures their adherence to standards.