Overview
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.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical representation on a project team from definition to delivery
- 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
- Candidates must possess a Bachelors degree in the technology arena
- 5+ years experience in infrastructure architecture, database architecture and networking
Qualifications
- 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
- 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