Web Application Developer
- Employer
- Allstate Insurance Company
- Location
- Roanoke, Virginia
- Salary
- Not Specified
- Closing date
- Nov 14, 2019
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- Category
- IT
- Job Type
- Not Specified
- Career Level
- Not Specified
Job Details
Where good people build rewarding careers.
Think that working in the insurance field can’t be exciting, rewarding and challenging? Think again. You’ll help us reinvent protection and retirement to improve customers’ lives. We’ll help you make an impact with our training and mentoring offerings. Here, you’ll have the opportunity to expand and apply your skills in ways you never thought possible. And you’ll have fun doing it. Join a company of individuals with hopes, plans and passions, all using and developing our talents for good, at work and in life.
Job Family Summary
The Data Analytics Development job family is responsible for collaborating with clients to make objective customer-focused and data-driven decisions by creating applications and reports that provide actionable data. They are also responsible for projects, providing analytics support, and serving in a consultant role across Operations.
Job Description
The Consultant II is responsible for breaking down business problems (i.e. key drivers for trends such as volume increases, low cycle times, decreases in quality, etc.) into applications/reports by assessing the requirements and/or business impact. With limited guidance, the consultant will independently develop tools and reports to provide insights and actionable recommendations to Operations business partners/leaders in the form of projects, striving to positively impact and influence operational efficiencies and business decisions. The consultant will have a passion for problem solving, comfort with ambiguity and the ability to think conceptually, analytically and creatively.
Key Responsibilities
- Write well designed, testable, efficient code by using best software development practices
- Create website layout/user interface by using standard HTML/CSS practices
- Integrate data from various back-end services and databases
- Gather and refine specifications and requirements based on technical needs
- Create and maintain software documentation
- Be responsible for maintaining, expanding, and scaling internally created sites / applications
- Generates and codes work units for simple to intermediate changes, enhancements, and modules according to specifications and standards
- Accurately documents design and code fixes for all created code to memorialize fixes and dependencies according to established standards
- Tracks and resolves simple to intermediate defects
- Assists in production support activities by determining the nature, impact, and extent of the problem
- Assists with change management activities supporting production deployment to Developers, Quality Control Analysts, and Environment Management personnel
- Generates code for web, database and dashboard design, changes, and enhancements according to accepted specifications and standards
- Assists in the creation/update of new/existing reports as needed by operations and customers. This includes requests for ad-hoc reports and/or analysis.
Job Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Two-year degree in Computer Science, MIS, or related area, or equivalent work experience
- 2-4 years of application development experience
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Programming and Technical:
- Classic ASP (intermediate)
- ASP.Net (beginner - intermediate)
- SQL (intermediate)
- Visual Studio (beginner - intermediate)
- C# programming (beginner - intermediate)
- HTML (intermediate – advanced)
- CSS (beginner - intermediate)
- JavaScript (beginner - intermediate)
- VBScript (intermediate)
- Bonus skills: SSMS, Windows Forms programming, JQuery
Job Qualifications Continued
Miscellaneous:
- Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
- Intermediate skills in Word, Excel (especially), Access (especially) and PowerPoint.
- Time management (be able to prioritize work and manage their time unsupervised)
- Able to facilitate a discussion with customers and leaders. To be able to discuss technical topics with non-technical people.
- Intermediate presentation skills (tied closely with communication skills)
The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation, which includes a drug screen.
Good Work. Good Life. Good Hands®.
As a Fortune 100 company and industry leader, we provide a competitive salary – but that’s just the beginning. Our Total Rewards package also offers benefits like tuition assistance, medical and dental insurance, as well as a robust pension and 401(k). Plus, you’ll have access to a wide variety of programs to help you balance your work and personal life -- including a generous paid time off policy.
Allstate generally does not sponsor individuals for employment-based visas for this position.
It is the Company’s policy to employ the best qualified individuals available for all jobs. Therefore, any discriminatory action taken on account of an employee’s ancestry, age, color, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual and reproductive health decision, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, race, religion (including religious dress), sex, or sexual orientation that adversely affects an employee's terms or conditions of employment is prohibited. This policy applies to all aspects of the employment relationship, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, salary administration, promotion, job assignment, benefits, discipline, and separation of employment
Company
- Website
- https://www.allstate.com/
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