In these challenging economic times, our clients are relying on us more than ever. PMA provides financial and investment advisory services to over 4,000 public sector clients throughout the United States. Our System Development team is seeking an experienced Application Support Specialist. You’ll get the chance to learn from and work with some of the smartest IT talent in Financial Services. Our growing team is hard at work reimagining and developing our next generation proprietary financial operations platform. With over $50 billion in assets under administration, this work is critical to our company’s mission to help communities build strong finances and ensure that their children, college students, and community members thrive.

The Application Support Specialist will partner with a team of developers and system architects to support a bespoke end-to-end investment application and will be expected to partner with business subject matter experts to understand processes and requirements, design workflows, develop code and database components, responds to service desk requests, test product releases, and write documentation. The position requires experience designing solutions, identifying and resolving data and application errors/defects, building reusable, well performing code and strong database skills, along with excellent interpersonal and organizational skills and the ability and desire to collaborate with other technical resources in a fast paced and dynamic environment.

Development experience with SQL and Python, as well as a familiarity with Relational Databases (MS SQLServer, PostgreSQL, Azure SQL, or Oracle) are required for this position. Additionally, experience in the following areas, while not required, will help to set candidates apart: DevOps, MongoDB, Linux, and javascript.

In addition to a competitive salary and benefit package, we offer the opportunity to earn a significant annual discretionary bonus based on results.

For immediate consideration, apply online at pmanetwork.com. An equal opportunity employer. Women and persons of color are strongly encouraged to apply.

Education and Experience

Bachelor’s degree in one or more of the following: Information Systems/Management, Operations Management/Research, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Systems Analysis or related field (or commensurate professional experience).

2-6 years of professional work experience

Location: Hybrid arrangement (~2-3 days per week in PMA’s Naperville Office and ~2-3 days per week remote) preferred. May negotiate other working arrangements with exceptional candidates.