A Kforce client in Houston, Texas is looking for an experienced Programmer Analyst. This is a contract-to-hire position and is onsite 3 days per week, with remote work the other 2 days. Essential Duties/Responsibilities: * 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