Summary:
The Programmer Analyst designs, develops, implements, configures, and supports enterprise integrations across cloud-based and on-premise operational systems. This role utilizes APIs, integration components, messaging solutions, data movement processes, and system-to-system connectivity; troubleshoots complex application and data issues; and collaborates with internal teams and consulting partners to advance secure, reliable, and maintainable integration architectures. The position applies disciplined source-control, development, testing, documentation, release-readiness, and operational-handoff practices throughout the software development lifecycle.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
This Position Description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
- Design, develop, implement, and support cloud-based and on-premise integrations across enterprise operational systems.
- Configure and maintain APIs, integration components, data movement processes, messaging solutions, and reliable system-to-system connectivity.
- Develop and support ETL processes, data transformations, data synchronization, and batch and real-time processing solutions.
- Support reporting and data solutions required by operational applications and integrations.
- Troubleshoot and resolve application, integration, connectivity, messaging, and data issues across enterprise systems.
- Collaborate with consulting partners and internal teams on solution architecture, joint engineering efforts, technical design reviews, knowledge transfer, and implementation of modern integration practices.
- Manage source code through approved Git-based repositories using established branching strategies, protected-branch controls, pull requests, peer reviews, version history, and controlled merge practices.
- Apply Azure DevOps best practices for work tracking, source control, build validation, testing alignment, release readiness, deployment traceability, and operational handoff.
- Support platform administration and operational readiness for integration technologies, including Azure Service Bus and legacy integration solutions.
- Create and maintain technical documentation, development standards, support procedures, and knowledge-sharing materials.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
No formal supervisory responsibilities; however, the incumbent may be required to train or mentor more junior staff members.
Required Education/ Experience:
The International Foundation will always consider candidates with an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, software engineering, or a related field.
- Minimum of 2 years experience using Azure DevOps, or comparable development tools.
- Professional experience developing and supporting enterprise integrations across cloud-based and on-premise systems.
- Experience using and integrating with APIs, middleware, service integration, event-driven design, messaging, and system connectivity.
- Experience developing ETL, data transformation, synchronization, and batch or real-time processing solutions.
- Experience using Git-based source-control workflows and Azure DevOps or comparable tools for work tracking, build validation, testing, and release processes.
Minimum Qualifications/Skills:
- Strong enterprise integration engineering and application-development skills.
- Proficiency in API usage and integration, service integration, middleware, event-driven architecture, messaging, and system connectivity.
- Knowledge of Azure Service Bus, cloud integration platforms, and legacy integration environments.
- Ability to diagnose complex technical issues across applications, interfaces, data pipelines, and operational systems.
- Working knowledge of platform administration, production support, monitoring, operational readiness, and technical handoff practices.
- Strong command of Git workflows, branch policies, pull requests, peer code review, build validation, and work-item-to-deployment traceability.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with internal stakeholders and consulting partners, participate in technical design reviews, and transfer knowledge.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to create concise technical documentation and development standards.
Travel Requirements:
This position may intermittently require that the individual travel for work, but only up to 5% of the time.
Work Environment:
This position is expected to work from our corporate headquarters office in Brookfield, WI, Monday through Friday of each week. This is an office environment with typical office conditions, including lighting, noise, seating and equipment. Following a successful training period (and pending each individual's ability to effectively work from an appropriately-equipped home office, per the terms of the Hybrid Work Policy) incumbents may permitted to work remotely on Mondays and Fridays, as business needs allow, in up-to a 60/40 (onsite/remote) hybrid schedule. The Foundation reserves the right to modify or discontinue the current hybrid schedule at any time as business needs dictate.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, or crouch
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10-50 pounds (i.e. a case of printer paper). Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus.
The above statements reflect the general details necessary to describe the principal functions of the occupation described and shall not be construed as a detailed description of all the work that may be inherent in the occupation.
TOTAL REWARDS
The Foundation offers a generous total rewards package. Our incredible benefits package includes a comprehensive and affordable medical plan (which includes 24/7 Teledoc), vision plan, dental plan, FSA (medical and dependent care), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), long term disability, short term disability, ample PTO (vacation, sick, holidays) and more! Our retirement plan includes a defined benefit (pension) plan AND a non-elective company 401(k) contribution AND a 401(k) matching contribution.
Unique organizational perks include free Milwaukee County Zoo passes, an on-site fitness center with yoga, stretch, and strength training classes, mindfulness sessions, a bocce league, game nights, and even a cribbage club to name a few!
ABOUT US:
The International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans is North America’s largest membership organization for those who work with employee benefit plans. The Foundation’s employees make a HUGE impact on the livelihoods of millions of workers across the U.S. and Canada because of the work we do in providing education and research to the benefits community. Employees enjoy an outstanding benefits package, unique employee perks, creative and caring co-workers—all within a family-friendly workplace. Speaking of workplaces, the Foundation is tucked into a 15-acre wooded slice of nature in the heart of Brookfield. We’re small enough for you to have ongoing, meaningful impact on the organization but big enough to make international news. Visit us at www.ifebp.org or connect with us on the socials.
PRE-EMPLOYMENT CONTINGENCIES
All at-will offers of employment issued by the International Foundation are contingent upon a successful completion of: background check, employment history verification, education verification (as applicable by position), credit check (as applicable by position), motor vehicle records (MVR) check (as applicable by position), 3-5 professional references, and completion of the Federal I-9 and E-Verify process to demonstrate eligibility to work for the IFEBP.