Technical Consultant, IS

Company: EDWARD JONES
Location: Springfield
Posted on: June 25, 2022

Job Description:

At Edward Jones, we help clients achieve their serious, long-term financial goals by understanding their needs and implementing tailored solutions. To ensure a personal client experience, we have located our 15,000+ branch offices where our more than 7 million clients live and work.

In a typical branch office, a financial advisor meets with clients and receives branch office support, so they can focus on building deep relationships with clients. Headquarters associates in St. Louis, Tempe and Mississauga provide support and expertise to help U.S. and Canada branch teams deliver an ideal client experience. We continue to grow to meet the needs of long-term individual investors.What the Tech Bank and Lending team does---

The Tech Bank and Lending team is responsible for supporting firm critical systems and delivering bank and lending products to our clients. These systems are custom-built and vendor-supported applications, used daily by our home office associates, 14,000 branch teams and clients. We're seeking an exceptionally talented person to innovate and collaborate with our team to generate creative ideas that will continue taking these applications to the next level.

What You'll do---

• Design - Perform analyst role in design, code, test, debug, and maintain of programs
• Develop - Modify and develop complex information systems involving most phases of systems analysis and programming
• Adapt - Shift work between different environments and multitask
• Implement - Analyze, design, code and document programs and enhancements
• Test - Conduct code walkthroughs to ensure programs meet the specified quality standards
• Plan - Assist with defining and meeting business requirements, preparing detailed software specifications, and providing program or system level estimates
• Monitor - Provide system support, including on-call pager rotation
• Mentor - Provide guidance, training and mentorship on the business impact of the systems supported, technical systems design, development of best practices, and Technology processes and tools
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, etc. preferred or equivalent experience in information systems
  • Five years of experience in software development and support applications in Web environment
  • Minimum of five years Java development
  • Expertise in open systems development using Java, J2EE and Weblogic are required
  • Experience with Mainframe applications and Cobol is a plus
  • Knowledge of Linux Operating System, Java Script, Linux scripting, Perl Scripting, Visual Basic, .Net, RPM packaging, and/or C would be a plus, as well as any knowledge of Oracle or DB2 database
  • Knowledge of financial services industry preferred
  • Excellent communications and interpersonal skills
  • Excellent organizational and time management skills
  • Strong analytical and problem solving skills
  • Ability to work in a team environment and/or as an individual contributor, as required
    • 2021 FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For - By Great Place to Work - and FORTUNE Magazine - Edward Jones was named No. 20 on the list.
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      • 2021 Corporate Equality Index - Edward Jones joins the ranks of 767 major U.S. businesses that received top marks in the Foundation's 19th annual scorecard on LGBTQ workplace equality.
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        • 2021 Training Top 100 list - Edward Jones ranked No. 19, up six spots from last year in its 21st consecutive year on this prestigious list.
        • J.D. Power, 2021 - Edward Jones has ranked "highest in Employee Advisor Satisfaction among Financial Investment Firms" in the J.D. Power 2021 U.S. Financial Advisor Satisfaction Study.
          • Edward Jones received the highest score among employee advisors in the J.D. Power 2007,2008, 2010, 2012-2015, 2017-2021 Financial Advisor Satisfaction Studies of employee advisors' satisfaction among those who are employed by an investment services firm. Visit jdpower.com/awards for more information.Edward Jones does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.At Edward Jones, we value and respect our associates and their contributions, and we recognize individual efforts through a rewards program that promotes a long-term career, financial security and well-being. Visit our career site to learn more about our total compensation approach, which in addition to base salary, typically includes benefits, bonuses and profit sharing. The salary range for this role is based on national data and actual pay is based on skills, experience, education, and other relevant factors for a potential new associate:
            Salary: $90628 - $154313
            Category: Headquarters

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