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The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Application Support Consultant in Topeka, Kansas
Requisition ID: 124863
Sponsorship Available: No
Relocation Assistance Available: No
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Position Description:
The Application Development Consultant is a well-reasoned Information Technology (IT) Professional, able to apply system-wide responsibility to complex components of a project.
This Consultant will work according to requirements that develop through joint efforts with the Business Process Groups. The Consultant will often participate and contribute to the actual detail work of the specification.
When work precedents are unclear the Application Development Consultant should obtain advice from higher-level IT Associates.
Application Development Consultants may guide or instruct lower-level Staff Members in project related efforts and should provide value-added input at team meetings.
Principal Responsibilities:
Analyze, design and develop new processes, programs and configuration - Considering the complex inter-relationships of system-wide components.
Manufacturing Application support, manage application tickets and requests for more information.
Provide system-wide support and maintenance for a complex system or business process.
Maintain and modify existing processes, programs and configuration through use of current IT Toolsets.
Troubleshoot, investigate and persist. Develop solutions to problems with unknown causes where precedents do not exist, by applying logic and inference with persistence and experience to see the problem through to resolution. Confer with the stakeholder community on problem determination. Make joint analysis decisions on cause and correction methods. Perform tasks (as necessary) to ensure data integrity and system stability.
Proactively reach out to manufacturing application SMEs, documenting what is learned, teaching to other team members.
Complete life-cycle testing (unit and integration) of all work processes (including Cross Platform Interaction).
Create applications and databases with focus on Data Collection Systems - Supporting Analysis, Data Capture, Design Tools, Library Functions, Reporting, Request Systems and Specification Systems used in the Tire Development Process.
Required Experience and Education:
Bachelor’s degree in management information systems (MIS), Computer Science, Engineering, Technology, Business Administration or in lieu of degree 10 years of IT experience.
Master’s degree is desired.
5 or more years of experience in relevant Technical or Business Work.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Developing an understanding of skills needed in other disciplines, of second business process area and basic Cost/Benefit Analysis Method.
Basic Organizational, Communication and Time Management skills.
Participate as an active Team Member (Effective Listening and Collaboration skills).
Achieve all IT Objectives through use of approved Standards and Guidelines.
SQL and Linux are desired skills.
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Goodyear is one of the world's largest tire companies. It employs about 71,000 people and manufactures its products in 55 facilities in 22 countries around the world. Its two Innovation Centers in Akron, Ohio, and Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg, strive to develop state-of-the-art products and services that set the technology and performance standard for the industry. For more information about Goodyear and its products, go to .
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