Enterprise Software Engineer (Junior / Software / Senior)

Purpose of Position

The Software Engineer will define, develop, test, analyze, and maintain software applications in support of the achievement of business requirements. This includes writing, coding, testing, and analyzing software programs and applications. The Software Engineer will also research, design, document, and modify software and specifications throughout the production life cycle.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Design, develop, document, analyze, create, test and modify computer systems, programs and integrations.
• Research, identify, analyze, and fulfill requirements of all internal and external program users.
• Design, run and monitor software performance tests on new and existing programs for the purposes of correcting errors, isolating areas for improvement, and general debugging.
• Develop and maintain user manuals and guidelines. Train end users to operate new or modified programs.
• Conduct research on emerging application development software products, languages, and standards in support of procurement and development efforts.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in the field of business administration, computer science, accounting, or management information systems is required. Related professional experience may be substituted for education on a year-for-year basis.
• Work Experience:
• Junior Enterprise Software Engineer: 1+ years AS400 or IBMi Development experience or 12 credits of AS400 or IBMi academic experience.
• Enterprise Software Engineer: 2+ years AS400 or IBMi Development experience.
• Senior Enterprise Software Engineer: 5+ years AS400 or IBMi Development experience.
• Ability to: Recognize and resolve system related problems; troubleshoot and debug code written by incumbent or others, work independently and make necessary decisions throughout the systems process within department guidelines.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience preferred in one or more of the following technologies/platforms:
• Web services (SOAP, REST)
• IBM AS400 (cpf, db2, qsh, sysadmin)
• PHP
• Advanced SQL

Additional Required Information

• Please include any REQUIRED AND DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS in your APPLICANT PROFILE and/or RESUME. If using work experience not already documented in your application, also provide the employer name, your job title, dates of employment and whether full- or part-time. Your application will be closely reviewed to determine if the responses are supported and minimum qualifications are clearly met. If they are not, the applicant will not advance to the interview and selection phase of the recruitment.

Contact Information

• Alaska Railroad Human Resources Department
• E-Mail: arjobinfo@akrr.com
• Phone: 907-265-2220
• Mailing Address: P.O. Box 107500, Anchorage, AK 99510-7500

Alaska Railroad Corporation Benefits

• Retirement Plans:
• ARRC Pension Plan – Participation is mandatory. You are automatically enrolled in the Plan when you meet the eligibility requirement of your bargaining unit. Employees contribute 9% of their Earnings on a pre-tax basis. The Railroad is exempt from participation in Social Security; however, Medicare Tax is withheld. Participants vest with 5 years of eligible Vesting Service which entitles one to receive a pension benefit at retirement age.
• Tier 2 Description (Employees hired after July 1, 2015): Normal Retirement Age is age 65, however, the plan allows one to retire as early as age 60. The formula for a monthly Normal Retirement Benefits is 2% x Final Average Earnings x all Credited Service.
• Early retirement, survivor and disability benefits are available for vested participants.
• 401(k) Tax Deferred Savings Plan: Participation is optional. You may enroll once you meet the eligibility requirement of your bargaining unit. Depending on the bargaining unit, there may be an employer match.
• 457 Deferred Compensation Plan: Participation is optional for non-represented employees.

• Insurance and Flexible Spending Plans:
• All plans are optional except the RR Dental Plan for bargaining unit employees.
• Health Insurance Plan:
• A comprehensive health insurance plan, self-insured by the ARRC and administered by Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alaska. Coverage is also available for the employee’s spouse and dependent children. ARRC and the participant share the premium cost. Bargaining unit employees are Eligibility after 90 days, and non-represented employees are eligible as of the date of hire.
• The Railroad offers a Prefered Provider Organization plan (PPO Blue Essentials) and a Consumer Directed Healthcare Plan with a Health Saving Account (Gold Essentials). The Plans have the following features.
• The Railroad also offers two dental plans.
• The Railroad National Dental for represented employees.
• The Alaska Railroad Optional Dental Plan for both represented and non-represented employees.
• Paid Leave & Holidays:
• Vacation Leave – accrual per bi-weekly pay period:
• Represented Employees: 0-3 Years of Service = 4 Hours, >3-15 Years of Service = 6 Hours, >15 Years of Service = 8 Hours
• Non-Represented Employees: 0-3 Years of Service = 6 Hours, >3-15 Years of Service = 8 Hours, >15 Years of Service = 10 Hours
• Sick Leave: accrues at 4 hours (Represented) or 2 hours (Non-Represented) per pay period.
• 11 Paid holidays

Alaska Railroad Corporation

• Employer: State of Alaska
• Address: PO Box 110201, Juneau, Alaska, 99811
• Phone: (800) 587-0430 (Statewide toll-free number), (907) 465-4095 (Juneau and out-of-state callers)
• Website: http://workplace.alaska.gov/