The Senior PowerBuilder Developer will enhance and maintain a mission-critical application, addressing Java upgrade issues, developing interfaces, and performing enhancements across the software development life cycle.
Job Title: Senior PowerBuilder Developer (Remote)
Location: Raleigh, NC
Duration: 12+ Months
Job Description:
The Client is seeking a Technical Specialist contractor analyst/designer/developer (>10 years’ experience) for a 12-month engagement for the Engineering Application Services Dept to enhance and maintain a mission-critical application.
The Client-server, PowerBuilder application used to track work, materials and payments on Construction projects. We also have many Java, C+ and asp.net/C# interfaces with various internal and external systems that need to be maintained and enhanced. Additionally, there is a list of new interfaces and web applications tied to our clients want to have developed in the future.
The initial assignment will be to solve a Java upgrade problem in our Red Hat Linux server environment. Our Linux administrator wants to upgrade Linux, but the upgrade causes our Java interfaces to fail. We need someone who can diagnose the error/problem and create a solution to allow the upgrade and our Java interfaces to work. We also have some fairly minor logic changes/enhancements to some of our Java interfaces that we need coded/tested/applied.
After those assignments are complete, this person would work on a part of the team to analyze/design/code/test/implement/support data windows in PowerBuilder 10.0 to replace approximately 100 sample test result spreadsheet formats that were coded using an outdated 3rd party software tool. Additional work will involve analyzing/designing/coding/testing bug fixes and other functional enhancements to the system and its interfaces.
This individual should have practical experience with all phases of the standard software development life cycle, including requirements gathering, analysis, design, development, unit & system testing, quality assurance testing as well as experience with business process transformation. Experience designing and interfacing with SharePoint and web-based solutions are also valuable skills we’re seeking.
Skills:
SkillRequired/DesiredAmountof ExperienceExperience as a PowerBuilder developer using PB10 or more recent versions.Required10YearsDevelopment experience in Java, particularly solving library and compatibility issues between versions.Required10YearsStrong SQL skills (HiCAMS uses a Sybase database but SQL skills in any database platform are acceptable)Required10YearsStrong Microsoft Suite experience, particularly ExcelRequired10YearsExperience working in a remote software development environmentRequired5YearsStrong analytical, conceptual, and technical skillsRequired10YearsPositive interpersonal skills coupled with an independent, self-motivated work ethicRequired10YearsAbility to work with a custom base-classRequired10YearsProven written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain business processes to IT users and IT applications to business userRequired10YearsDevelopment experience in C#Highly desired5YearsDevelopment experience in C+Highly desired5YearsExperience coding stored procedures and triggers (any database)Highly desired5YearsExperience developing .net applications and API’s in a Visual Studio environmentHighly desired5YearsData conversion experienceHighly desired3Years
Location: Raleigh, NC
Duration: 12+ Months
Job Description:
The Client is seeking a Technical Specialist contractor analyst/designer/developer (>10 years’ experience) for a 12-month engagement for the Engineering Application Services Dept to enhance and maintain a mission-critical application.
The Client-server, PowerBuilder application used to track work, materials and payments on Construction projects. We also have many Java, C+ and asp.net/C# interfaces with various internal and external systems that need to be maintained and enhanced. Additionally, there is a list of new interfaces and web applications tied to our clients want to have developed in the future.
The initial assignment will be to solve a Java upgrade problem in our Red Hat Linux server environment. Our Linux administrator wants to upgrade Linux, but the upgrade causes our Java interfaces to fail. We need someone who can diagnose the error/problem and create a solution to allow the upgrade and our Java interfaces to work. We also have some fairly minor logic changes/enhancements to some of our Java interfaces that we need coded/tested/applied.
After those assignments are complete, this person would work on a part of the team to analyze/design/code/test/implement/support data windows in PowerBuilder 10.0 to replace approximately 100 sample test result spreadsheet formats that were coded using an outdated 3rd party software tool. Additional work will involve analyzing/designing/coding/testing bug fixes and other functional enhancements to the system and its interfaces.
This individual should have practical experience with all phases of the standard software development life cycle, including requirements gathering, analysis, design, development, unit & system testing, quality assurance testing as well as experience with business process transformation. Experience designing and interfacing with SharePoint and web-based solutions are also valuable skills we’re seeking.
Skills:
SkillRequired/DesiredAmountof ExperienceExperience as a PowerBuilder developer using PB10 or more recent versions.Required10YearsDevelopment experience in Java, particularly solving library and compatibility issues between versions.Required10YearsStrong SQL skills (HiCAMS uses a Sybase database but SQL skills in any database platform are acceptable)Required10YearsStrong Microsoft Suite experience, particularly ExcelRequired10YearsExperience working in a remote software development environmentRequired5YearsStrong analytical, conceptual, and technical skillsRequired10YearsPositive interpersonal skills coupled with an independent, self-motivated work ethicRequired10YearsAbility to work with a custom base-classRequired10YearsProven written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain business processes to IT users and IT applications to business userRequired10YearsDevelopment experience in C#Highly desired5YearsDevelopment experience in C+Highly desired5YearsExperience coding stored procedures and triggers (any database)Highly desired5YearsExperience developing .net applications and API’s in a Visual Studio environmentHighly desired5YearsData conversion experienceHighly desired3Years
Top Skills
C#
C+
Java
Excel
Powerbuilder
SQL
Sybase
Visual Studio
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