Sr. Associate - Developer / Analyst, Genetics Operations
Company: Zoetis, Inc
Location: Ames
Posted on: January 25, 2023
Job Description:
Role Description:The purpose of this role is primarily for the
design and development of systems for delivering Laboratory
operation and data analytics platforms to commercial customers.
Overall, the role is intended to assure systems are specified,
designed, developed, and delivered to meet standards and
requirements for high quality and optimal customer experience. A
key concept behind this role is that in this Genetics Operations
environment, developers should have a thorough understanding of
business processes and their associated requirements, in addition
to expert development skills. This is a small team of highly
motivated professionals, and the team size does not allow for a
specialization of pure development that is decoupled from the
concerns of business analysis. Thus, this role has an "analyst"
component, which is essential to identifying or refining business
requirements and translating them into technical solutions.The
primary responsibility for this role will be in design and
development. The role will be expected to innovate by finding
creative approaches to automation of workflows, user interfaces,
and back-end computing. Expertise in developing solutions capable
of processing very large data sets efficiently is essential.
Database skills, including fluency in developing efficient SQL,
stored procedure development, and performance troubleshooting and
tuning are essential. MS-SQL is the most prevalent RDBMS in this
space, but Postgres skills are also desirable. Currently the most
relevant development stack is .NET, with C# , Alteryx and Power BI
used for new development, but there exists significant legacy code
in Visual Basic that must be supported and enhanced. There are also
significant portions of the back-end system running on a Linux
platform, with development in C#.NET, C++, Python, and Bash. The
environment is evolving towards Java, Python, and Postgres in a
cloud-based (both AWS and Azure) environment. Both Windows and
Linux operating systems are in use.Responsibilities and
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree, ideally in Computer Science, Information
Systems, Engineering, or Science
- 4+ years relevant software development experience, ideally with
Laboratory, Life Sciences, and/or Customer Service applications,
using Visual Studio / C# / Visual Basic /ASP.NET /ADO.NET / Power
BI / Alteryx
- 2+ years' experience collecting, analyzing, and documenting
requirements
- Deliver solutions according to agreed project timelines, taking
the initiative to drive the outcomes requested by the business and
ITS management.
- Develop and support systems in the .NET/MS-SQL/ PowerBI /
Alteryx stack, including troubleshooting, bug fixes, and
enhancements.
- Transition to development and support of systems in the
Java/Python/Postgres stack
- Define / document robust business system requirements. A
variety of tools and techniques are used, including user stories,
interviews, observation, workflow/process/data modelling /
analysis.
- Analyze requirements to develop solution designs, working with
stakeholders in the business and IT.
- Translate business requirements into data design requirements
and subsequent data models.
- Develop, implement, and maintain computing solutions and
databases that meet requirements.
- Manage the communication of requirements, expectations and
priorities between time zones and teams in a manner which optimizes
resource usage and minimizes turnaround times.
- Ensure that requirements are addressed in the solution and that
the solution is tested adequately.
- Create and maintain system development lifecycle
documentation.
- Participate in and/or drive problem investigation and
resolution.
- Participate in continuous improvement activities aimed at
reducing cycle times, eliminating redundancies, and increasing
throughput.
- Collaborate and coordinate with other developers, including
onsite and offshore managed service partners
- Document the operational user stories and standard operating
procedures for system enhancements and new products. This
documentation is expected to be high quality and appropriate for
use by operations personnel (customer support and laboratory
operations);
- Aid in the generation and execution of corrective and
preventative actions stemming from system issues & errors.Full
timeRegularColleagueAny unsolicited resumes sent to Zoetis from a
third party, such as an Agency recruiter, including unsolicited
resumes sent to a Zoetis mailing address, fax machine or email
address, directly to Zoetis employees, or to Zoetis resume database
will be considered Zoetis property. Zoetis will NOT pay a fee for
any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited
resume.Zoetis will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has
submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency
free of any charges or fees. This includes any Agency that is an
approved/engaged vendor but does not have the appropriate approvals
to be engaged on a search.Zoetis is committed to equal opportunity
in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job
applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national
origin, disability or veteran status or any other protected
classification. Disabled individuals are given an equal opportunity
to use our online application system. We offer reasonable
accommodations as an alternative if requested by an individual with
a disability. Please contact Zoetis Colleague Services at
zoetiscolleagueservices@zoetis.com to request an accommodation.
Zoetis also complies with all applicable national, state and local
laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as
employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration
and Nationality Act. All applicants must possess or obtain
authorization to work in the US for Zoetis. Zoetis retains sole and
exclusive discretion to pursue sponsorship for the acquisition or
maintenance of nonimmigrant status and employment eligibility,
considering factors such as availability of qualified US workers.
Individuals requiring sponsorship must disclose this fact. Please
note that Zoetis seeks information related to job applications from
candidates for jobs in the U.S. solely via the following: (1) our
company website at www.Zoetis.com/careers site, or (2) via email
to/from addresses using only the Zoetis domain of "@zoetis.com". In
addition, Zoetis does not use Google Hangout for any recruitment
related activities. Any solicitation or request for information
related to job applications with Zoetis via any other means and/or
utilizing email addresses with any other domain should be
disregarded. In addition, Zoetis will never ask candidates to make
any type of personal financial investment related to gaining
employment with Zoetis.
Keywords: Zoetis, Inc, Ames , Sr. Associate - Developer / Analyst, Genetics Operations, IT / Software / Systems , Ames, Iowa
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