Senior Application Programmer Baton Rouge, LA (Remote) 24+ months Contract The scope of the proposed services will include the following: • Individually respond to computer system emergencies and resolve problems independently or in consultation with other Information Technology applications staff or end user personnel; • Research and resolve program, machine, data or system software problems of a highly technical nature, frequently interacting with other employees, supervisors, or users; • Provide expert advice, assistance or guidance of a highly technical nature concerning specialized application tools, hardware, software, or databases; • Provide specialized training to Information Technology applications staff on databases, tools, techniques, and procedures relevant to applications maintenance and development; • Research new developments in hardware and software and keeps abreast of the latest developments and studies involving computer-related procedures and methods; • Design, code, compile, test, debug, modify, and document new or existing highly complex applications programs within accepted standards, procedures and guidelines; • Implement complex in-house and vendor-supplied applications software; • Evaluate, analyze and prepare information and recommendations on technical solutions or options related to operating and managing an information system; • Independently define data elements; design structures for databases; write and compile definitions and descriptions of data elements into dictionary form for use by professionals and users. Write user guides and other documentation; meet with users to determine needs and parameters to evaluate results; train users in programs or systems; • Evaluate and analyze requests for enhancements or development projects of a highly complex nature; • Solely responsible for the preparation and supervision of formal system test procedures of highly complex application systems; • Prepare and monitor work plans and schedules to ensure timeliness, data integrity, and availability on a project basis Expertise and/or relevant experience in the following areas are mandatory: • Applicant must have prior experience with large-scale state Enterprise Architecture systems serving multiple governmental agencies. • Applicant must have experience in an Enterprise Architecture environment comprised of various components. • Applicant must be familiar with how the various components of an Enterprise Architecture integrate. • Applicant must have a general understanding and experience with at least one of the following EA components or similar technologies: Item Vendor Description Decision Center, Decision Server IBM Business Rules Engine (BRE) WebMethods Software AG Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) API Gateway Broadcom/Software AG Enterprise API Gateway Expertise and/or relevant experience in the following areas are desirable but not mandatory: • Applicant should have at least six (6) years experience performing these duties in large-scale Enterprise Architecture environments • Applicant should have a general understanding and experience with the following EA components or similar technologies: Item Vendor Description Nutanix Nutanix/Dell Hyper-converged computing with compute, storage and virtualization consolidated into a single appliance. VxRail Dell Hyper-converged computing with compute, storage and virtualization consolidated into a single appliance ESXi VMware vCenter VMware NSX VMware SRM VMware Window Server Microsoft Standard OS for Windows RedHat Enterprise Linux RedHat Standard OS for Linux MS SQL Server 2014 Microsoft Enterprise Database/Storage Engine NewRelic APM NewRelic Application performance monitoring NewRelic Infrastructure NewRelic Infrastructure Monitoring NewRelic Browser NewRelic Browser performance monitoring and analytics Octopus Deploy Octopus Continuous Deployment and Delivery Puppet Enterprise Puppet DevOps/Automation Splunk Splunk Operational Intelligence Veracode Veracode Static Code Analysis Nagios Nagios Infrastructure monitoring/alerting