DTS-036– PowerBuilder Developer

Job Title: 29954 -RFR-DTS-036– PowerBuilder Developer

Office Location: Onsite & Remote

#Business Days: Up to 24 Month

Duration: The duration of the engagement may be for up to a 24-month term. Due to the nature of projects, there may be exceptional circumstances where the total term may be extended beyond 24 months. The term is anticipated to start with a 12-month initial term followed by up to 12-month renewal(s).

Description

SERVICES AND DELIVERABLES

All Services will be either performed on-site at 500 – 800 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, in the province of Manitoba, or remotely if the residence of the proponent is in a different province.

The remote working rate is the rate at which the proponent’s resource will work primarily remotely and called onsite if needed at Manitoba’s sole discretion. The onsite rate is the rate at which proponent’s resource will work primarily onsite as per the location defined in

STATEMENT OF WORK.

Standard working hours for the resource will be in accordance with Manitoba usual working hours of 8:30 am to 4:30 pm CST (7.25 hours per day), Monday to Friday. Manitoba offices are closed on all Manitoba statutory holidays, and these days will be unpaid. Manitoba at its sole discretion may decide that at certain times extended working hours are needed to meet project deadlines. But extended working hours are to cover exceptional circumstances and may not be available during the entire duration of the engagement with the proponent’s resource. Overtime work cannot be used and billed unless approved by Manitoba with an advanced written approval.

Role Description

• The Developer will have a minimum of Ten (10) years’ experience developing new application solutions, upgrading existing applications, and providing continued support to existing applications. The work may include analysis and design of application architecture, application development, application support, and providing quality assurance. The role is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining the portfolio of assigned applications for a department based on the requirements gathered, documented, and submitted by the business.
  
  

Responsibilities

• Provides detailed estimates of effort for the software development life cycle
• Assesses service requests for validity and recommends solutions
• Works with Architects and other internal developers to ensure appropriate solutions and technology
• Defines development requirements and assists in the integration of third-party tools/applications
• Participates in quality assurance activities, such as design and code reviews, and preparation and execution of test scripts
• Reviews system and integration testing functions
• Develops application code, architecture, specifications and technical interfaces
• Tests and maintains functional and non-functional system components
• Analyzes data integrity issues with proposed and existing systems, recommends and implements solutions
• Implements additions and enhancements to existing applications
• Provides application support of existing system
• Participates in problem resolution
• Documents application code and system configuration, along with software maintenance and administrative processes
• Contributes to the creation of technical and operational guides, transition and deployment documents, and change requests
• Other software developer duties as assigned
  
  

Skill Requirements/Qualifications

A clean criminal record check status will be required at the proponent’s expense prior to the successful Service Provider Resource(s) arriving onsite or working remotely. Maintaining a clean status is required throughout the Proponents contract. An enhanced background check, completed by Manitoba may be required on certain projects due to the confidentiality of the materials shared to the Proponent. If the proponent fails, they must rectify on their own cost and time.

• The following are minimum qualifications and/or experience for the delivery of the Services.
• The Resource must have the following minimum qualifications or experience:
• Minimum of Ten (10) years of experience developing new application solutions, maintaining existing applications, and providing ongoing production support
• Minimum of Eight (8) years’ experience as a PowerBuilder Developer
• Minimum of Three (3) years’ experience with design, development and analysis of relational databases including development of stored procedures
• Minimum of Eight (8) years’ experience maintaining and enhancing existing legacy applications
• Experience with version/source control systems (e.g. Team Foundation Server)
• Experience in Microsoft SQL Server and SQL Server store procedures and strong experience with SQL development
• Ability to show discretion and a high attention to detail when working with sensitive data
• Extensive knowledge of data processing technology platforms, and software applications in an enterprise environment
• Demonstrated understanding of systems networking, relational databases, and web services design standards
• Experience in the development and implementation standards, procedures and guidelines to support operational processes
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience programming in .NET
• Experience with Systems Integration
• Experience with the software development life cycle (SDLC) and Agile methodologies
• Five (5) years of experience with client-server business application development
  
  

It is preferred that the Resource has the following qualifications or experience:

• Experience with data visualization tools such as Power BI
• Experience working with databases and associated tools in Microsoft Azure
• Experience with additional programming languages and ArcGIS
• Knowledge of web development technologies
• Knowledge of cloud-based services (e.g. AWS, Azure)
• Experience working in large enterprise environment
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment
• Proven consulting experience as a developer
• Proficiency in English, both oral and written
• 5+ years of experience in object-oriented development or design.
• Familiarity in migrating PowerBuilder applications
• Experience in PowerBuilder/MSSQL application enhancements, file transfers and creating interfaces to other systems
• Familiarity with design patterns
• Knowledge of database design
  
  

Eligibility and Application Steps

If you are enthusiastic about this exciting opportunity, we kindly request you to provide the following documents: [email protected]

Without mandatory documents, we cannot submit a candidate.

• Updated Resume in word format (Mandatory)
• Skills Matrix and References (Mandatory)
• Expected hourly rate (Mandatory)
• Visa Status (Mandatory)
• LinkedIn ID (Mandatory)
  
  

Please only apply if you meet the qualifications mentioned above. Feel free to share with your network or tag someone who fits for this role!

If you have any questions or need further clarification, feel free to call or text at (647) 408-1348.