What are the responsibilities and job description for the Application Developer position at Farm Bureau Financial Services?
Do you have a passion for new technologies? Are you self-driven and thrive in a fast paced, success-oriented environment? We are seeking an energetic individual to be a part of a high performing, collaborative team where every day is different. As an Application Developer in our organization you have the opportunity to work alongside others who take what they do seriously, prove it every day, and deliver on business needs for our growing financial services business located in our West Des Moines corporate headquarters.
This team supports our Property Casualty Policy systems. In this role your main responsibility would be to provide support for our usage-base insurance application. This would include developing solutions for enhancements and support of our usage-base insurance application. You would also help enhance and support the other systems our team is responsible for maintaining.
Who is Farm Bureau Financial Services?
At Farm Bureau Financial Services, we make insurance simple so our client/members can feel confident knowing their family, home, cars and other property are protected. We value a culture where integrity, teamwork, passion, service, leadership and accountability are at the heart of every decision we make and every action we take. We’re proud of our more than 75-year commitment to protecting the livelihoods and futures of our client/members and creating an atmosphere where our employee thrives.
What You’ll Do:
- Manage day-to-day operations and administration of usage-base insurance application.
- Work on other applications our team supports.
- Work closely with internal customers to keep the business and IT informed of productivity objectives, goals and concerns.
- Formulate and define business objectives and deliverable's and write business requirements based on system development methodologies.
- Provide ongoing support and resolution of business problems and analyze and correct system failures.
What it takes to join our team:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, plus 1-5 years relevant experience. We would be interested in looking at less experienced, but highly technical individuals for this role.
- Experience with IBM Mainframes. Develop and maintain applications using COBOL, DB2, JCL, and file systems.Write and optimize SQL queries for DB2 databases.
- Experience in Endevor,Easytrieve,File-AID, SPUFI and control-M would be plus
- Document technical specifications, system flows, and operational procedures.
- Participate in code reviews and ensure adherence to best practices.
- Must always have a customer service attitude in order to develop strong relationships with internal and external customers.
- Strong leadership skills and initiative to research questions and concerns.
- Strong communication skills in order to interact with customers and explain technical issues to non-technical colleagues.
- Experience with Agile a plus.
What We Offer You
When you’re on our team, you get more than a great paycheck. You’ll hear about career development and educational opportunities, an enhanced 401K with a match, low cost health, dental, and vision benefits, life and disability insurance options, and paid time off, including holidays, volunteer time, and teams who know how to have fun. Add to that an onsite wellness facility with fitness classes and programs, a daycare center, a cafeteria, and even an onsite medical clinic. Farm Bureau….where the grass really IS greener!
Work Authorization/Sponsorship: At this time, we are not considering candidates that need any type of immigration sponsorship now or in the future, such as additional or permanent work authorization. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time, permanent basis. We are not able to sponsor now or in the future, or take over sponsorship of, an employment visa or work authorization for this role. For example, we are not considering candidates with OPT status.
