Senior PowerBuilder Developer (Remote)

Job Title: Senior PowerBuilder Developer (Remote) Location: Raleigh, NC Duration: 12+ Months Job Description: The Client is seeking a Technical Specialist contractor analyst/designer/developer (>10 years’ experience) for a 12-month engagement for the Engineering Application Services Dept to enhance and maintain a mission-critical application. The Client-server, PowerBuilder application used to track work, materials and payments on Construction projects. We also have many Java, C+ and asp.net/C# interfaces with various internal and external systems that need to be maintained and enhanced. Additionally, there is a list of new interfaces and web applications tied to our clients want to have developed in the future. The initial assignment will be to solve a Java upgrade problem in our Red Hat Linux server environment. Our Linux administrator wants to upgrade Linux, but the upgrade causes our Java interfaces to fail. We need someone who can diagnose the error/problem and create a solution to allow the upgrade and our Java interfaces to work. We also have some fairly minor logic changes/enhancements to some of our Java interfaces that we need coded/tested/applied. After those assignments are complete, this person would work on a part of the team to analyze/design/code/test/implement/support data windows in PowerBuilder 10.0 to replace approximately 100 sample test result spreadsheet formats that were coded using an outdated 3rd party software tool. Additional work will involve analyzing/designing/coding/testing bug fixes and other functional enhancements to the system and its interfaces. This individual should have practical experience with all phases of the standard software development life cycle, including requirements gathering, analysis, design, development, unit & system testing, quality assurance testing as well as experience with business process transformation. Experience designing and interfacing with SharePoint and web-based solutions are also valuable skills we’re seeking. Skills: Skill Required/Desired Amount of Experience Experience as a PowerBuilder developer using PB10 or more recent versions. 10 Years Development experience in Java, particularly solving library and compatibility issues between versions. 10 Years Strong SQL skills (HiCAMS uses a Sybase database but SQL skills in any database platform are acceptable) 10 Years Strong Microsoft Suite experience, particularly Excel 10 Years Experience working in a remote software development environment 5 Years Strong analytical, conceptual, and technical skills 10 Years Positive interpersonal skills coupled with an independent, self-motivated work ethic 10 Years Ability to work with a custom base-class 10 Years Proven written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain business processes to IT users and IT applications to business user 10 Years Development experience in C# Highly desired 5 Years Development experience in C+ Highly desired 5 Years Experience coding stored procedures and triggers (any database) Highly desired 5 Years Experience developing .net applications and API’s in a Visual Studio environment Highly desired 5 Years Data conversion experience Highly desired 3 Years