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Job title: Oracle Applications Support Specialist
Company: DataStaff
Job description: DataStaff, Inc. is seeking an Oracle Applications Support Specialist for a long-term contract opportunity with one of our direct clients in Petersburg, VA.*This position is hybridResponsibilities:
35%
- Provide technical leadership to the enterprise resource system and the integration of third-party systems.
- Direct and manage multiple programming projects using the Project Management practices and policies, including Microsoft Project, initiating, planning, executing, monitoring/controlling, and closing projects.
- Proactively and effectively communicate resource constraints, project status, and issues to peers and management.
- Communicate effectively with technical staff both orally and in writing.
20%
- Plan, organize and manage programming and application maintenance/development of Ellucian Banner Enterprise Resource system and third-party systems.
- Coordinate all programming activities of the unit to meet project deadlines and established budgets. Prioritize and schedule work.
- Define system scope/objectives; determine the extent of programming/coding required; establish estimates for project completion and implement solutions to problems.
- Prepare detailed technical specifications, instruct, direct, and review project team members’ work to ensure compliance with standards/specifications.
15%
- Meet with application managers/team leads/functional administrators to discuss application and system requirements, specifications, estimates, and timelines to support resources defining data input/output requirements and including internal checks/controls.
- Provide customer support by helping resources resolve issues in a customer-friendly manner, ensuring resources create user documentation, maintaining application and functional business process knowledge, proactively sharing information, and providing timely feedback on project process.
- Provide recommendations on business process improvements.
15%
- Provide leadership to programming staff members on optimum performance levels.
- Schedule and prioritize work assignments.
- Provide advice and instruction to programming staff in resolving complex programming problems
10%
- Serve as the Application System Administrator for the Oracle database in pre-production, test, development, and production environments.
- Perform software administration, including installation, upgrades, patches, and maintenance for database and Banner application software.
- Work closely with the DBA, Ellucian, and IT staff to develop, implement, and provide ongoing support for the Banner ERP system.
- Diagnoses, troubleshoots, consults, and resolves problems with complex systems in an enterprise database/web server environment.
- Assist with the development and software coding for operating systems (i.e., Unix/Red Hat) and system utilities in support of the environment
5%
- Perform other duties as assigned by the Application Services Manager, Deputy CIO for IT Operations, or CIO.
Required Skills:
- 5 Years – Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technologies, or related field
- 5 Years – A minimum of 5 years of programming experience required
- 5 Years – Experience with business application development with Oracle, UNIX, Solaris, or JAVA.
- 5 Years – Comprehensive knowledge of Ellucian Banner Enterprise Resource System and supporting functional areas such as Human Resources, Finance, Student, Advan
- 5 Years – Experience in developing Oracle PL/SQL code.
- 5 Years – Experience with Unix/Linux shell scripting, PowerShell, JSON, XML, REST, C#, PhP, and JavaScript.
- 5 Years – Experience in managing or supporting related Banner ancillary software products (i.e., Workflow, FormFusion/IntelleCheck, e-Print, or Automic (UC4)).
- 5 Years – Experience as a project manager, team lead, or task lead.
- 5 Years – One or more relevant certifications (i.e., Java, Oracle, Oracle PL/SQL Application Developer).
Desired Skills:
- 5 Years – Prior experience working in a higher education environment is preferable.
This opportunity is available as a corp-to-corp or a W2 position with a competitive benefits package. DataStaff, Inc. offers medical, dental and vision coverage options as well as paid vacation, sick and holiday leave. As many of our opportunities are long-term, we also have a 401K program available for employees after 6 months.
Expected salary:
Location: Petersburg, VA
Job date: Sun, 09 Jun 2024 05:30:39 GMT
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