Programmer Analyst II Remote Manitoba

Grow your career with one of Manitoba's Top Employers since 2014. At Access Credit Union, we support a professional and innovative work environment with a corporate culture that uniquely embraces empowerment, accountability, and trust. We recognize and value each employee's contributions to our success, which is why we offer competitive compensation, 100% company paid health benefits, employer-matched pension plan, continuing education, and career advancement opportunities within our credit union.

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The Programmer Analyst II role is responsible for developing software solutions that drive business process optimization. This mid-level role encompasses development, maintenance and support of enterprise-grade applications, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), integrations, and automation frameworks, while ensuring the stability and scalability of existing systems. This individual collaborates with cross-functional stakeholders and senior team members to translate business requirements into robust, secure, and maintainable solutions.

• Collaborate with end users, project managers, IT team members, and developers to analyze complex business requirements and implement innovative, scalable software solutions and integrations, including with AI and automation systems.
• Develop applications and systems, ensuring high performance, security, and compliance with enterprise standards.
• Develop applications and systems in containerized environments, leveraging CI/CD workflows such as Git Hub Actions, and modern frameworks such as Laravel and React.
• Ensure compliance with established coding standards.
• Develop and optimize scripts and utilities to enhance system functionality and performance.
• Serve as tier 1 and tier 2 support for troubleshooting complex application and system issues, ensuring timely resolution within internal SLAs and minimizing business disruption.
• Participate in full software development lifecycle per SDLC standards.
• Conduct advanced testing and quality assurance, ensuring robust, bug‑free releases and adherence to security protocols.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation, including technical specifications and process workflows.
• Follow development standards, guidelines, and best practices for system design and coding.
• Stay current with emerging technologies, programming languages, and industry trends to recommend innovative solutions.
• Ensure compliance with IT security standards, policies, and procedures, safeguarding organizational data integrity.
• Champion continuous improvement by evaluating existing systems and recommending enhancements aligned with business goals.
• Be able to independently train new team members to department standards.
• Perform advanced functions of their role.
• Be competent to support and cover for senior department employees.

• University degree or diploma in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline, with a strong grounding in software architecture and modern development practices.
• 3+ years of hands‑on experience developing production systems using PHP, SQL, JavaScript, and associated web technologies (REST and GraphQL API’s, jQuery, XML, CSS, HTML5), as well as experience using Git and collaborative workflows (branching, code reviews, pull requests).
• Develop applications using modern frameworks such as Laravel and React.
• Experience working with containerized environments, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Dev Ops Experience creating and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and release governance using tools such as Git Hub Actions is considered and asset.
• Technical knowledge of AI and ML with experience integrating AI capabilities and Large Language Models (LLMs) is considered an asset.
• Experience with various database technologies such as Oracle, SQL Server, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Redis, and other systems.
• Commit to achieving ISC2 Secure Software Practitioner certification within the first year; apply secure-by‑design in daily work.
• Proficiency with professional development environments and utilities (e.g., VS…