Engagement Type: Contract
Location: Washington, DC
Duration: 6 Months
Last Date to submit resumes: 05/08/2012
Complete Description:
Experienced developer with experience spanning at least 8 years in IT with actual hands-on experience in all the phases of Software Development Life Cycle.
Expertise in QuickBase application development and implementation, specifically in customizing off-the-shelf applications and in building custom applications, developing custom pages using both the Quickbase API as well as regular Quickbase interface.
Specific expertise in building dashboards, with ability to evaluate business needs and to translate them into technology specifications.
Proven abilities in application development and ability to multi task and manage multiple tasks with changing priorities in a cross-functional and Rapid Application Development environment.
Using QuickBase API and regular QuickBase interfaces, contractor shall develop and implement pages and entire QuickBase applications to their maximum potential, resulting in a functional, fully customized up-to-date end-state.
Utilizing scripting languages like Perl, Python, and PHP, contractor shall develop and configure customized QuickBase Applications which are meaningful and appropriate for different District Agencies and offices.
Contractor shall construct and implement an array of dashboards with meaningful technology specifications, illustrating business needs and changing business conditions with meaningful technology specifications to allow analysis to support decisions and to project outcomes and results of business decisions.
Contractor shall build QuickBase applications, pages and dashboards for financial analysis, quantitative analysis for business decisions; standard securities performance metrics; accounting standards and for portfolio impact of financial statements.
Contractor shall build QuickBase applications, pages and dashboards to allow high-level and in-depth business analysis, control project scope through process mapping, identify audit needs and control points, model current business processes and systems, document requirements specifications, and create data models and data flow diagrams.
Contractor shall develop QuickBase applications as solutions to respond to the business process analysis conducted by the contractor. Completed QuickBase applications shall also facilitate further business process analysis. Contractor shall utilize (and completed applications shall interface with) appropriate technology tools (Crystal Reports, Business Objects, MS Visio, MS Project), software development methodologies (J2EE/Java, ASP.NET), databases (Oracle, MySQL, MS Access) and languages (Perl, Java, C++, C etc.) to facilitate business process analyses.
Behavior Characteristics:
Able to work in a fast paced environment. Able to manage multiple tasks with changing priorities in a cross-functional environment.
Team player, ability to self manage, ability to balance competing priorities. Excellent communication skills.
Skills:
Engineering or IT Degree (CS, EE, or similar) Required
Experience with 1 or more scripting languages (PHP, Perl, Ruby, or Python Required 8 Years 3 - Expert
HTML Required 5 Years 3 - Expert
Intuit QuickBase Required 4 Years 3 - Expert
JavaScript Required 5 Years 3 - Expert
SDLC Required 8 Years 3 - Expert
SQL Required 6 Years 3 - Expert
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related major or a strong Computer Science background.