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Iowa Student Loan is looking for a software developer to develop software, code applications and fully participate in an agile, extreme programming environment.

We are all about success — students looking for funding, borrowers needing assistance repaying loans and consumers navigating the student loan landscape. That success starts with you.

As an employee at Iowa Student Loan:

• You will receive in-house training, mentoring and opportunities for advancement.
• You will be empowered to share your ideas and creativity.
• You will earn a competitive wage with excellent workplace benefits.
• You will enjoy a casual workplace with opportunities for fun and team-building.

Job Responsibilities

The qualified candidate will:

• Work in a team setting, developing Java-based software following the Agile methodology: test-driven environment, continuous integration, focus on feedback and more.
• Code high business value applications in a collocated team environment, collaborating with business analysts and quality assurance testers.
• Participate in an extreme programming environment utilizing industry standard tools including an IDE (IntelliJ IDEA), source control (Git), automated building tools (Maven) and continuous integration (TeamCity).
• Participate in all aspects of the software development lifecycle including problem analysis and project estimation as well as designing systems and coding to department standards.
• Ensure that documentation is current and accurate, utilizing a wiki and other appropriate media.
• Stay current with technology, self-training and company training to include but not limited to Java, web development, program paradigms and methodologies.

Qualifications

The qualified candidate must have:

• Two or more years programming experience beyond formal education with heavy concentration in languages on the Java Virtual Machine, such as Java, Groovy or Scala.
• A college degree (four-year degree preferred).
• Excellent soft skills with the ability to work and communicate with fellow team members.
• Working knowledge of database structures and concepts.
• Understanding of object oriented development.
• Knowledge of Spring, Hibernate, Java Message Service and Tomcat preferred.
• Knowledge of SQL, HTML, CSS, XML and JavaScript preferred.
• Experience with frameworks like JUnit and Fitnesse and mocking libraries such as mockito, jmock or gmock is preferred.

Physical Activities/Working Conditions

The position requires the employee to:

• Sit frequently.
• Use office equipment including personal computer, keyboard and mouse.
• Interact frequently with others in person, over the phone, and via email and other devices.
• Occasionally work variable hours as required.

To apply for this position, please complete the employment application (PDF) and send it with a cover letter and resume to itrecruitment@studentloan.org

Iowa Student Loan is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or veteran status.

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Iowa Student Loan is looking for a business analyst that is a self-starter to write requirements and coordinate team tasks through development and deployment of new or updated business applications.

We are all about success — students looking for funding, borrowers needing assistance repaying loans and consumers navigating the student loan landscape. That success starts with you.

As an employee at Iowa Student Loan:

• You will receive in-house training, mentoring and opportunities for advancement.
• You will be empowered to share your ideas and creativity.
• You will earn a competitive wage with excellent workplace benefits.
• You will enjoy a casual workplace with opportunities for fun and team-building.

Job Responsibilities

The qualified candidate will:

• Develop business and technical requirements through collaboration with various stakeholders and analysis of data, regulations, contracts, systems and processes.
• Communicate with stakeholders and the development/deployment team via meetings, emails, test plans, business requirements and other project documents to facilitate definition, creation, validation and release of the software or project.
• Plan, monitor and lead a project to completion while ensuring business needs and timelines are achieved.
• Create project scope documents to outline project needs including tasks, process flows, data flows, impact statements and system changes to meet strategic initiatives.
• Deliver products to production with a well-thought-out and validated plan designed to limit move and production issues.
• Ensure requirements are met through scenario development and test plans including manual and automated tests.
• Report to the Product Development Director and update him or her on the project status, implementation and the team’s ability to meet the project’s success criteria.
• Verify that validation artifacts and other software development process controls are produced/validated and retained in the proper repositories or project tracking software.
• Perform second tier support, in collaboration with software development teams, when issues are escalated by the business units and first tier support.
• Demonstrate flexibility and adaptability through an ability to learn new systems and processes, and through interaction with many different technical and business units.
• Advance department processes through promotion of change and efficiencies.
• Complete analysis and project management tasks on non-software projects as needed.

Competencies

The qualified candidate will:

• Have a strong analytical mind to critically and quickly evaluate information from multiple sources, reconcile conflicting information and translate high-level information into details.
• Think creatively to effectively and efficiently identify requirements to solve complex problems.
• Express ideas clearly and accurately via written and verbal communications as appropriate for the target audience.
• Have strong technical aptitude and organizational skills to manage multiple tasks and deadlines.
• Be comfortable working within a project team environment as well as independently.

Qualifications

The qualified candidate must have:

• Technical or business bachelor's degree or equivalent years of education and work experience.
• Working knowledge of software development life cycles and/or strong knowledge of Iowa Student Loan clients and customers or business processes.

Physical Activities/Working Conditions

The position requires the employee to:

• Sit frequently.
• Use office equipment including personal computer, keyboard and mouse.
• Interact frequently with others in person, over the phone, and via email and other devices.
• Occasionally work variable hours required to meet deadlines.

To apply for this position, please complete the employment application (PDF) and send it with a cover letter and resume to itrecruitment@studentloan.org

Iowa Student Loan is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or veteran status.