WebFocus

Note: remote position. Manager expects engagement to be extended.

The consultant will be responsible for evaluating how the existing reports are written, determining what fields were used, analyzing the report structure, as well as designing, coding and testing each of the reports. The consultant will be involved in maintaining (including production support), enhancing existing reports, and developing new projects from scratch.

The consultant must have a broad range of skills, a general knowledge of WebFOCUS internals, and the understanding of associated technologies that WebFOCUS uses (PDF, EXCEL, HTML, AHTML and WORD as output formats). The programmer will be responsible for troubleshooting and resolving production issues related to legacy and new-development reports.

This is a professional level non-supervisory position which will require coordination of programming activities being conducted by the Team Lead in association within the existing structure, rules and guidelines of the current AOC WebReporting environment. This person will confer with other business and technical personnel who own data in various other systems stemming from many stored sources of information (DB2, Sybase, SQL, Mainframe Flat Files, etc.).

Skills/Qualifications:
• Must be able to compare actual project procedures to the specified standards and procedures
• Should be able to demonstrate expertise with the most recent and relevant technologies in the WebFocus environment
• Must have excellent communication skills and possess the ability to collaborate with internal and external groups including vendors

Skills:
* Reports development utilizing Information Builders'' WebFocus
* User Interface Design / HTML
* Experience with GUI / User Interface driven by dynamic parameter driven reporting selection criteria
* JavaScript / CSS
* Business and System Analysis
* Report Development Skills

The ideal candidate can:
• Demonstrate expertise in teaching, conveying technical and or functional courses and concepts
• Develop appropriate work programs utilizing time-management effectively with regard to scheduled tasks and assignments
• Identify improvements to project standards to achieve high quality
services and products

Responsibilities:
* Analyze user requirements for remaining conversion projects
* Collaborate with application teams on setting up users, data, etc.
* Identify and document system defects
* Communicate clearly and effectively in written and spoken English