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:

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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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