Programmer Analyst II

About This Role
Who We Are:

• CAE Vision: Our vision is to be the worldwide partner of choice in defense and security, and civil aviation by revolutionizing our customers’ training and critical operations with digitally immersive solutions to elevate safety, efficiency and readiness.
• CAE Defense & Security Mission: CAE's Defense and Security business unit focuses on helping prepare military customers to develop and maintain the highest levels of mission readiness.
• CAE Values: Empowerment, Innovation, Excellence, Integrity and OneCAE make us who we are and we strive to make a difference in the world while helping each other succeed.

• Comprehensive and competitive benefits package and flexibility that promotes work-life balance.
• A work environment where all employees are valued, respected and safe.
• Freedom to succeed by enabling team members to deliver, take initiatives and make decisions.
• Recognition, professional development, advancement and having fun!

This position will perform a variety of duties related to the integration, administration, upgrade, testing and support of enterprise and departmental software applications and databases. The Programmer Analyst II will also be involved in all phases of custom software development for various Human Resources, Finance, and Engineering applications. The analyst will also be a part of a team supporting JIRA, Ivanti Service Desk, and SharePoint, including administration, and assisting with departmental workflows and site development.

• Consult with clients to gather information about program needs, objectives, functions, features, and input and output requirements.
• Analyze, define, and document requirements for data, workflow, logical processes, hardware and operating system environment, interface with other systems, internal and external checks and controls, and outputs.
• Write and maintain technical specifications.
• Analyze and estimate feasibility, costs, time, and compatibility with hardware and other programs.
• Develop and maintain plans outlining steps and timetables for developing programs.
• Research and evaluate software and hardware to assist in programming or to use as a program platform.
• Design and code screen layouts, graphical user interfaces, printed outputs, and interfaces with other systems.
• Convert designs and specifications into computer code.
• Compile code into programs and correct errors detected in compile process.
• Create test transactions and run tests to find errors and confirm programs meet specifications.
• Analyze code to find causes of errors and revise programs.
• Consult with client to prototype, refine, test, and debug programs to meet needs.
• Provide technical assistance by responding to inquiries from others regarding errors, problems, or questions about programs.
• Monitor performance of programs after implementation.
• Write and maintain documentation to describe program development, logic, coding, testing, changes, and corrections.
• Write documentation or review documentation written by others that describes installation and operating procedures.
• Train end users or technical support staff to use programs.
• Subject Matter Expert (SME) in related applications.

• Bachelor’s Degree (Management Information Systems or Computer Science desired) or equivalent work experience required.
• 5+ years business programming experience.
• Must have proven Systems Analysis skills and experience with troubleshooting system requirements, providing third party vendor software support and managing multiple tasks.
• JIRA Administration and System Support 4+ years.
• Service Desk Administration and System Support 4+ years.
• MS SQL Server, IIS.
• Microsoft Visual Studio / Team Foundation Server (with GIT).
• SharePoint Administration experience (preferred but not required).
• Knowledge in Python, C#, Power Shell, , VBA, ASP.NET, JavaScript, HTML and REST APIs.
• Good communication skills.
• Ability to interface with all levels of system users and vendors.
• Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations, and permutations.
• Ability to apply mathematical…