Sr. Application Specialist

Bradford Woods, PA

Our client is looking for a Sr. Application Specialist for a direct perm opportunity.

POSITION SPECIFICATIONS:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, a comparable technical/engineering field, or equivalent work experience required
3+ years of programming experience in Oracle PL/SQL 11g or 12c required
Experience with SQL (Structured Query Language) required
Experience with Linux shell scripting preferred
Experience with job scheduling tools (e.g. BMC Control-M) preferred
Experience with a high level programming language (C or C++ or C#.NET) with Object-Oriented programming skills preferred
Experience with PowerShell and the SharePoint PowerShell plugin preferred
Experience with SQL Server (2008 and 2012) required
Knowledge of Investment Management systems (Eagle, Charles River, etc.) preferred

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MAJOR DUTIES:

Design, write, modify, test and maintain programs, scripts and modules to meet changing business needs with some guidance.
Prepare test data and implement test scripts.
Develop and publish database, program, script and test specifications
Effectively utilizes and optimizes system resources appropriate to the business need at hand.
Adhere to departmental System Development Life Cycle standards (programming, turnover, testing, documentation, incident reporting, etc.)
Maintain current understanding of programming, analytical and related development techniques appropriate to this position
Perform incident management, root cause analysis, system enhancements and bug fixes
2nd and 3rd level On-Call off hours support on a rotational basis