Composition Developer and Application Administrator

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Venture Solutions, a Taylor Company, is seeking a Senior Composition Developer and System Administrator to join our team in the Venture Solutions division in Arden Hills, Minnesota. This critical position will play a key role in designing, modifying, developing, and implementing software programming applications. Advanced knowledge of PDL transform and Document reengineering tools such as the Solimar

SPDE and Rubika, or Compart Mill Plus, Quadient Inspire and Automation, Open Text Exstream and/or other leading composition tools will make this the perfect role for you.

• Design & develop Inspire and Mill Plus templates
• Testing, maintaining, supporting, and documenting templates and document applications
• Review code changes for other developers and approve them for production release
• Participate in database design and data loading
• Develop or acquire test data in order to test and verify the accuracy and completeness of the intended results
• Learn and maintain legacy systems and custom applications
• Assure that all work performed on projects adheres to standards
• Work closely with Customer Service and Production to troubleshoot print issues
• Ensures the operating efficiency of existing application systems. Maintains records for the documentation of systems development and revisions
• Influencing and developing our infrastructure, processes, standards and protocols.
• Transforming, creating and delivering output to a myriad of production class printers
• Designing and optimizing workflows using software to manage print re-engineering workflow solutions that greatly enhance document distribution and management in transactional printing and web presentment environments.
• Work with Server team and/or vendor to remediate security issues
• Plan, coordinate, test and communicate changes, upgrades/maintenance schedules ensuring business operations will operate correctly in current and future environments Composition Developer and Application Administrator
• Clearly communicate verbally and in written form – articulating complex thoughts and ideas in small or large group settings
• Able to work well in a collaborative team environment
• Work with limited direction on assignments
• Stays current with software and industry trends

• Preferred B.S. in Computer Science, Engineering or MIS
• 8+ years’ experience utilizing Quadient Inspire Composition software and tools, including design, development and implementation of technical solutions utilizing the tools
• 3+ years’ experience utilizing address cleansing and postal presort software
• 6+ years’ experience object-oriented design/development using general purpose languages
• Knowledge of print file formats such as PDF, PostScript and AFP is required

• Experience utilizing JSON input and output formats
• Programming experience with .NET, JAVA, C#, and SQL highly desired.
• Previous print and direct mail experience
• Knowledge of other composition tools a plus (Open Text Exstream, Compart Mill Plus, Solimar Rubika and SPDE, etc.)
• Familiarity with USPS address standardization, NCOA and Presort tools such as Architect, Postalsoft Presort, Mail Manager

The anticipated annual salary range for this position is $100,000 – $120,000. The actual base salary offered depends on a variety of factors, which may include as applicable, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.

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