IT Analyst (MES)

*** Manufacturing Execution System IT Analyst (MES)

Basic Job Functions:

Design and continuous improvement of First Solar’s Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES). This encompasses raw material consumption, work in process inventory tracking, PLC/machine based quality assurance testing, packaging, and transition to shipping. Systems may include client/server .NET applications (mostly C# and some VB6/VB.NET), web applications (asp.NET and Java), PLC-based control systems, and database technologies.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Analyze MES system change requests, provide risk assessment, test plan, back up plan and coordinate deployment across all manufacturing plants.

• Ability to work within a customer-focused, global team-oriented environment.

• Collaborate with various resources at global level to drive resolution of issues or completion of small-to-medium sized tasks/projects.

• Proven understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle and Quality Lifecycle.

• Design & develop requested system/application changes/enhancements.

• Execute and/or transition pre-defined projects.

• Work with IT/MES team to manage MES assets during system upgrades.

• Responsible for technical and procedural documentation.

• Perform troubleshooting and problem solving for issues related to application, manufacturing process data & system data.

• Provide support for First Solar applications and Participate in a rotation of on-call support outside of normal office hours as necessary during critical times.

• Responsible for Incident/ Request management & Problem management.

• Responsible for system downtime tracking and prevention.

experience:

• minimum 5 years of related work experience.

education:

• bachelor’s degree in information technology or related field or equivalent years of work experience

required skills/competencies:

• capable of designing and writing (c#.net) software using microsoft visual studio

• ability to demonstrate understanding of the software development lifecycle and quality lifecycle required.

• experience with effectively using troubleshooting mindset to design robust solutions and isolate failures is required.

• experience developing test plans and test cases/, with angularjs a plus

• experience integrating mobile or scanner devices with testing is a plus.

• experience in multi-tiered architecture using some of the following: c#.net, sql, xml, html, microsoft message queueing (msmq).

• experience or familiar with sql server integration service (ssis) technology.

• experience or familiar with reporting technology.

• understands manufacturing processes is a plus

• adheres to sdlc processes, standards, and compliance measures (sox, etc.)

• possess good analytical, troubleshooting, & continuous improvement thinking skill.

• scrum master, itil v3 certification is a plus

• knowledge about server environments (both windows and infrastructure) is a plus.

• must demonstrate initiative and commitment to achieve results

• good communications skills both oral and written in english.

• must be team orientated & must be business-partner oriented (internal)

• ability to write system specifications (technical & functional) using microsoft office application suite.

• able to participate in phone and online conference calls outside of normal office hours with global team.