The Programmer Analyst will develop enterprise software, modernize applications, migrate legacy systems to AWS, and collaborate with teams on design and optimization.
Summary
Our client is seeking a skilled Programmer Analyst with strong experience in enterprise software development, SQL/Oracle programming, and cloud-based modernization initiatives. The ideal candidate will review, refactor, and migrate legacy application logic including PL/SQL code, stored procedures, and Crystal Reports into a modern AWS-based architecture. This role involves understanding existing business logic, documenting current workflows, and collaborating with both internal teams and a third-party vendor. They will support the redesign of core application functionality, including modules such as records, classification and sentence computation, to ensure accurate operation within the updated system.
Key Responsibilities
- Review and document existing application architecture, data models, workflows, and stored procedures.
- Rewrite and optimize Oracle PL/SQL packages, functions, triggers, and views for migration to a cloud environment.
- Migrate legacy Crystal Reports to a modern reporting platform compatible with AWS.
- Extract, map, validate, and transform data to support ETL and database conversion activities.
- Analyze, document, and refactor core logic modules such as sentence computation.
- Convert legacy DHTML-based UI forms to modern formats as part of system redesign.
- Understand and document scheduled jobs and backend automation processes.
- Collaborate with a third-party vendor to clarify requirements and support modernization efforts.
Required Technical Skills
- Expert knowledge of Oracle PL/SQL (procedures, functions, triggers, packages, views).
- Strong SQL expertise including query optimization and performance tuning.
- Experience with data migration, ETL workflows, and schema transformation.
- Ability to understand logic from legacy applications and undocumented code.
- Familiarity with legacy front-end technologies (DHTML, HTML/JavaScript forms).
- Experience with task schedulers for data automation.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with AWS database and reporting services.
- Knowledge of BI/reporting tools such as Power BI or AWS QuickSight.
- Scripting experience (Python, PowerShell).
- Experience with Offender Management or enterprise justice systems.
- Experience working with external vendor teams on modernization projects.
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