Technical Consultant App Development Support

What You'll Do

ArcBest ® is a logistics company with creative problem solvers who deliver integrated solutions for complex supply chain challenges.

Wanting to join the ArcBest team? In our search for top talent, we are looking for those that will further enable us to deliver on our vision and fully support our values-driven culture.

Currently, we are looking for a Technical Consultant, Application Development Support to join the ArcBest team. The Technical Consultant, Application Development Support position is a mid-level position requiring mastery of all duties related to their group and will provide direction and guidance of their area of expertise. This position will conduct technology research, problem determination, cloud and on-premise System Administration, DevOps Administration, Infrastructure Architecture and Application Architecture across the enterprise. The Technical Consultant will participate as a team member in the overall support of ArcBest Technologies IT Systems. This position will provide weekly status reports on projects, research, and problem determination.

Your Contribution May Include

• Act as a system administrator of various IT hardware and software systems including on-premise and cloud technologies.
• Review, recommend, implement, and optimize software to provide infrastructure services.
• Provide support to Information Services, Data Science, Tech R and D and Technical Services personnel including, but not limited to, systems administration, resource configuration and problem resolution.
• Research new and emerging technologies and make recommendations for system improvements.
• Provide DevOps solutions for on-premise, cloud and hybrid environments.
• Collaborate with Information Security to ensure that IT security measures are in place and up to date in both on-premise and cloud infrastructures.
• Collaborate with various teams within ArcBest Technologies on information system design and implementation.
• Develop and support ArcBest Technologies system level utility applications and applications to support internal technical services processes.
• Establish backup and recovery strategies and procedures.
• Develop training plans for new Technical Services personnel.
• Other duties and projects, as assigned.
  
  

As a Technical Consultant, Application Development Support, you will be a member of the ArcBest Technical Services team in Fort Smith, AR. Your hours will be Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm, with irregular hours that may occur depending on workload.

Ready to apply? Before doing so, please make sure you meet the minimum requirements:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems (or equivalent field) or equivalent experience, preferred.
• Experience: 4 years of experience within appropriate area, preferably in the ABTech environment, preferred.
• Computer Skills: Comprehensive knowledge of distributed systems programming technologies including ASP.Net, WCF, and classic ASP. Comprehensive knowledge of web application design, application development tools such as Visual Studio and programming languages such as Visual Basic .Net. Broad understanding of application load balancing products and server hardware and software, including Microsoft server products and broad knowledge of distributed systems programming languages, tools and utilities and mainframe software, including COBOL, Assembler, and JCL. Broad understanding of server scripting languages such as PowerShell and Windows Script Host. Working knowledge of Linux, SQL, Python, and network technologies.
  
  

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to accommodation@arcb.com. An Equal Opportunity Employer including Vet/Disability.