Spread Your Wings

We are the duck. We inspire and are inspired, listen and respond, empower our people, give back to our community, and most importantly, celebrate every success along the way. We do it all ... The Aflac Way.

Aflac, a Fortune 500 company, is an industry leader in voluntary insurance products that pay cash directly to policyholders and one of America's best known brands. Aflac has been recognized by Fortune magazine as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in America for the sixteenth consecutive year in January 2014 and as one of America's Most Admired Companies for the twelfth year in March 2013.

Our business is about being there for people in need. So, ask yourself—are you the duck? If so, there’s a home—and a flourishing career—for you at Aflac.

The Company

Aflac

The Location

Columbus, GA

The Division

Information Technology

The Opportunity

Information Technology Apprenticeship – Application Development Analyst

Principal Duties & Responsibilities

Works on small, minimally complex projects or on small, minimally complex task(s) within a larger project requiring a singular area of expertise

Participates on a project team, providing application development, integration, and modification activities, as well as related maintenance and production support

Participates in project-planning sessions with team members to analyze development requirements

Performs unit testing and implementation of application modules developed or modified, ensuring application meets the needs of client and business

Provides ongoing maintenance of applications or tools, depending upon previous involvement with projects

Handles production support issues within area of expertise

Develops and integrates applications per written specifications and may write basic design specifications

Modifies existing software applications and modules in accordance with written specifications and division standards

Develops software application modules using disciplined software development processes

Translates technical requirements into application code and modules

Aids in the preparation of status updates for projects

On-call duties required as needed

Performs other duties as required

Education & Experience

Recent college graduate with a bachelor’s degree in a computer science related field

Minimum 3.2 GPA

0-2 years of programming experience or and equivalent combination of education and experience

Requires experience and understanding of a programming language and the appropriate application(s)

Job Knowledge & Skills

Adobe / Basic
ASP.NET / Basic
BEA / Basic
C# or Java / Basic
COBOL / Basic
COBOL II / Basic
COBOL IIDB2 / Basic
COM (Microsoft) / Basic
DCOM (Microsoft) / Basic
Expeditor-Batch / Basic
File Aid (and others) / Basic
Flash / Basic
HTML / Basic
IIS (Internet Information Server) / Basic
JavaScript / Basic
JCL (Job Control Language) / Basic
JSP or ASP / Basic
Mainframe Utilities (Esp. Sort/Merge) / Basic
Photoshop / Basic
Site Server / Basic
SAP / Basic
Source Control / Basic
SQL & Relational Databases / Basic
Teamworks / Basic
VB Script / Basic
Visual C++ (Microsoft) / Basic
XML / Basic
XSL / Basic

Core Competencies

Action Oriented, Customer Focus, Adaptability, Listening, Ethics and Values, Integrity and Trust

Functional Competencies

Intellectual Horsepower, Interpersonal Savvy, Learning on the Fly, Planning, Problem Solving, Process Management, Technical Learning, Written Communications

The Benefits

Aflac is known for treating our employees exceptionally well. As one of the leaders in the insurance industry, we’re able to offer one of the most comprehensive health benefits packages available in corporate America, including free coverage from one of our pioneering insurance products, the Aflac Cancer policy. Our employees also enjoy a host of other benefits, including advancement opportunities, opportunities for continued education and professional development, merit increases and performance bonuses, profit-sharing 401(k), stock purchase plans, and many more.

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