Principal Software Engineer Oracle (EBS)

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Principal Software Engineer position is responsible for delivering successful technical solutions for the Oracle EBS and Cloud/Fusion platforms. The individual is responsible for development and support activities with minimal supervision and guidance. A successful candidate will have a solid record of delivering technical solutions under timeline and a proven track record of working efficiently with business, functional, and technical teams.  This role’s focus is on the development, maintenance, and support of new and existing Oracle EBS and Cloud/Fusion functionality. The Principal Software Engineer will mentor, lead, and indirectly influence internally and cross functionally.

ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Leads and participates in schedule definition, system design, scope definition and development/selection of software solutions:

• Works with a team or independently to research and define user requirements and understand their needs, address those needs, handle problems as they arise, and escalate issues as required. 
• With minimal direction, works to formulate system scope, objectives, requirements, and design documentation. 
• Works with a team to provide information and development schedules for assigned work. 
• Leads the creation of appropriate documentation for all application modifications and new development. 
• Develops applications/enhancements within NMDP defined architecture and following the predefined processes/methodologies. 
• Proactively communicates with and coordinates activities with other team members. 

Team Support:

• Works with team members to develop, maintain and improve critical internal and external production applications. 

• Works with Infrastructure and Service Desk teams to identify, diagnose and remediate production system issues. 

• Provides timely status updates for assigned work to the team members and leadership. 

• Researches the changing marketplace to keep current with technology and upgrades. 

• Provides production system support as needed. 

• Mentor, support, guide, and train other team members. 

• May support or provide technical expertise within team and cross functionally.

• Other duties as assigned. 

   

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Knowledge of: 

• Knowledge of enterprise frameworks, systems integrations, software development and testing methodologies is required

• Technical expertise/knowledge of development tools and processes

• Strong knowledge of developing interface and conversion routines

• Advanced knowledge of the development life cycle including testing process and methods, variable programming fundamentals, conditional execution, data structures, compilation and debugging tools

• Advanced knowledge of Agile and object-oriented software development methodologies

• Generating process documentation

• Familiarity with SDLC

• Automated testing / regression testing

• Experience in a Scrum/Agile development environment

• Knowledge and experience with

  • SQL, PL/SQL, XML, BI Publisher, Alerts and Workflow development customizations and extensions

  • Oracle Visual Builder Studio

  • Oracle Fast Formulas

  • Linux shell scripts

  • SOAP XML, WSDL, XML schema, and XSL

  • RESTful services, JSON

  • SOA gateway deployments

  • SOAPUI, XMLSpy, POSTMAN for SOA testing and development

• Opening, managing, and resolving Oracle service requests with Oracle support

• Demonstrated knowledge of Oracle suggested standards and approach for delivering EBS and Cloud solutions
• Familiarity with Oracle suggested standards and approaches for delivering EBS and Cloud work products
• Expert knowledge of underlying Oracle Applications table structure. Firm technical knowledge including SQL*Plus and PL/SQL coding to support troubleshooting of existing and development of new customer processes. 

• Functional knowledge of development languages utilized.

  • Application Express (APEX)

  • Oracle Application Framework

• Knowledgeof the Oracle distribution and financial applications suiteof products:

  • iExpense

  • iProcurement

• Accounts Payable

• Accounts Receivable

• Cash Management

• Channel Revenue Management

• Fixed Assets

• General Ledger

• Inventory

• Bills of Material

• Order Management

• Advanced Pricing

• Projects and/or Grants Accounting

• Purchasing

• Trading Community Architecture

• Order to Cash

• Procure to Pay 

Ability to: 

• Work within a team environment.
• Manage oneself in a complex, high speed, self-correcting environment obtaining desirable results.
• Effectively facilitate and lead meetings.
• Demonstrate strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.
• Maintain confidentiality of sensitive information.
• Be self-motivated.
• Prioritize workload to meet deadlines and work objectives
• Meet time commitments on multiple tasks with quality deliverables in unsupervised environment.
• Demonstrate excellent oral & written communication skills.
• Demonstrate strong understanding and experience of application integrations within the Oracle E-Business Suite platform with other systems
• Support and maintain existing EBS extensions
• Periodically perform impact analysis of Oracle product updates
• Reverse engineer complex modules and enhancements to diagnose root cause of user identified data issues
• Read, write, speak and understand English.

Education and/or Experience: 

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, math, or related technical field that required extensive computer programming. Equivalent related experience and/or education may be substituted for the degree. 
• 7 or more years of technical work experience, working independently and in a team-based software application/development environment. 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: (Additional qualifications that may make a person even more effective in the role, but are not required for consideration) 

• WSO2 experience

• Experience with Kintana/HP PPM deployment tools

• Knowledge of some or all of Oracle EBS applications / Cloud HCM suite of products:

  • Core HR

  • Absence Management

  • Time and Labor

  • Compensation

  • Performance management

  • Reporting – OTBI/BI-SQL

  • Payroll

  • Learning Management

  • Benefits

  • Application Object Library (FND)