Job Title:

Associate Software Designer/Implementer - Business Intelligence

Number of Positions:

1

Location:

Okemos, MI

Location Specifics:

Hybrid Position

Job Summary:

At Delta Dental of Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana we work to improve oral health through benefit plans, advocacy and community support, and we amplify this mission by investing in initiatives that build healthy, smart, vibrant communities for all. We are one of the largest dental plan administrators in the country, and are part of the Delta Dental Plans Association, which operates two of the largest dental networks in the nation.

At Delta Dental, we celebrate our All In culture. It’s a mindset, feeling and attitude we wrap around all that we do – from taking charge of our careers, to helping colleagues and lending a hand in the community.

Position Description

To perform programming and testing of system components, contribute to analysis and design specifications, and provide technical assistance to peers and business users as needed.

Primary Job Responsibilities

• Participate in the analysis, design, and development of technical specifications, programming, and testing of applications and components.  
• Participate in peer code reviews and can adhere to programming standards and guidelines. Participate in story card refinement and code craft development. 
• Adhere to deployment activities, testing practices, and secure coding practices as defined by enterprise coding standards. 
• Ability to understand Agile development practices like SCRUM, TDD, BDD, and contribute to their related processes and ceremonies.
• Ability to understand business requirements and how the delivery of high quality working software meeting those requirements delivers value to the enterprise.

Perform other related assigned duties as necessary to complete the Primary Job Responsibilities as described above.

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Minimum Requirements:

Position requires an Associate degree with coursework in computer science, information systems, engineering or related field and two years’ related work experience in applications design and programming. Will accept any suitable combination of education, training, or experience. 

Position requires business intelligence development experience; experience with one of the following business intelligence tools is required: Looker, PowerBI, Tableau, MicroStrategy, SAS, OBIEE, Business Objects, or Cognos; experience with iterative software development practices, relational database concepts, and recent Oracle SQL is also required; ability to provide direction to immediate team members; ability to resolve highly complex problems using independent judgment.
 

Position requires strong communication skills. Must be able to communicate clearly in verbal and written forms.

The company will provide equal employment and advancement opportunity within the context of its unique business environment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, familial status, citizenship, genetic information, disability, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, height, weight, military status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law or ordinance.