JOB REQUIREMENTS: Senior Application Specialist/Developer - Payroll -
231460 DESCRIPTION/RESPONSIBILITIES: Why join us? * An award-winning
culture! We are rated a Top Workplace by the Chicago Tribune (past 9
years) and Employee Recommended award by the Globe & Mail (past 6 years)
* Competitive pay and discretionary or incentive bonus eligible *
Comprehensive benefit package including medical, dental, vision, life, a
401k plan with a generous company match and tuition reimbursement to
name a few * Promote from within culture Position Overview The Senior
Application Specialist/Developer is a senior level position and serves
as a subject matter expert across the business domains they support.
They are accountable for ensuring the day to day operations of the
systems under their charge and for supporting and implementing change
and configuration management, including testing and defect management
relating to new product implementations, development, development
releases, upgrades, patches, and other system maintenance as required.
Application Specialists will work closely with Business resources and
stakeholders, internal Technology teams, and various vendors and
third-party consultants and implementers. They must understand their
application\'s interdependencies with other applications and
infrastructure both internally and outside the corporate network. What
You\'ll Do * Support the enterprise change management and software
development lifecycle (SDLC) process including providing testing, defect
management, peer review, and release management ensuring appropriate
segregation of duties * Participate on cross-functional teams to
support and define business and technical requirements, operational
processes, application strategy, design and administer application
software configuration and project/product implementation to meet
business process design and application requirements * Write and
utilize light-weight scripting, software enhancements, reporting, data
integration and file formatting utilities/configurations in support of
applications and customer specifications * Support corporate
compliance, regulatory and both internal and external audit examinations
and reviews * Function as Technical Application Owner for multiple
applications within the business domain and provide Tier 2 application
level support and troubleshooting, escalation and complex problem
solving * Understand the interdependencies of systems and data across
their business line to identify and analyze impacts as applications and
systems are integrated, changed/upgraded and retired * Provide
leadership, mentoring and training implementing best practices, which
may include management of a team or other Application Specialists and
must be willing to provide support 24x7x365 Benefits Medical Insurance
* Dental * Vision * Life insurance * Accidental death and
dismemberment * Short-term and long term Disability Insurance *
Parental Leave * Employee Assistance Program (EAP) * Traditional and
Roth 401(k) with company match * Flexible Spending Account (FSA) *
Employee Stock Purchase Plan at 5% discount * Critical Illness
Insurance * Accident Insurance * Transportation and Commuting Benefits
* Banking Benefits * Pet Insurance #LI-Hybrid Wintrust Financial
Corporation, including community banking and financial services
subsidiaries, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants
will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color,
religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and
expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or
status as a covered veteran or any other characteristic protected by
law. ***** OTHER EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS: * B.S, B.A. in
Computer Science or Business preferred * 7-10 years of relevant
experience with an emphasis on applications implementation, testing,
maintenance, configu ation, customization, and support * Working
knowledge and understanding of hardware and systems software
technologies, network infrastructure, and understands issues and details
of integrating diverse technology to deliver scalable, robust, and
high-performance solutions. * Experience building complex workflows and
business process maps required * Advanced level experience in the
following technologies or similar a plus: * Payroll processing systems
and ERP platforms, especially Lawson, and ancillary systems such as BSI
Tax Factory and Bottomline Transform * Proficiency in one or more
database system (SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, etc.) * Java and other
development languages and technologies, familiarity with COBOL would be
ideal * SQL Server (SSIS, SSMS, SSRS, and SSAS) to support reporting
and integration * Crystal Reports for additional reporting * Microsoft
technologies (SQL, Azure, Office 365, .NET) * Application Programming
Interfaces (API) and micro services technologies * Representational
state transfer (REST) architecture * Service Oriented Architecture
(SOA) * Salesforce * ServiceNow * Mulesoft middleware * PowerShell
or other scripting technologies ***** APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:
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