Senior Systems Engineer

Job Title
Senior Systems Engineer
Job Description
Meredith Operations Corporation has an opening for a Senior Systems Engineer in Des Moines, IA
The position duties are as follows: Responsible for working with teams to maintain the technical environment, including analyzing, defining, documenting, and communicating complex business solutions. Daily duties include:

• Develop complex PL/SQL/UNIX/Python scripts to automate and solve business issues;
• Ensure a secure integration between the financial systems with third party applications;
• Keep abreast of latest technology and methods around Business Intelligence/Reporting technologies, Customer Relationship management system (CRM). Enterprise resource planning systems (ERP) and Financial Planning applications;
• Recognizes and identifies potential areas where existing applications require change or where new applications need developed, especially regarding future business expansion;
• Partners with technical staff and architects to translate business requirements into technical specifications; Recommends appropriate scope of requirements;
• Participates and supports the technical aspects in period close activities of the financial system
• Supports the technical aspects to continue various business processes; Works collaboratively with the Business Analysis team and the ERP-Finance Director; Interacts with business users to identify requirements for data, reports, analyses, training, service levels, data quality, performance and new analytic application;
• Coordinates service requests with technology providers, leveraging other business technology and IT resources;
• Works collaboratively with other system engineers and provides guidance and project oversight for system engineers with less experience; Works with the team to perform technical code reviews; Mentors the tech team during design decisions and coding;
• Takes direction from ERP - Finance Director for project and support initiatives;
• Evaluates the pros and cons and make policy decisions on aspects that benefit the technical team; and
• Validates whether the applications meet requirements and service level agreements.

The position requires a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, a related technical field or foreign equivalent, plus 3 years of progressively responsible experience working as a system engineer, applications super user / administrator, or other technical capacity understanding, documenting, communicating, and executing business requirements. Experience must include:
3 years of experience with Oracle SQL/PLSQL;
3 years of experience with Informatica Cloud;
3 years of experience devising integration development plans and strategies;
3 years of experience with integrations, development processes, and integration architectures;
2 years of experience with REST API development in Oracle Data Rest Services (ORDS) or similar;
2 years of experience with general accounting and financial reporting concepts;
2 years of experience with project management concepts and best practices;
2 years of experience with Unix Operating System;
Experience with working alongside Oracle BA's / functional experts on identified system gaps and building tech specs for CEMLI (Configurations, Extensions, Modifications, Localizations & Integrations) items that mitigate the systems gaps; and
Experience with technical documentation and use of Agile tools to maintain the tech standards and audit controls.
Role permits full-time telecommuting. Must be available during normal business hours U.S. CST
Resumes to [email protected], Ref. GS-MC1
It is the policy of Meredith Operations Corporation ("Dotdash Meredith", "the Company") to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, the Company will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. Accommodation requests can be made by emailing [email protected] .
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