HRIS Developer

Hiring Preference:
The Kalispel Tribe of Indians is an Equal opportunity employer. Consistent with federal law, the Kalispel Tribe of Indians applies Indian preference in employment. It is the policy of the Kalispel Tribe of Indians to give preference in hiring, promotions, and transfers into vacant positions to qualified applicants in the following order: 1) Kalispel Tribal Members; 2) Descendant or Spouse of an enrolled Kalispel Tribal Member; 3) enrolled members of other Indian Tribes; 4) all other applicants. At-Will Employment: Employment with the Kalispel Tribe of Indians is at-will and can be terminated with or without cause, and with or without notice, at any time, either at the option of the employee or the Kalispel Tribe of Indians. Drug Testing: The Kalispel Tribe of Indians is a drug free work place. All applicants are subject to drug testing at the time of hire and at unannounced times during employment. Background Investigation: All candidates and employees may be subject to a background investigation.

Kalispel Hospitality
It is our expectation that anyone who works for the Kalispel Tribe of Indians lives by and operates out of the following behaviors and beliefs:

CORE PURPOSE
We Make People Feel Special. Deliver Kalispel hospitality, find a path to YES, and provide a warm smile and greeting.

CORE VALUES
We Take Pride In Everything We Do. Proudly represent the Kalispel Tribe, anticipate guest needs, and take ownership and put others first.
Everyone is Welcome Here. Respect and honor all guests, use sincere “thank you” and “goodbye,” and use guest name whenever possible.
We Choose Excellence Every Day. Help each other achieve greatness, be genuine, attentive, and flexible, and know the property and amenities.

Summary of Functions

The HRIS Developer is responsible for the overall design, development, and extension of HR systems. This includes selecting, blueprinting, gathering requirements for, designing, and rolling out applications, data integrations, and tools in support of HR business needs. The HRIS Developer is responsible for supporting human resource programs, processes, and projects through development of integrations between disparate systems, creation of new systems, and serving as a subject matter expert on HR data, processes, and systems. Using modern development tools and data frameworks, the HRIS Developer will build dataflows, applications, and automations in order to facilitate and support a variety of HR processes. This position requires a balanced contribution of analytical skills, problem solving, programming, and communication skills.

 Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Development

• Develop data integrations between systems using a variety of means including APIs, custom code, SQL processes, etc. Build a scalable integration framework to consume data from multiple sources.
• Query, analyze, and profile data to ensure data quality and design dataflows and usages to meet needs for future applications
• Produce high-quality code that’s easily testable, readable, and accounts for edge cases and errors.
• Develop complex SQL queries, procedures, functions, and views for reporting and analytic needs.
• Develop scripts to automate administrative tasks and manage security.
• Architect tools, services, and systems using well accepted design patterns to allow for iterative autonomous development and future scaling.
• Advise on feasibility and options to modify or improve existing systems, as well as interoperability between existing HR systems and potential additions developed internally or externally.
• Develop applications and integrations to automate and simplify HR processes, e.g., transmission of data to and from external companies, updating employee records, and
• Establish patterns and build common tooling to be used by the dozens of other integrations

Data

• Build and maintain the extract, transform and load (ETL) processes for company data and analytics systems.
• Create dataflows, custom reports, and dashboards to support business needs.
• Load, manipulate, audit, and report on data in the HR system and make complex mass changes, conversions, or other data updates to HR systems and other tools.
• Define, design, and develop analytical reports from various BI applications, incorporating KPIs introduced by business leadership.
• Synthesize unstructured, disjointed information into meaningful, compelling narratives that facilitate and promote self-learning by business users.
• Manage system tables, making updates to structure and logic as needed.

