Oracle PLSQL Senior Application Technical Lead

Title: Programmer Analyst IV-Oracle PL/SQL Senior Application / Technical Lead

Location: Houston Downtown No REMOTE/No Exceptions

In-Office Expectation: 4 days in-office 1 day remote (Houston TX 77002)

Industry: Utility & Enterprise Applications

Summary:

Interfaces with clients at all organizational levels to lead plan develop evaluate assess or modify applications in support of various business units. Transforms or translate business requirements into technical specifications takes business requirements and delivers and/or directs execution of technical work to yield productive products for business client end-users.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Provided technical guidance and leadership to a team of IT professionals ensuring adherence to best practices and standards.
• Manage and perform planning development coding testing migration to production and the maintenance of applications within multiple environments.
• Performs analysis of client requirements and designs or modifies programs/systems to meet those requirements. Prepares models (event process data object etc.) and prototypes as needed.
• Support and lead analysis and evaluation of packaged software and assists in implementation of packaged software.
• Collaborated closely with other departments such as Security UNIX LAN Operations and Data Base Support to ensure overall success of the application. Coordination with other groups for interface support such as SAP Meter Reading and Outage.
• Leads coordination with other groups such as Infrastructure DBAs and third party vendors to implement new changed or upgraded hardware and upgraded software.
• Creates monitors and reports project status.
• Designs codes documents and tests software and software components.
• Lead and participates in system testing performance testing failover testing and quality assurance reviews.
• Participates in scheduled annual disaster recovery tests including maintenance of required documentation and coordination of user participation.
• Facilitate communication between stakeholders from different departments by organizing meetings and workshops as needed.
• Perform software deployments including weekend and night rollouts.
• Creates required change management documentation for production system deployments.

Experience:

• Requires a minimum of twelve to fifteen years progressive experience encompassing planning development testing and supporting productive business application systems. Field operation business process knowledge with associated software implementation experience is required.
• Must have the ability to execute analysis design development and maintenance activities without significant direct supervision.
• Multidiscipline experience is required in applications utilizing several operating systems and developed using a varied mix of environments and/or languages.
• Acceptable experience includes roles in planning developing coding testing migration to production distribution and support of package software and the maintenance and support of applications within environments such as Oracle PL/SQL .

Additional Knowledge Skills Licenses/Certifications Abilities & Personal Characteristics (KSLAPs):

• Must demonstrate commitment to compliance with applicable laws and regulations the Companys Ethics and Compliance Code of Conduct and other Company policies and procedures and take all required training courses.
• Must demonstrate respect for all individuals and adhere to the Companys values and business practices.

• Ability to communicate technical issues to non-technical client end-users.
• Proven successful programmer.
• Excellent communication (verbal/written) and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to prioritize and adapt to both routine and unpredictable work activities.
• Capable of working effectively and efficiently to deliver work products; particularly under pressure of stringent timelines.
• Ability to make effective presentations to client end-users
• Ability to work independently with little or no supervision.
• Off hour/weekend rollouts of vendor software required.
• Knowledge of or ability to learn Mobile software.
• Knowledge of or ability to learn WebSphere Portal FileNet Sybase SharePoint SOA Business Objects
• Willingness and ability to cross-train with other members of the team.