Senior Programmer Analyst

Job Title: Senior Programmer Analyst

Location: IAM National Benefit Funds Office, Washington, DC

Employment Type: Full-Time (Hybrid; in-office/remote)

Salary: $130,000 - $150,000

Job Summary

The IAM National Benefit Funds Office is seeking an experienced Senior Programmer Analyst to join our IT Department supporting all three funds – IAM National Pension Fund, IAM National 401(K) Fund, and National IAM Benefit Trust Fund. Looking for a meaningful career and growing your skill set? Be part of our Application Development Team and help establish the Gold Standard in the Benefit Administration Industry. We’re implementing a new benefit administration system and integrating new technologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze user specifications and requirements. Map business requirements to technical implementable components, and work towards solutions with critical thinking, minimal supervision; serve as the SME; and mentor junior analysts.
• Implement, manage, and administer various web applications using various programming languages, such as React, Node.js, Java, VB .NET/ASP.NET.
• Apply SDLC and broader PMI/Agile execution approaches to deliver business outcomes in an effective and efficient fashion.
• Utilize, manage, and administer source control, CI/CD, container, and container orchestration capabilities to deliver various software application systems in SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, and/or on-prem deployment environments.
• Engineer and develop microservices and utilize and reuse them to rapidly implement various application systems and integrate with other systems.
• Harness existing IAMBFO technology capabilities as a foundation and adroitly extend, modify, and reuse them to implement and administer innovative capabilities to help business teams.
• For application deployment engineer, design and implement cloud infrastructures with HA, failover, and DR capabilities.
• Implement, develop, automate, administer, and manage various databases like Postgres, Oracle, SQL Server, UniData, and NoSQL.
• Spearhead execution, deployment, implementation, operation, development, and application of enterprise integration, data quality, ETL, and MDM tools (e.g., Informatica, Microsoft Azure Data Factory, Google Firebase, AWS Glue).
• Collaborate with IAMBFO senior leaders and managers and help meet their technology solution needs in a cost-effective fashion.
• Lead implementation and operation of advanced application systems, such as BI, Mobile App, and AI/ML.
• Perform annual regulatory and compliance projects like Actuarial and Tax Reporting.
• Training/Work Coordination & Team Support. Manage and mentor junior programmer analysts.
• Document all development/reporting processes, validate outputs for accuracy, and maintain organized technical documentation and knowledge artifacts.
• Demonstrate strong verbal/written communication, sound judgment, organization, and follow-through. Meet deadlines and support stakeholders effectively.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Preferred Attributes

• 10+ years in developing, maintaining, and operating software applications, BI, Mobile Apps, and AI/ML capabilities.
• Experience in the PMI/Agile/Scrum environment.
• Experience with logical and physical data modeling and RDBMS.
• Experience in Integration, Data Quality, MDM, and ETL tools.
• Experience in React, Node.js, .NET, Python, Linux, PowerShell.
• Experience with code repositories like Git, Team Foundation Server with CI/CD and container orchestration.
• Experience in Batch Scripting and job scheduling.
• Experience in the Benefit Administration industry is a major plus, but not required.

Education:

• An undergraduate degree(BA/BS) from an accredited university in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Technical certifications are a plus.

Benefits

Employees at the IAM Benefit Funds Office enjoy:

• Comprehensive and fully employer-funded health, dental, and vision benefits.
• Generous vacation and holiday policies
• Fully employer-funded defined-benefit pension plan.
• 401(k) plan with employee participation option.
• Many other exciting guaranteed and voluntary benefits.