Senior BSE - Application Development

Job Summary

Analyze moderately complex business problems to be solved with automated systems. Provide technical expertise in identifying, evaluating and developing systems and procedures that are cost effective and meet user requirements. Configure system settings and options; executes unit, integration and acceptance testing; and assists in creating specifications for systems to meet business requirements. Designs details of automated systems.

Avantor is looking for Sr. Business System Engineer - Application Development who can analyze moderately complex business problems to be solved with automated systems. Provide technical expertise in identifying, evaluating and developing systems and procedures that are cost effective and meet user requirements. Configure system settings and options, executes unit, integration and acceptance testing; and assists in creating specifications for systems to meet business requirements. Designs details of automated systems.

Responsibilities

• Works with respective team members and/or management to deliver solutions according to requirements defined and prioritized by VWRs business.
• Acts as a Developer between the quality assurance team, ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) team, DBAs, operations, and support team to meet milestones in a lean and agile manner.
• Ensure operational controls are maintained.
• Perform report on operating control self-assessments.
• As part of a project team, performs design, build, implementation, unit tests, and code review.
• Translates functional requirements into conceptual and detailed designs; Provides estimates for development effort; Implements proof of concept, prototypes, and production-grade software; writes unit tests; fully documents code; and coordinates with testing requirements from QA/Test.
• As needed and according to agile development methodologies, participate in iterative development including sprint planning, daily scrum, release, and retrospective meetings.
• Supports VWRs SharePoint and .NET Applications for major project implementations, enhancements, and break-fix requirements. Assists Operations and Support staff in trouble-shooting software issues as well as implementing bug fixes.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Design, build and test .NET solutions with basic. ChatGPT/Copilot and Claude. Document all system changes in line with the standard processes. Conduct Unit testing of configuration changes and drive integration /regression testing.
• Manage activities involved in delivering .NET applications by prioritizing workloads as well as providing guidance and direction to other team members. Oversee GNOC network team globally
• Mentor Network / GNOC technicians on problem solving and troubleshooting SharePoint related issues. Provide operational and technical training to team members.
• Maintain superior technical skills in an enterprise environment for managing SharePoint, Power Automate, Power BI technologies
• Analyze and report any Performance issues, recommend and implement improvements globally as needed. Act as Level-2/Level-3 for support issues.
• Provide innovative solutions.
• Help maintain accurate inventory of all applications maintained under management. Understands SharePoint architecture and support functions globally
• Understand VWRs business model and how Infrastructure Operations Support directly influences our capabilities to conduct daily business operations.
• Collaborate with IT Operations Team colleagues on best practice solutions
• Collaborate with all other Infrastructure Operations Support Teams to ensure high systems availability, capacity and expected levels of performance.
• Practice consistent Change Management, Incident Management and Technology Management and in a professional and effective manner.
• Utilize VWR standard toolsets such as ServiceNow, JIRA and others to track, monitor, repair, and improve network services.
• Create high quality SharePoint and .NET documentation and drawings and practice disciplined version control

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• 5+ years of .NET development experience in a team environment
• 2+ years in an Agile/Scrum environment
• Prompt Engineering proficiency ability to design, test, and optimize prompts for AI-assisted development
• API knowledge design, integration, and consumption of RESTful/web APIs
• Experience with ChatGPT Codex and Claude Cowork for AI-assisted development
• Proficiency in at least one RDBMS (SQL Server, Oracle, etc.)
• Experience with version control (SVN or Git)
• Excel macros (VBA/VBS)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Design, build, test, and document .NET and SharePoint solutions end-to-end
• Translate business requirements into technical designs and effort estimates
• Lead unit testing, code reviews, and coordinate with QA for integration/regression testing
• Participate in sprint planning, daily standups, and retrospectives
• Act as Level-2/Level-3 escalation for SharePoint and .NET support issues
• Mentor junior/mid-level developers and GNOC technicians
• Maintain change management, incident management, and ServiceNow/JIRA workflows

Added Advantage

• UiPath (RPA) and Python scripting
• Bootstrap/web-based UI development
• Performance tuning (front-end and back-end)