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***This is located in Omaha, Nebraska and must be willing to relocate***

The main goal of this position is the analysis, design, development and implementation of application programs and the modification of existing application programs. In this role you will analyze project requirements, develop effort estimates, track dependencies and provide technical support.  As a Senior Programmer Analyst, you will support major cross functional projects with complex and challenging business problems that can have a broad organization impact and provide opportunities for significant competitive advantage.  You may solve highly technical complex problems and be included as a consultant for other projects.  Direction is provided by the immediate manager and normally consists of relative priority and timing requirements of the assignment, business process requirements and tradeoffs, assigned resources, security and/or performance requirements, interface and technical requirements.  You will be encouraged to leverage all technical resources to maximize production output and quality, and to develop and implement the solution within the parameters provided and subject to managerial direction and user acceptance testing and approval.  Your manager will be kept informed of progress toward the goal, issues, problems, conflicts and opportunities to help guide the project toward completion. 

The system user or customer is fully involved at each stage of implementation to help ensure the accuracy of the solution.  The Senior Programmer Analyst leads activities by coordinating development, systems integration and end user testing including planning, building, scheduling, facilitating execution, issues resolution, controlling scope, and adjusting to unforeseen issues.  You will work with the project team to document, prioritize, and resolve issues to ensure testing deliverables are completed on time.  Development and implementation of applications requires a broad understanding of application architecture and integration with business systems. The Senior Programmer Analyst must perform feasibility and economic analysis to evaluate system alternatives for cost and bottom-line impact.  Efficiency of the entire business process must be considered throughout the development cycle.

It is essential to embody Valmont’s core values of Passion, Integrity, Continuous Improvement, and Delivering Results while cultivating a workplace where employees feel valued, trusted, understood, and respected.

Essential Functions:

• This position reports to the Director Information Systems and has no direct or indirect reports.
• This role requires up to 15% travel (internationally/domestically), including overnight stays.
• Flexible schedule however must be able to work in the office 2 or 3 days per week and must be able to coordinate schedule to adjust to a global working environment when needed.
• Apply Agile, Waterfall or other similar application lifecycle methodology to develop the solutions.
• Perform systems analysis and design, document, develop, implement, and maintain complex application development work with little or no supervision.
• Ensure systems and applications created under his/her responsibility adhere to departmental standards, appropriate controls and audit trails exist, and that new systems and programs are thoroughly tested prior to installation in production environment.
• Identify and document gaps between current and future business processes.
• Analyze and translate user requirements into technical design and development projects.
• Develop technical architecture and code for applications including database, scripting and user interface design.
• Develop technical architecture for interfaces including field mapping and data transformation.
• Assist Business Analysts and other Programmers in identifying fields to execute data conversion.
• Lead project team and end users in execution of data validation and quality.
• Collaborate with project team to resolve identified issues.
• Monitor and assist project team and end users in the execution of user acceptance testing.
• Provide on-going application technical support and participate in application training.
• Provide documentation, technical specifications and infrastructure requirements for each development project.
• Continuously monitor industry trends, standards and technologies.  Research, recommend and apply new technologies.
• Perform feasibility analysis considering technical, infrastructural, organizational and economic aspects to alternative solutions.
• Perform project management activities including task identification, effort and duration estimates, task dependencies and sequencing, critical path analysis, resource assignment and evaluation, conflict and problem resolution.
• Keep informed of and apply best practices in design, system development and production monitoring trends.

Required Qualifications of Every Candidate (Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities):

• Preferred Bachelor’s degree with 6+ years relevant experience or Associate’s degree with 8+ years relevant experience or 10+ years of relevant experience.
• 6+ years of experience working in SAP S4 HANA and SAP cloud platform solutions.
• Understanding of SAP architecture and functional business processes in SAP S4 HANA modules to be able to map functional requirements into technical specifications.
• 6+ years of ABAP programming for S4 HANA, RAP (Rest Application Programming), Code Optimization techniques, Performance Optimization techniques, Advanced Debugging tools.
• Working experience with BTP platform programming, Fiori/UI5 custom development, BAS Commands, Code maintenance using GitHub and understanding of Integration Suite (Cloud platform integration).       
• In-depth understanding of Flexible Workflows, Adobe Forms, Enhancement Framework, Interface Mechanisms, Reports and Object-Oriented Programming.
• Experience with report building using CDS Views/Complex SQL Concepts, AMDP Classes, OData Services, and/or Embedded Analytics.
• Experience working with conversions using LTMC and LTMOM.
• Experience working on interfaces using OData Services, REST Services, SOAP Services (web services), Proxies, and IDOC (Custom and Standard).
• Experience with maintenance of ABAP4 data dictionary objects like tables, views structures, domains, data elements, search help, and lock objects.
• Strong understanding of Core ABAP and S4 HANA cloud platform.
• Experience with in-app extensibility and side-by-side extensibility, enhancements, BADI, user exits, BTE’s, substitution rule, and pricing routines.
• Must have a good understanding of transport paths and transporting mechanism between systems.
• Must be able to adhere to established technical standards and adapt new syntaxes or technologies for better code efficiency and performance.  
• Agile and Sprint development experience.
• Experience with unit testing, integration testing, regression testing and test case writing, documentation, application trouble shooting and requirements analysis, estimation and technical support.
• Service desk or any similar request management system experience.
• Must be team and result oriented.
• Strong communication skills (written and verbal) and proficient in English (written and verbal).
• Ability to effectively communicate and understand business user.

• Ability to work independently or as part of a team.

Highly Qualified Candidates Will Also Possess These Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in IT, MIS or related field from accredited university.
• SAP Functional experience and experience with RISE and CAS SAP offerings.
• Experience with Syniti Data Migration, Signavio Process Manager, Ariba and other SAP Testing tools.

• High level of initiative and self-motivation.
• RPA (MS Power Automate) and Power Apps experience.
• Understanding of IOT and GPS Trackers platforms.
• SharePoint portal designing and maintenance experience.

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Benefits

Valmont offers employees and their families a comprehensive Total Wellbeing benefit package to ensure their individual and family’s overall wellness needs are met. Some offerings are dependent upon the role, work schedule, or location and can include the following:

• Healthcare (medical, prescription drugs, dental and vision)

• 401k retirement plan with company match

• Paid time off

• Employer paid life insurance

• Employer paid short-term and long-term disability including maternity leave

• Work Life Support

• Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250 per year

• Voluntary programs like tobacco cessation, Type 2 diabetes reversal, one-on-one health coaching, mortgage services and more

Valmont does not discriminate against any employee or applicant in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law.  Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

If you have a disability and require any assistance in filling out the application for employment email EEOCompliance@Valmont.com.