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***This requisition requires only a virtual interview via Teams with video-enabled.******This requisition's current PO is funded through 12/31/26, so use that date in the RTR. Contract end date is dependent on the final schedule and projected needs. If the individual works out well, then the agency will most likely extend to 6/30/27. After that they will need to again reevaluate.******Start date for this position is as soon as possible pending a compliant PATCH.******This position is fully remote.***
This position provides independent advanced analysis,
design, development, enhancements, implementation, and support to ensure
efficient and effective operation of complex software. This position acts as a
subject matter expert for Oracle Commerce Cloud and the related subsystems to
support the PLCB’s (Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board) Fine Wine & Good
Spirits (FWGS.com) website, Licensee Online Ordering Portal (LOOP) and
Associate Portal (AP). They also provide daily operational support for the Oracle
Commerce Cloud (OCC) and extranet environments. This includes configuration of
the Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC). Development of other special projects is
assigned as needed.
The primary responsibility of the employee in this position
is development within the various Oracle systems utilized by the PLCB, this
includes the Fine Wine and Good Spirits website (FWGS.com), the Licensee Online
Ordering Portal (LOOP) and Associate Portal (AP). This development can be done
individually or as part of a team, depending on the complexity of the project.
Defects and requests from the business are taken by the team. The employee must
analyze existing code, then plan and design solutions. They routinely develop
and debug code. Testing is conducted by the developer or team before submitting
to the business for UAT (User Acceptance Testing). Work done by the incumbent
must be documented within the code and in the agency’s change management
system.
At times, new enhancements and integration into other systems are requested or mandated. The incumbent must research and evaluate the
products and determine their viability. They must effectively communicate their
observations to a variety of staff which differ in technical skill levels. In
addition, they will need to integrate any new systems selected into the Oracle
Suite, which may require programming changes.
Development is to be peer reviewed. Code changes from all
positions in the team are to be reviewed by a second position from within the
team. This position will review code when necessary.
The guidelines set forth by the agency regarding Change
Management must be adhered to. The position will document and be able to speak
about changes to the system during reviews. The person selected for the
position will also have the responsibility to make level of effort estimations
for request for service or enhancements from the business. The estimation
activity is to be documented and presented to the heads of IT and the business
for prioritization.
Testing of system changes from the team will be conducted within
the team for accuracy before the code is moved to the next environment. Further testing is done by the business users
after internal testing is complete. Defects found are documented and are the
responsibility of the developer to fix and retest before progressing back to
the business for additional user acceptance testing.
The position will support several nonproduction environments
that are used for testing. They will progress the code and change through the environments.
The environments are to be kept in a clean state so as not to cause confusion.
This is the responsibility of all developers in the PLCB.
The position will serve as a subject matter expert for the
various systems owned and integrated with, in addition to development tools,
processes, policies, and the code base. When called upon they are to give
information on any of the topics.
Business requests to change packaged and customized
application software (ex: Oracle Commerce Cloud, Fine Wine and Good Spirits
website, Licensee Online Ordering Portal, etc.) are evaluated by the incumbent.
They also advise on functional management of the most efficient technical
solution.
Status reports are to be provided to the group manager.
These reports include individual status, project status, performance, and
training. Status reports are for project management and identify progress
and/or deviations from objectives.
The position assists in the assessment of software products
and makes recommendations for purchase to meet organizational and Commonwealth
objectives. This can be done as a team or individually depending on the
business need.
This position will also serve in advanced troubleshooting,
investigating, and debugging of problems and defects found in the supported
systems. Problems are found and logged by internal staff. This position will
research the problems found, log input and findings into the ticket and
theorize a solution.
At times this position will perform maintenance activities
as needed. Updates to the various systems require the stopping jobs and
restarting of certain jobs. This function is typically conducted off hours
(after 5:00 PM and before 8:00 AM). Other maintenance activities include
restarting integration between the systems and system monitoring.
System performance is to be monitored and operational
deficiencies relative to program execution are to be identified by the
incumbent. Recommendations, implementation of solutions, and remedial actions
to ensure acceptable performance are the responsibility of the Senior
Application developer.
The position cooperates with other developers and IT staff
to provide security and quality assurance measures. These activities include
backup, recovery, data security, error handling, and system controls.
This position adheres to established bureau, commonwealth
and industry standards, policies and procedures. These include proper testing
documentation in all environments, security policies and procedures applied to
development, PCI (Payment Card Industry) standards, and ecommerce team
standards. These practices must be met to ensure the integrity and safety of
the data and keep in compliance with the industry. The incumbent also assists
in the establishment of standards, guidelines, and acceptable customer service
levels relating to web applications for the PLCB.
Documentation of design decisions, requirements, level of
effort estimations and similar are required by the incumbent. These documents
are developed with other IT staff and the business end users.
Performs other related job duties as needed.
System
Years Experience
HTML/CSS 2-5
SQL 2-5
XML/JSON 2-5
JavaScript 2-5
Java 2-5
Oracle SQL
Developer 0-2
Open Storefront
Framework 2-5
DevOps 0-2
Visual
Studio 0-2
MongoDB. 2-5
Skills:
| | Skill | Required / Desired | Amount | of Experience | Expertise Rating | Move |
| HTML/CSS | Required | 2 | Years | | |
| SQL | Required | 2 | Years | | |
| XML/JSON | Required | 2 | Years | | |
| JavaScript | Required | 2 | Years | | |
| Java | Required | 2 | Years | | |
| Open Storefront Framework | Required | 2 | Years | | |
| MongoDB | Required | 2 | Years | | |
| Oracle SQL Developer | Required | | | | |
| DevOps | Required | | | | |
| Visual Studio | Required | | | | |