Senior Oracle APEX Developer

Silosmashers - Reston, VA

Full-time - Senior

Reston, VA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Senior Oracle APEX Developer will lead a team of developers in designing, developing, and deploying Oracle APEX applications. This role requires collaboration with various stakeholders to ensure high-quality application delivery while maintaining data integrity and security. The successful candidate will provide technical expertise, optimize performance, and manage quality assurance efforts within an agile development environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of two developers, providing guidance, mentoring, and technical direction.
• Design, develop, test, and deploy Oracle APEX applications, developing code in Oracle (PL/SQL).
• Perform complex data analysis and manipulation to support business intelligence and reporting needs.
• Expertise in database design, normalization, and ER modeling.
• Implement reliable and efficient data extraction and automation services.
• Troubleshoot production issues across business areas and different technologies.
• Optimize database and application performance, including tuning PL/SQL code and indexing strategies.
• Implement reliable and efficient data integration and automation services.
• Work within an agile development environment, utilizing agile methodologies and practices.
• Collaborate with business clients, IT staff, and other stakeholders to gather requirements, design solutions, and implement improvements.
• Maintain accurate documentation of data structures, queries, reports, and development processes.
• Manage quality assurance and testing efforts to ensure the reliability and performance of applications.
• Ensure applications adhere to security best practices and compliance requirements.
• Apply business process improvement practices and re-engineer methodologies to enhance application development and deployment processes.
• Recommend changes in data structures to support data integrity, reporting accuracy, and acceptable performance.
• Provide qualitative feedback for IT staff mentoring purposes.
• Support data integrity, data quality, and audit efforts as needed.
• Perform all functions of the job in a safe and conscientious manner.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in PL/SQL, Oracle RDBMS.
• 5+ years of experience in Oracle APEX development.
• Demonstrated experience in web-based programming (HTML, JavaScript).
• Familiarity with standard business processes and reporting.
• Oracle Database 11g and higher: SQL and PL/SQL New Features training.
• Eligible for Public Trust Clearance.
• US Citizenship Required.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field; a Master's degree substitutes for 3 years of experience.
• Active PMP and CSM (Scrum Master) certifications required.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with MS Power Platform.
• Familiarity with business intelligence tools and data warehousing concepts.
• Knowledge of various programming languages and scripting (e.g., Java, Python, Unix/Linux scripting).