Senior Oracle Developer

Are you looking for an opportunity as a Senior Oracle Developer where you will take responsibility for the completion of allocated work packages within agreed time, quality and cost?

What you will be doing:

You will maintain the status of development activities pertaining to allocated work package. In addition, you will work closely with the business consultants, developers, designers & business/system leg testers, ensuring timely communication of dependencies, risks & issues relating to allocated work package, dependant work packages and upcoming stages

• Rapid generation and demonstration of prototypes in consultation with business consultants using Oracle SQL, PL-SQL and Oracle forms/Reports.
• Design and develop routines using PL/SQL.
• Develop user interface screens using Oracle 12c Forms and Reports
• Participate in low level application design workshops and contribute to database design activities;
• Preparation of design specifications (DS) based on the first draft of the functional specifications (FS);
• Submit review comments on FS, DS.
• Construct code based on the Functional and Design Spec; submit feedback on potential scope creep situations.
• Perform peer group unit test & code reviews.
• Perform defect analysis and bug fixing duly maintaining defect evolution
• Identify, document and monitor issues & risks and advise the impact of the same to the Delivery Manager
• Adhere to quality processes

What you'll bring:
You will have proven experience with the following skills -

• SQL, PL/SQL
• Oracle 12c Forms and Reports
• Oracle 12c Database
• Serena Dimensions or any equivalent tool

It would be great if you had knowledge of:

• Oracle APEX
• Java
• Oracle Identity and Access Management

Employment Type - Full Time, Permanent
Location - Hemel Hempstead with hybrid working
Security Clearance Level - eligible for SC
Internal Recruiter - Lee Brown
Salary - up to £55k
Benefits - 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, life assurance, pension, and generous benefits fund of up to £1650 per annum (3% of salary)

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improve performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you're interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

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Sopra Steria's Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client's goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK's most complex safety- and security-critical markets.

Our technical specialists deploy systems running many of the major operating systems such as Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, and multiple Linux distros. We also provide Messaging and Collaboration systems and support, Application packaging and deployment, along with supporting Infrastructure and Cloud services and support. Our time can be split between our services and project work, so we have the chance to be multi-disciplined and access to a range of technologies.

We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. We have partnered with Vercida , the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format.
If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role. If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application.