Projects

• Lead requirements-gathering sessions with business and technical staff to determine technical requirements of business requests and feasibility of proposed solutions.
• Own projects end to end, from design to implementation, managing complexity and working with stakeholders to think through areas such as business impact, reliability, operability, and security.
• Cross-functional collaboration with Business (Payroll, Accounting, Communications), IT (Network, BI) and external partners to facilitate upgrades, development, and interoperability of HR systems.
• Drive the development and effective use of HR Technologies to deliver efficient business processes, management information and analysis and maximize functionality.
• Configure, support, and optimize the design, development, and performance of the HRIS core business processes, security maintenance, data loads, integrations, and upgrades as well as assist with other People Systems.

General

• Keep up to date with HR technology trends and suggest improvements to the HRIS.
• Create and maintain detailed technical documentation to support design and ongoing maintenance of integrations.
• Act as an escalation point for end-users who are experiencing difficulties in using these systems. Research and identify the root causes for problems and own their resolution, which may require interaction with IT, HR, Payroll, Accounting, and/or a third-party vendor.
• Attend periodic trainings to maintain levels of proficiency.
• May be required to be a panelist for internal review boards.
• Be responsible for maintaining a consistent, regular attendance record.
• Ensure compliance with:
  • The Kalispel Tribe of Indians-State of Washington Gaming Compact
  • All KTOI, KTEA and NQRC policies, procedures, and internal controls
  • NIGC Regulations
  • Other relevant governance requirements (PCI DSS, HIPAA, etc.)
• Duties, responsibilities, requirements, and expectations pertaining to this job are subject to change as needed.

Requirements

• A strong understanding of business/HR acumen, understanding core HR processes, onboarding, offboarding, payroll, recruiting and benefits.
• Experience developing API connections through an ETL and/or direct connections between multiple third-party systems
• Ability to understand and document business and administrative processes.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with technical and non-technical audiences, verbally and in writing (including writing reports, business correspondence and procedural documentation).
• Ability to conduct one-on-one and formal classroom training to users and management.
• Ability to reason from limited information and identify and solve practical problems under high-pressure conditions.
• Working knowledge of security best practices
• Strong technical knowledge in the areas of:
  • Microsoft .NET technology stack (C# / .NET, ASP.NET MVC, Web APIs) and SQL databases (Microsoft SQL Server) preferred
  • Code versioning tools, such as Git
  • Various integration patterns (e.g., API, files, webhooks) and authentication/authorization patterns (e.g., OAuth2, API keys)
  • Modern software development practices such as Agile, DevOps, and Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD).
  • Data management systems, data warehousing methodology, data quality, data modelling, data governance, analytics, and predictive modeling.

Experience

• Designing, building, and debugging medium- to large-scale applications and 3rd party integrations.
• Hands-on experience with a language ecosystem (writing code, testing, building, packaging, deployment, and monitoring)
• Working with Microsoft SQL Server, including design and administration of databases, creating SQL scripts, procedures, functions, etc.
• Working in teams in a cross-functional environment.
• 3 years of demonstrated experience building applications using the Microsoft .NET technology stack.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree with a focus in business, computer science, or engineering, or at least 5 years of training or experience in lieu of this
• Microsoft SQL Server or other relevant Certification required.

Supervisory Responsibilities

None.

Certificates, Licenses and Regulations

• Tribal license from the Kalispel Tribal Gaming Agency.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Frequently involves sedentary work: exerting up to 10 pounds of force and/or a negligible amount of force to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
• Occasionally involves light work: exerting up to 20 pounds of force and/or up to 10 pounds of force and/or negligible amount of force to move objects.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Constantly requires the ability to give and receive detailed information through verbal communication.

• Constantly requires verbally expressing or exchanging ideas of important instructions accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Constantly requires working with fingers rather than the whole hand or arm.
• Constantly requires repetitive movement of the wrists, hands and/or fingers.
• Often requires walking or moving about to accomplish tasks.
• Occasionally requires standing and/or sitting for sustained periods of time.
• Occasionally requires ascending or descending stairs or ramps using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.
• Occasionally requires raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally.
• Occasionally requires stooping which entails the use of the lower extremities and back muscles.  Infrequently requires crouching.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.