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**

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