Oracle Developer with Oracle Forms and SQL Server - Stratford London

Nexus Jobs Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Nexus Jobs Limited is seeking an Oracle Developer with Oracle Forms and SQL Server for a Financial Services project in East London. The role targets 2–5 years of commercial experience in Oracle development and a background in pensions/wealth management systems is advantageous.

The candidate will create work specifications, develop using Oracle tools, liaise with clients, fix bugs, and ensure timely releases. This is a 3–6 month contract starting ASAP.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of commercial experience in Oracle development.
• Experience with Oracle Forms and PL/SQL development.
• Experience developing software for financial services or wealth management is a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Create and agree work specifications for assigned tasks before development.
• Assist with quotes for new development and amendments.
• Develop software using Oracle tools and other company technologies.
• Modify applications/databases per specifications and release notes.
• Liaise with clients to address issues promptly (email/phone/web tools).
• Fix bugs and manage patch release control.
• Adhere to coding standards and secure developments.
• Ensure specifications are met within deadlines.
• Perform unit and integration testing before releases.
• Prepare release documentation for new developments.

Skills

Oracle PL/SQL

Pensions/Wealth management knowledge

Client liaison

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Oracle Forms

SQL Server

HTML

RedHat/JBoss

Job description

Years of relevant experience

2+ years

Education Level

Bachelor's Degree

About the Job

Oracle Developer with Oracle Forms and SQL Server – Financial Services – East London

Our Client is specialist software company developing software for the pensions, insurance and wealth management software market place.

They are currently looking to recruit an Oracle with PL/SQL and Oracle Forms Developer with at least 2 to 5 years commercial experience of writing applications developing Oracle Forms applications.

You will ideally have experience of working on and developing pensions and or wealth management systems.

The Client will be moving from Oracle 10 to Oracle 11g very shortly so this could be great move to learn the latest technology.

The main function of the position is to develop in Oracle coupled with the following:

• Create and agree work specifications for assigned tasks before commencing any changes/development
• Assist with providing quotes for new development and amendments
• Development of software using Oracle tools or other technologies used by the company
• Carrying out necessary application/database modifications as per agreed specifications
• Liaising with clients to address issues/problems at the earliest opportunity (email, phone, web-tools)
• Fixing of technical bugs/issues and patch release control
• Adhering to standards and expectations of the company as regards programming, recording, controlling and securing developments
• Ensuring technical specifications/requirements are met within agreed deadlines
• Carrying out adequate unit & link testing before releases are made
• Prepare release documentation for all new developments to the agreed format

Any experience of developing software for the financial services arena would be a bonus.

Other web technologies that would be handy to have are HTML, possibly RedHat/JBoss.

This is a 3 to 6 month contract to start ASAP.