This is a full-time direct hire (W2) remote opportunity although occasional domestic travel may be required (less than 10%). No visa sponsorship or transfer is available for this position. Applicants must be legally authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. 

The Lead Application Engineer is responsible for analyzing, programming, and configuring end-user applications and/or systems. They support, troubleshoot, document, and maintain cloud or on-premises enterprise software applications supporting business objectives.

Also responsible for overseeing the life cycle planning of strategizing, architecting, deploying, operating, evolving, and retiring internal organizational business applications and configuring commercial products. Supervises and manages the daily activities of Engineers to support the needs of the organization.

Responsibilities

• Lead writing of code using current programming language and technology, complete programming, and perform testing and debugging of internally developed applications and configure commercial applications.

• Support application testing, deployment, maintenance, and evolutions activities by correcting program errors, responding to changes and enhancements. 

• Analyze detailed business, functional, technical requirements, and specifications for applications. 

• Act independently to analyze data, solve, and correct issues in real time, providing problem solving resolution. 

• Oversee daily activities of application engineering staff and develop their skills to meet the needs of the organization. Identify skill gaps and communicate staffing needs to Senior Management. 

• Compose documentation and procedures for installation and maintenance of applications. 

• Develop ESP product plug-ins (Python and JavaScript) to meet customer requirements.

• Partner with IT teams to ensure organizational process includes the full utilization of available technology to enhance productivity and improve work process. 

• Develop and facilitate end-user training programs, and work with staff to create customized reporting for better system utilization. 

• Plan and support regular audits with the cybersecurity team. 

• Use independent judgement to develop methods and techniques to support achievement of organizational goals and objectives. 

• Maintain software updates, ensure compatibility, communicate feature changes, outages, and updates to end users. 

• Utilize professional concepts to serve as a subject matter expert to staff and Senior Management on how applications can contribute to objectives.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience, including 0-2 years' supervisory experience or equivalent experience. 

• Five years of experience working with LIMS systems, focusing on L7 ESP LIMS, is preferred. 

• Five years of experience with various modules, functionalities, and configurations of L7 ESP LIMS and an understanding of how to customize and configure the system to meet the needs of different laboratories. 

• Experience with application deployment configurations for cloud-based deployments, preferably Azure. 

• Minimum of 5 years of experience developing software applications (specifically web applications). 

• Five plus years of experience with Python, Postgres, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. 

• Prior experience working with various systems, technologies, and programming languages, including Python, JavaScript, Postgres, and Docker/Kubernetes. 

• Experience integrating LIMS with lab equipment and other devices and third-party applications. 

• Five plus years of experience configuring and administering Linux systems, including setting up networking, shared file systems, and Kubernetes configurations. 

• Familiarity with life sciences concepts, tools, and applications (Molecular Biology, genomics, etc.) is preferred. 

• Computational modeling of real-world processes experience preferred.

   

  Cloudaction is committed to creating a diverse work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis protected under applicable discrimination law.

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