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Passionate about recruitment, our 350+ specialist IT recruitment consultants' priority is to secure the right person for the right role, within a specified timeframe and budget. Through Computer Futures' methodology, our consultants - who focus on a specific IT technical market and geographical area - create a bespoke service to meet our individual clients' recruitment needs.

• Gathers and documents user requirements and functional/technical specifications for mission critical software solutions.
• Programs, codes, and develops mission critical software applications based on various development frameworks.
• Evaluates, installs and performs upgrades of off-the-shelf pre-packaged software in conjunction with business requirements.
• Rewrites or reworks existing mission critical software programs based on new requirements.
• Maintains existing mission critical software programs. Troubleshoots and provides the highest level of user support for mission critical software applications.
• Coordinates mission critical software development activities with infrastructure and testing staff.
• Acts as technical work package manager for portions of projects and acts as project manager for mid-sized to large mission critical systems implementations. Coordinates mission critical software development activities within assigned area of responsibility among multiple staff members.
• Provides input to the Supv, Software Architecture in designing system architecture for large, complex enterprise-wide applications and technical solutions.
• Develops standards for application development.
• Provides system training to end users/system owners.
• Trains and provides guidance to less experienced staff.

This general overview only includes essential functions of the job and does not imply that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instruction and to perform any other job-related duties requested by supervisor or management.

• Knowledge of advanced software design and development methodologies.
  Knowledge of advanced system design, architectures and infrastructure.
• Knowledge of client server, web based systems, service oriented architectures (SOA), web services and operating systems.
• Knowledge of database modelling, various query languages and tools and integration of the various application tiers.

• Knowledge of business analysis and user requirements gathering.
• Knowledge of multiple system architectures, platforms, operating systems and development frameworks.
• Skill in verbal and written communication.
• Skill in maintaining system architectures.
• Skill in developing system cost of ownership and asset lifecycle plans with asset owners.
• Advanced skill level in current programming languages and development frameworks.
• Advanced skill level in Microsoft office products and their integration with systems.
• Advanced skill level in software debugging and troubleshooting toolsets.
• Advanced skill level in software source code management, change management and configuration management.
• Ability to build relationships and foster teamwork.
• Ability to work in a team environment.

Twelve or more years of experience in developing and programming/coding software applications with current industry accepted toolsets and languages and support of custom coded software and applications and off-the-shelf pre-packaged software solutions. A degree(s) in computer science or relevant field may be substituted  for certain years of experience.

Working proficiency with the following technologies is required:

Oracle Identity Manager (9.0 to 11gR2)
Oracle SOA Suite 11g
Oracle WebLogic Server 11g
PeopleSoft 9.0 to 9.2
Microsoft Active Directory

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Look for: Cynthia

Phone: 346 231 7545

Email: c.nicholas@computerfutures. com