Senior Oracle Developer(Hea Job/ 117)

A Senior Oracle Developer is responsible for supporting and the development of one or more business application systems. This includes working with system users/business analysts/programmer analysts to translate business requirements into development specifications; creating required documentation, conducting required technical configuration, application modification and software development; and maintenance of interfaces and other related software artifacts. The Senior Oracle Developer has extensive experience and will also assist in some aspects of planning and management of the IT organization. This is a techno-functional role.

What you will do:

Projects and Change Management

Able to effectively work on project teams by identifying issues, requirements, project milestones, phases, and elements, participating in project team and assisting in all aspects of Oracle application development.

Meet with key users from projects as well as businesses on a weekly basis to discuss activities and priorities.

Meet with established business owners at a minimum once a month and alert business and IT management of any critical issues.

Maintain SOX and legal regulations when supporting and implementing systems.

Implementation, Support & Development

Meet with decisions makers, system owners and end users to define business, requirements and systems goals, and identify and resolve system issues.

Work with Oracle and Oracle based business applications, local and remote development team members, and end-users to identify development requirements and execute approved development.

Document technical designs, processes and system flows. Areas of responsibility include but are not limited to:

Oracle Financials, Manufacturing, Order Management, Inventory, Shipping, Advanced Pricing and Receivables.

Interfaces between Oracle Applications and other systems.

Web front-end and integration with other business applications.

Create system models, specifications, diagrams, charts and technical documentation as required. Coordinate and perform in-depth tests, including end user reviews, for modified and new systems, and other post-implementations support.

Provide orientation and training to end users when required.

Participate in the Oracle User Group.

Maintains system documentation by writing and updating procedures.

Protects operations by keeping information confidential.

Interfaces with various levels of staff levels with the highest level of professionalism. Troubleshooting application related technical issues and errors.

Work directly and actively with software vendors and support groups to debug and resolve issues. Involvement in the software user community to take advantage of knowledge base, software direction and trends.

All user requirements and technical documentation skills:

• Ability to provide suggested business process changes which might be instituted in addition to or instead of the proposed user requirement.
• Ability to research and analyze multiple available commercial software solutions as responses to the business requirement and present those alternatives with criteria for decision.
• Ability to analyze long term technical and business impact of proposed changes on supported applications.
• Must maintain documentation related to the work management and user prioritization for supported applications utilizing the methodology and procedures prescribed for use by IT.

All the technical development responsibilities:

• Ability to conceptualize and create required source code control infrastructure to support an application or development project.
• Ability to research and analyze multiple available commercial tools and software solutions as responses to IT requirements and present those alternatives with criteria for decision.

All the application configuration responsibilities:

• Demonstrate and maintain an awareness of the vendor and the vendor’s strategies related to supported commercial applications.
• Demonstrate an awareness of the commercial software marketplace for those business functions supported.
• Ability to write application management plans for supported applications, including timing and resources required for upgrades, migrations, or replacement.

All the professional relationship responsibilities:

• Must be able to work with database administration, system administration, and help desk personnel to modify or create cross-functional workflows and work structures.
• Must be able to both formally and informally pull together and facilitate small to midsize teams to accomplish cross-functional tasks.
• Ability to participate in development of cross-functional methodology and procedures for use by IT.

All the ongoing support and special projects responsibilities:

• The ability to lead a project development team and manage a small to medium sized development project.
• Maintain a general awareness of new technology arriving or available in the technology marketplace, and how those technologies might be applied to the company.
• Work independently yet cohesively with company’s Oracle Implementation team which is a group of IT and Business core team members to implement end-to-end Oracle eBS business flow functionality like Order-to-Cash involving Order management, Inventory, Advanced Pricing, Manufacturing, Shipping, Invoicing and a knowledge of WMS.

Required Capabilities:

• Core Competencies: To hold the position of Senior Oracle Developer at company, an individual will be able to demonstrate all the core competencies required of an Oracle Developer, and in addition:

• The ability to code programs as required of an Application Developer: Create high level designs for large software development efforts.

Conceptualize and create a software development environment for a new application conforming to IT standards.

Perform system analysis as required of an Oracle Developer:

Perform application-level system analysis to identify the fit and the gap analysis of an entire application package to a business requirement.

Create selection criteria to select among possible alternatives at the application level.

Write an application-level test plan that will adequately test the application and can also be understood and executed by application users to test the solution.

• The ability to work independently and as part of a team as required of an Senior Oracle Developer:

Ability to scope, create plans for, and estimate effort for small to mid-size projects. Must have the ability to mentor junior staff members, provide training and knowledge transfer of core competencies:

Knowledge transfer of technical skills, application configuration knowledge, and the environment of the supported application(s)

Training in department policies and procedures.

Training in IT operational and development methodology and procedures.

Provide guidance on working effectively with other members of the technical team within applications, database administration, system administration, and the help desk.

The ability to formally or informally lead small to mid-size development teams to accomplish small to mid-size projects.

What makes you an ideal candidate:

• This position requires all the functions of a Senior Oracle Developer, and in addition:
• This position requires a bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field.
• This position requires 10 or more years of relevant strong experience with Oracle Development tools like Forms, Reports, BI Publisher, Workflow Builder, OAF, SQL, PL/SQL, Oracle Cloud technologies, OIC (Oracle Interface Cloud) etc.
• This position requires 5 plus years of in-depth techno-functional hands-on experience with Oracle EBS core modules like Order Management, Inventory, Advanced Pricing, Purchasing, Manufacturing, WMS, iSupplier, ASCP, Finance etc.
• Oracle Certifications in relevant technologies is a definite plus.
• This position requires commitment to ongoing training and professional development.
• Must be able to present materials to small to medium sized groups.
• Must be able to understand the basic concepts of budgeting and expense as applied to department and project management.