Senior Oracle Developer

IMCS Group; Harrisburg (Dauphin County); Remote; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT consulting firm is seeking an experienced Oracle APEX Developer to analyze and support the migration of Oracle Forms applications. The ideal candidate will have 5–7 years of experience in Oracle PL/SQL and APEX development. Responsibilities include establishing UI/UX standards, conducting data analysis, and mentoring IT staff. Strong written and verbal communication skills are essential. This remote position prefers local candidates from Harrisburg area.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of experience developing in Oracle PL/SQL, including stored procedures, functions, and packages.
• 5–7 years of experience developing applications using Oracle APEX.
• Strong knowledge of Oracle RDBMS (Oracle 19c preferred).
• Experience with performance tuning, debugging, and testing SQL queries.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and understand existing Oracle Forms applications.
• Support migration to Oracle APEX and develop user interfaces.
• Generate technical and business documentation.
• Provide mentoring to IT staff.
• Conduct performance profiling and tuning.

Skills

Oracle PL/SQL

Oracle APEX

SQL Developer

Data analysis

Problem-solving

Technical documentation

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Tools

SQL Developer

TOAD

Job description

Remote position (Local candidates preferred)

BRIEF DESCRIPTION

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Analyze and understand the architecture, data structures, and integrations of existing Oracle Forms applications.
• Support the migration and conversion of Oracle Forms-based applications to Oracle APEX.
• Design and develop modern APEX user interfaces in collaboration with technical lead.
• Assist in establishing UI/UX design standards for future APEX applications.
• Develop and maintain PL/SQL stored procedures, functions, packages, and advanced queries.
• Perform data pulls, data analysis, and scripting to support reporting and system enhancements.
• Review existing documentation to understand system requirements, architecture, reporting, and functionality.
• Implement and support application security, roles, and authorization models within integrated Oracle systems.
• Conduct performance profiling and tuning to improve maintainability and system responsiveness.
• Generate technical documentation, business functional documentation, and system documentation.
• Participate in all phases of the system development lifecycle including requirements gathering, analysis, coding, testing, deployment, and post-production support.
• Provide mentoring and knowledge transfer to Commonwealth IT staff and other developers.
• Assist with production deployments and release management activities.
• Provide weekly status updates to management.
• Generate reports for executive management, end-users, and Bureau of Information Technology (BIT) staff.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field.
• 5–7 years of experience developing in Oracle PL/SQL, including:
• Stored procedures
• Functions
• Packages
• 5–7 years of experience developing applications using Oracle APEX.
• Strong knowledge of Oracle RDBMS (Oracle 19c preferred).
• Strong experience using SQL Developer and/or TOAD.
• Understanding of data modeling principles.
• Experience integrating web services.
• Experience with performance tuning, debugging, and testing SQL queries, views, and stored procedures in Oracle (and SQL Server).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Prior Commonwealth or Environmental systems experience (preferred but not required).
• Experience modernizing legacy Oracle Forms applications.
• Exposure to:
• XML
• HTML
• Web Services
• Java
• PL/SQL APIs
• Strong understanding of Oracle 19c database features.
• Experience supporting regulatory or mission-critical systems.

Ability to produce clear, comprehensive technical and functional documentation.