Oracle PL/SQL Developer

Location: 3 days onsite / 2 days remote - Downtown Houston

Open to candidates who would need to relocate (1-2 months to relocate but onsite for the first couple weeks)

Project Details: This senior Developer will be primarily responsible for the design, development, maintenance, and enhancement of IT applications utilizing Oracle PL/SQL. Interfaces with clients at all organizational levels and takes business requirements and delivers technical work to yield productive products for end users.

Must Have Skills:

5+ years of hands-on Oracle Database Experience

Versions 11g and 12c

TOAD/SQL Developer experience (tool to log into the database)

Experience with Java and hands-on experience in advanced PL/SQL, developing PL/SQL

Operating Systems experience such as Linux, Unix, and Windows

Familiar with SDLC Process

Ability to participate in multiple projects at the same time

Soft Skills:

Ability to work and communicate across various teams, both upstream and downstream - Great communication is important

Team player

Ability and desire to participate in every life cycle of development

Nice to Have Skills:

Oracle Fusion - HUGE PLUS

Utilities Industry Knowledge/Experience

Education/Certification Requirements:

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related discipline preferred

Training or certification on Java Application servers, cloud solutions, and Oracle PL/SQL language - PLUS Day to Day Responsibilities:

Performs planning, design, development, testing, migration to production, and the maintenance of applications using Oracle and third-party tools.

Experience writing complex queries, using advanced PL/SQL concepts and performance tuning. Assist in defect triage, impact analysis, resolution planning, and implementation.

Analyzing and converting business requirements to technical requirements, followed by designing and implementing the solutions.

Experience in reviewing the Oracle ADDM and AWR reports and recommending query optimization based on the analysis.

Leverage Oracle 12C features to their fullest on a large-scale multi-terabyte system.

Assist Decision Support team members including DBAs, database developers, requirements analysts, and others, in understanding data and meeting user requirements.

Participate in project work groups with Subject Matter Experts and stakeholders to understand data-specific needs.

Participate in performance tuning activities.

Provide production deployment and production support as needed.

Involved in all aspects of the software development life cycle; demonstrate abilities to learn both the business processes as well as new and existing technologies.

Work on sprint team in agile, rapid development, and deployment environment.

Strong written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills.

Ability to conduct research into software-related issues and products.

Ability to work both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.

Department: Preferred Vendors

This is a contract position

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