Programmer Analyst IV

Position Title: Programmer Analyst 

Location: Houston based, hybrid model

• 3 days onsite and 2 days remote per week

• Minimum of 5-6 years of experience with planning, development, testing and supporting productive business application systems 
• Field operation business process knowledge with associated software implementation experience 
• Ability to execute analysis, design, development, and maintenance activities without significant, direct supervision 
• Multidiscipline experience in applications utilizing several operating systems and developed using a varied mix of environments and/or languages 
• Required Technology Experience: 
  • PL/SQL, Web Services, .NET

• Strong written/verbal communication skills
• Excellent active listening skills

• Linux, Service Suit Work Order System (Development and Support) 

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline preferred.  In lieu of a degree, any combination of applicable college education and applicable experience equal to four years will be considered

• Provided technical guidance and leadership to a team of IT professionals, ensuring adherence to best practices and standards.
• Manage and perform planning, development, coding, testing, migration to production, and the maintenance of applications within multiple environments.

• Performs analysis of client requirements and designs or modifies programs/systems to meet those requirements.  Prepares models, (event, process, data, object, etc.) and prototypes as needed.

• Support and lead analysis and evaluation of packaged software and assists in implementation of packaged software.

• Collaborated closely with other departments such as Security, UNIX, LAN Operations, and Data Base Support to ensure overall success of the application.  Coordination with other groups for interface support such as SAP, Meter Reading, and Outage.

• Leads coordination with other groups such as Infrastructure, DBAs and third party vendors to implement new, changed or upgraded hardware and upgraded software. 

• Creates, monitors and reports project status.

• Designs, codes, documents and tests software and software components.

• Lead and participates in system testing, performance testing, failover testing and quality assurance reviews.

• Participates in scheduled annual disaster recovery tests, including maintenance of required documentation and coordination of user participation.

• Facilitate communication between stakeholders from different departments by organizing meetings and workshops as needed.

• Perform software deployments including weekend and night rollouts.

• Creates required change management documentation for production system deployments.