Senior Programmer Analyst

The Cato Corporation, a leading specialty retailer of value‑priced women's fashion apparel, operates three concepts:
Cato, It's Fashion and Versona, and has over 1,300 stores across the United States with a diverse workforce of more than 7,500 associates.

Codes, tests and supports computer applications within their area of IT Application Development.

• Conduct interviews to determine system specifications.
• Code and test programs to standards.
• Provide issue identification and resolution.
• Provide ongoing support to installed systems.
• Mentor and/or assist less experienced programmers.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education: Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent work experience.

Work Experience: 3+ years of experience in field.

Certificates, Licenses, Registration

Required:

None.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Required:

• Advanced knowledge of application design principles, practices, systems development and analysis.
• Experience using a structured methodology.
• Thorough understanding of the software development life cycle.
• Experience using the programming languages, packages and software development tools as related to the position.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Proven ability to support complex systems.
• The ability to create a positive and professional business relationship with internal and external clients.
• Advanced diagnostic/troubleshooting ability.
• Advanced Oracle RDBMS development skills.
• General knowledge of other RDBMS and ANSI SQL.

Required Pre‑Employment/Skills Testing:

• Drug Test/Criminal Background Screen
• Assess

Other/Optional or required skills based on position:

• Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher (BIP)
• Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE)
• Oracle Data Integrator (ODI)
• Oracle Forms
• Oracle Reports
• XML
• C
• Oracle Pro
  * C
• Oracle Application Express (APEX)
• Microsoft SQL Server

The Cato Corporation offers competitive salaries and excellent benefits including Medical/Dental/Life Insurance package, 401(K) Retirement Plan, Flexible Spending Plan, Stock Purchase Plan and more!