Senior Application Programmer

Senior Application Programmer

Baton Rouge, LA (Remote)

24+ months Contract

The scope of the proposed services will include the following:

• Individually respond to computer system emergencies and resolve problems independently or in consultation with other Information Technology applications staff or end user personnel;
• Research and resolve program, machine, data or system software problems of a highly technical nature, frequently interacting with other employees, supervisors, or users;
• Provide expert advice, assistance or guidance of a highly technical nature concerning specialized application tools, hardware, software, or databases;
• Provide specialized training to Information Technology applications staff on databases, tools, techniques, and procedures relevant to applications maintenance and development;
• Research new developments in hardware and software and keeps abreast of the latest developments and studies involving computer-related procedures and methods;
• Design, code, compile, test, debug, modify, and document new or existing highly complex applications programs within accepted standards, procedures and guidelines;
• Implement complex in-house and vendor-supplied applications software;
• Evaluate, analyze and prepare information and recommendations on technical solutions or options related to operating and managing an information system;
• Independently define data elements; design structures for databases; write and compile definitions and descriptions of data elements into dictionary form for use by professionals and users. Write user guides and other documentation; meet with users to determine needs and parameters to evaluate results; train users in programs or systems;
• Evaluate and analyze requests for enhancements or development projects of a highly complex nature;
• Solely responsible for the preparation and supervision of formal system test procedures of highly complex application systems;
• Prepare and monitor work plans and schedules to ensure timeliness, data integrity, and availability on a project basis

Expertise and/or relevant experience in the following areas are mandatory:

• Applicant must have prior experience with large-scale state Enterprise Architecture systems serving multiple governmental agencies.
• Applicant must have experience in an Enterprise Architecture environment comprised of various components.
• Applicant must be familiar with how the various components of an Enterprise Architecture integrate.
• Applicant must have a general understanding and experience with at least one of the following EA components or similar technologies:

Item

Vendor

Description

Decision Center, Decision Server

IBM

Business Rules Engine (BRE)

WebMethods

Software AG

Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)

API Gateway

Broadcom/Software AG

Enterprise API Gateway

Expertise and/or relevant experience in the following areas are desirable but not mandatory:

• Applicant should have at least six (6) years experience performing these duties in large-scale Enterprise Architecture environments
• Applicant should have a general understanding and experience with the following EA components or similar technologies:

Item

Vendor

Description

Nutanix

Nutanix/Dell

Hyper-converged computing with compute, storage and virtualization consolidated into a single appliance.

VxRail

Dell

Hyper-converged computing with compute, storage and virtualization consolidated into a single appliance

ESXi

VMware

vCenter

VMware

NSX

VMware

SRM

VMware

Window Server

Microsoft

Standard OS for Windows

RedHat Enterprise Linux

RedHat

Standard OS for Linux

MS SQL Server 2014

Microsoft

Enterprise Database/Storage Engine

NewRelic APM

NewRelic

Application performance monitoring

NewRelic Infrastructure

NewRelic

Infrastructure Monitoring

NewRelic Browser

NewRelic

Browser performance monitoring and analytics

Octopus Deploy

Octopus

Continuous Deployment and Delivery

Puppet Enterprise

Puppet

DevOps/Automation

Splunk

Splunk

Operational Intelligence

Veracode

Veracode

Static Code Analysis

Nagios

Nagios

Infrastructure monitoring/alerting