**Responsibilities & Qualifications** BOEM and BSEEare responsible formanaging the nation’s offshore energy, minerals, and natural resources on the Federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). BSEE promotes safety, protects the environment, and conserves resources offshore through vigorous regulatory oversight and enforcement. BOEM manages the responsible exploration and development of offshore energy and marine mineral resources on the OCS. OCS production accounts for about 18 percent of domestic crude oil and four percent of domestic natural gas supply. **RESPONSIBILITIES** + Oracle APEX development, including creating, designing, updating, documenting, and implementing logical and physical database changesensuring data integrity and performance optimization. + Conduct meetings with stakeholders to clarify and understand business requirements, translating them into technical solutions effectively. + Establishthehigh-level sprint schedule for agile development projects, ensuring alignment with project goals and timelines. + Design and implement software solutions based on industry best practices, focusing on scalability, security, and usability. + Utilize existing SOA services wherefeasible; build new SOA services, APIs, and microservices when applicable, ensuring code modularity, reusability, and portability. + Modify or develop new online programs, unit test cases, batch programs, interfaces, configuration changes, and reports. Build unit tests and integrationtestsas necessary. + Ensure proper exception handling andappropriate loggingacross projects tofacilitatetroubleshooting and maintenance. + Identifyand resolve information assurance weaknesses and vulnerabilities, adhering to security best practices throughout development. + Conduct peer code reviews and ensure automation build failures resulting from code issues are promptly resolved. + Plan, direct, andmonitorthe work of team members,providingtechnical guidance and mentoring as needed. + Set priorities effectively to meet user needs and project deadlines, adapting procedures as necessary to solve complex problems. + Formulate and define system scope andobjectivesbased on user requirements and organizational goals. + Prepare detailed specifications from which programs will be written, ensuring clarity and accuracy in implementation. + Design, code, test, debug, and document programs, adhering to coding standards and software development methodologies. + Participate in the design, implementation, integration, management, and maintenance of complex databases, ensuringoptimalperformance and security. + Direct the work of other developers on specific projects, providing leadership and technicalexpertiseasrequired. **REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS** + Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Computer Scienceor area related to the project’s functional requirement. + **(8) Eight years** of technical experience in applications software development, three of which are in systems analysis, and 1 year of which is acting as technical lead. + Experience in software engineering, with a strong emphasis on Oracle APEX development and databasemanagement + Experience in agile software development methodologies, including sprint planning, iterative development, and continuous integration. + Proficiencyin SQL and/or PL/SQL programming languages for data manipulation, querying, and database procedures. + Must have the ability to pass a DOI Background Investigation fora Public Trust Clearance, ensuring compliance with security and regulatory requirements. **DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS** + Extensive experience in creating interactive web applications, reports, charts, and dashboards using Oracle APEX. + Proficiencyinutilizingand customizing APEX components and plugins to enhance application functionality and user experience. + Hands-on experience in implementing APEX security features and user management capabilities to ensure data protection and access control. + Ability to integrate APEX applications with other systems and technologies, including web services (RESTful and SOAP) and external data sources, ensuring seamless interoperability. + ExpertiseinoptimizingAPEX applications and SQL queries for performance, including query tuning, indexing strategies, and caching mechanisms. + Proficiencyin using version control systems like Git for managing APEX application code, ensuring versioning, collaboration, and deployment efficiency. + Familiarity with RESTful and SOAP web services development for integrating APEX applications with external APIs and services. + Proficiencyin Oracle Database management, including understanding database architecture, SQL, PL/SQL, and database design principles. + Strong skills in SQL for querying and manipulating data in Oracle databases, ensuring efficient data retrieval and manipulation. + Proficiencyin PL/SQL for developing stored procedures, triggers, functions, and packages to support application logic and data integrity. + Ability to design and implement database structures, including tables, indexes, and constraints, to ensure data integrity andoptimalperformance. **Overview** We are seeking an Oracle APEX Software Engineer to join our team supportingDOI BSEE TIMS contractinNew Orleans, LA. TekSynap is afast growinghigh-tech company that understands both the pace of technology today and the need to have a comprehensive well planned information management environment. “Technology moving at the speed of thought” embodies these principles – the need to nimblyutilizethe best that information technology offers to meet the business needs of our Federal Government customers.   We offer our full-time employees a competitive benefits package to include health, dental, vision, 401K, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability plans, vacation time and holidays. Visit us at www.TekSynap.com .  Apply now to explore jobs with us!   The safety and health of our employees is of the utmost importance. Employees are required to comply with any vaccination requirements mandated by contract, applicable law or regulation. By applying to a role at TekSynap you are providing consent to receive text messages regarding your interview and employment status. If at any time you would like to opt out of text messaging, respond "STOP". **Additional Job Information** **COMPETENCIES** + Establish Focus + Change Management + Develop Others + Oral Communication + Written Communication + Interpersonal Awareness + Build Relationships + Analytical Thinking + Conceptual Thinking + Strategic Thinking + Technical Expertise + Initiative + Foster Innovation + Results Oriented + Teamwork + Customer Service **WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS** The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. + Location: New Orleans, LA + Type of environment: Office,Teleworkmay be available + Noise level:(Low-Medium) + Work schedule: Schedule is day shift Monday – Friday. May be requested to workeveningsand weekends to meet program and contract needs. + Amount of Travel:Less than 10% **PHYSICAL DEMANDS** The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employeeis regularly required touse hands tohandle, feel, touch; reach with hands and arms; talkandhear. The employeeis regularly required tostand;walk;sit;climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employeeis regularly required tolift upto 10 pounds. The employee isfrequentlyrequired tolift upto 25 pounds; and up to 50 pounds. The vision requirements include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. **WORK AUTHORIZATION/SECURITY CLEARANCE** Positions requirea Public Trust Clearance **OTHER DUTIES** Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.Duties,responsibilitiesand activities may change at any time with or without notice. **EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY** In order toprovide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions will be based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. TekSynap does not discriminate against any person because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, geneticinformationor any other characteristic protected by law (referred to as “protected status”). This nondiscrimination policy extends to all terms, conditions, and privileges of employment as well as the use of all company facilities, participation in all company-sponsored activities, and all employment actions such as promotions, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment. **Job Locations** _US-LA-New Orleans_ **ID** _2024-7094_ **Category** _Information Technology_ **Type** _Regular Full-Time_