iSeries/AS400 Developer

HI,

Position: iSeries/AS400 Developer
Location: Issaquah, WA - 5 Days Onsite Duration: 6-12 Months+

• Analyzes and develops iSeries code that supports various applications in the Retail Domain.
  Creates functional specifications for applications supported using standard practices, processes, and procedures.
  Performs code reviews, unit testing, and coordinates with development team members on development and QA tasks.
  Adheres to the client's IS division development standards and deployment processes and procedures.
  Collaborates with the Product Owner, business area, team members, and QA to ensure requirements are clearly defined, understood, and documented.
  Participates in development estimation, deployment, and release planning to ensure delivery of solutions.
  Responsible for 2nd level support resolution of daily incident tickets, creation of KB articles for 1st level support, and providing on-call support.
  Perform peer reviews on source code to ensure reuse, scalability, and the use of best practices
  Participate in collaborative technical discussions that focus on software user experience, design, architecture, and development
  Requirements: Must-Have
  Excellent programming skills on the iSeries platform - Analyze and create new programs using RPG, RPG ILE, SQLRPGLE, and Control Language (CLP/CLLE).
  Very good knowledge of SQL concepts - Analyze and modify complex SQL queries, embedded SQL in SQLRPGLE, Cursor programming, SQL Sprocs.
  Database Concepts - Create and Analyze Physical files, Logical Files, SQL tables, Indexes, Views, and Stored procedures.
  Good working knowledge of screen programming - Display Files, Subfiles, and Printer files.
  Document business rules effectively, and should be able to create data mapping documents after analyzing program flows and data flows
  ILE Programming - Analyze and create program modules, binding directories, and service programs.
  Working knowledge of Message Queue (MQ), MQ Trigger, and embedding XML tags in RPG Programs
  Good communication skills, and the job will involve owning a project task completely based on the communication with the analysts at the client site.

Good to Have:
Good working knowledge of Turnover - the code configuration management tool
Good working knowledge of X Analysis - cross-reference tool for iSeries.
Knowledge of Triggers, Message Queuing for inter-program/ inter-system communication
ROBOT job scheduler - knowledge in creating and setting up scheduled jobs in the iSeries.
Knowledge of normalized, denormalized tables, Star Schema databases
Working knowledge of iSeries Navigator - to run queries and analyze the performance of SQL queries.
Knowledge in the Retail Domain, especially in areas like Merchandising, Warehouse Management, Distribution, etc.