Role Proficiency:

Act creatively to develop applications by selecting appropriate technical options optimizing application development maintenance and performance by employing design patterns and reusing proven solutions. Account for others' developmental activities; assisting Project Manager in day to day project execution.

Outcomes:

     Interpret the application feature and component designs to develop the same in accordance with specifications.      Code debug test document and communicate product component and feature development stages.      Validate results with user representatives integrating and commissions the overall solution.      Select and create appropriate technical options for development such as reusing improving or reconfiguration of existing components while creating own solutions for new contexts      Optimises efficiency cost and quality.      Influence and improve customer satisfaction      Influence and improve employee engagement within the project teams Set FAST goals for self/team; provide feedback to FAST goals of team members

Measures of Outcomes:

     Adherence to engineering process and standards (coding standards)      Adherence to project schedule / timelines      Number of technical issues uncovered during the execution of the project      Number of defects in the code      Number of defects post delivery      Number of non compliance issues      Percent of voluntary attrition On time completion of mandatory compliance trainings

Outputs Expected:

Code:

Code as per the design Define coding standards
templates and checklists Review code – for team and peers

Documentation:

Create/review templates
checklists
guidelines
standards for design/process/development Create/review deliverable documents. Design documentation
requirements
test cases and results

Configure:

Define and govern configuration management plan Ensure compliance from the team

Test:

Review/Create unit test cases
scenarios and execution Review test plan created by testing team Provide clarifications to the testing team

Domain relevance:

Advise software developers on design and development of features and components with deeper understanding of the business problem being addressed for the client Learn more about the customer domain and identify opportunities to provide value addition to customers Complete relevant domain certifications

Manage Project:

Support Project Manager with inputs for the projects Manage delivery of modules Manage complex user stories

Manage Defects:

Perform defect RCA and mitigation Identify defect trends and take proactive measures to improve quality

Estimate:

Create and provide input for effort and size estimation and plan resources for projects

Manage knowledge:

Consume and contribute to project related documents
share point
libraries and client universities Review the reusable documents created by the team

Release:

Execute and monitor release process

Design:

Contribute to creation of design (HLD
LLD
SAD)/architecture for applications
features business components and data models

Interface with Customer:

Clarify requirements and provide guidance to Development Team Present design options to customers Conduct product demos Work closely with customer architects for finalizing design

Manage Team:

Set FAST goals and provide feedback Understand aspirations of the team members and provide guidance
opportunities
etc Ensure team members are upskilled Ensure team is engaged in project Proactively identify attrition risks and work with BSE on retention measures

Certifications:

Obtain relevant domain and technology certifications

Skill Examples:

     Explain and communicate the design / development to the customer      Perform and evaluate test results against product specifications      Break down complex problems into logical components      Develop user interfaces business software components      Use data models      Estimate time and effort resources required for developing / debugging features / components      Perform and evaluate test in the customer or target environments      Make quick decisions on technical/project related challenges      Manage a team mentor and handle people related issues in team   Have the ability to maintain high motivation levels and positive dynamics within the team.   Interface with other teams designers and other parallel practices   Set goals for self and team. Provide feedback for team members   Create and articulate impactful technical presentations   Follow high level of business etiquette in emails and other business communication   Drive conference calls with customers and answer customer questions   Proactively ask for and offer help   Ability to work under pressure determine dependencies risks facilitate planning handling multiple tasks.   Build confidence with customers by meeting the deliverables timely with a quality product.   Estimate time and effort of resources required for developing / debugging features / components

Knowledge Examples:

     Appropriate software programs / modules      Functional & technical designing      Programming languages – proficient in multiple skill clusters      DBMS      Operating Systems and software platforms      Software Development Life Cycle      Agile – Scrum or Kanban Methods      Integrated development environment (IDE)      Rapid application development (RAD)   Modelling technology and languages   Interface definition languages (IDL) Broad knowledge of customer domain and deep knowledge of sub domain where problem is solved

Additional Comments:

Client Job Description - Looking for talented and creative iSeries/AS400 Developer for Application Development and Solutions support. The developer will be working with one of the leading Wholesale retailers in the US. The ideal candidate should have the ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment. The ideal candidate must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability and knowhow to collaborate effectively with domain experts and IT leadership team. Responsibilities: • Analyzes and develops iSeries code that support various applications in Retail Domain. • Creates functional specifications for applications supported using standard practices, processes and procedures. • Performs code reviews, unit testing, coordinates with development team members on development and QA tasks. • Adheres to client’s IS division development standards and deployment processes and procedures. • Collaborates with Product Owner, business area, team members and QA to ensure requirements are clearly defined, understood and documented. • Participates in development estimation, deployment and release planning to ensure delivery of solutions. • Responsible for 2nd level support resolution of daily incident tickets, creation of KB articles for 1st level support and provide on-call support. • Responsible for continued personal growth in areas of technology, business knowledge and Client policies. • Perform peer reviews on source code to ensure reuse, scalability and the use of best practices • Participate in collaborative technical discussions that focus on software user experience, design, architecture, and development Requirements: Must Have • Excellent programming skills on the ISeries platform – Analyze and Create new programs using RPG, RPG ILE, SQLRPGLE and Control Language (CLP/CLLE). • Very good knowledge of SQL concepts – Analyze and modify complex SQL queries, embedded SQL in SQLRPGLE, Cursor programming. • Database Concepts – Create and Analyze Physical files, Logical Files, SQL tables, Indexes, Views, Stored procedures. • Good working knowledge in screen programming – Display Files, Subfiles and Printer files. • Document business rules effectively and should be able to create data mapping documents after analyzing program flows and data flows • ILE Programming – Analyze and Create program modules, binding directories, service programs. • Working knowledge of MQ, MQ Trigger and embedding XML tags in RPG Programs • Good communication skills and job will involve owning a project task completely based on the communication with the analysts at the client site Good to Have • Good working knowledge in Turnover – the code configuration management tool • Good working knowledge in X- Analysis – cross reference tool for ISeries. • Knowledge on Triggers, Message Queuing for inter program/ inter system communication • ROBOT job scheduler – knowledge in creating and setting up scheduled jobs in the ISeries. • Knowledge of normalized, de normalized tables, Star Schema databases • Working knowledge on ISeries Navigator – to run queries and analyze the performance of SQL queries. • Knowledge in Retail Domain especially in areas like Lawson ERP, Finance and Membership.