Application Development Technical Support - (Contract to Hire)
This is a technical support position supporting all aspects of the GenTax® COTS (Commercial Off -The Shelf Software) application.
This resource will provide technical support to the application development staff and Management while interacting with existing network and database personnel.
Technical Team Responsibilities:
Provide technical representation on a project team from definition to delivery
Specific tasks include:
Hardware specification and procurement
Setup, configure and maintain n-tier environments, including: Application servers, Web servers, Web services, Database servers
The ability to interface equally well with various levels of technical personnel, subject matter experts, senior level stakeholders, developers, and project managers
Strong technical development background in at least one relevant technology, along with commercial and technical experience developed in a fast-moving web environment
SQL Server or Oracle RDMS administration, including: High availability design and installations, Performance analysis and tuning, Backup and recovery, Disaster recovery
Experience building high-performance, reliable, large-scale database systems in a complex, multi-tiered, distributed environment
VMWare installation, configuration, and support
Working understanding of Storage Area Networks
Security specification and reviews
SQL optimization and application troubleshooting
Update internal documentation as applicable
Disaster recovery planning and implementation
On-call support
Minimum Requirements:
Candidates must possess a Bachelors degree in the technology arena
- AWS cloud experience
5+ years experience in infrastructure architecture, database architecture and networking
- Good working knowledge of Oracle
- Good working knowledge of SQL Server
- Working knowledge of running applications Windows Servers - Infrastructure Support
- Some basic knowledge of being able to troubleshoot network issues
- Some knowledge as to how to request firewall changes needed for an application
- Good research and analysis ability
- Willingness to be on-call and work outside the normal work schedule
- Ability to research and work with Active Directory security groups
Preferred Qualifications:
Server Administration experience
Network administration experience
Experience in MS Visual Basic.Net
Strong analytical and communication skills
Enthusiasm and eagerness to learn
Working knowledge of software development methodologies, standards, coding best practices, Java/J2EE, XML, debugging and operational procedures
Working knowledge of SQL Server or Oracle RDMS administration
