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Job Details Job purpose
Designing, developing, documenting, and maintaining high-quality Oracle APEX web application solutions for the life sciences industry.
Main tasks
· Create/maintain functional requirements by working closely with the responsible system owner, product owner, and business analysts.
· Create high-quality, accessible user interfaces from technical conception through to development & implementation.
· Customise and extend existing applications to meet evolving business requirements.
· Develop within the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) processes ensuring that user interface standards, coding standards, and design principles are adhered to.
· Help to maintain/document development standards, with a key focus on APEX security guidelines and settings.
· Perform peer code reviews to enforce these development standards.
· Implement best practices for version control and deployment.
· Write efficient database code and collaborate with other developers and DBAs, to support the applications, ensuring data security, integrity, and performance.
· Use impact analysis techniques and test own changes to a high standard, to lessen the likelihood of issues reaching the testing phase.
· Be familiar with the tools and frameworks that the testing team use e.g., for test automation, accessibility testing, regression testing etc.
· Stay updated on industry trends and advancements in Oracle development, and in security guidelines e.g., OWASP, NIST.
· Help make decisions which impact the success of assigned work, i.e. results, deadlines and budget.
· Ensure users’ needs are met consistently through each work stage.
· Contribute specialist expertise to requirements definition in support of proposals.
· Share knowledge and experience in own specialism to help others.
· Take the initiative in identifying and negotiating their own and supporting team members' appropriate development opportunities.
Key Decisions made by APEX Developer
· Database and code design.
· Which APEX features to use to implement the functionality.
· Use of ‘out of the box’ functionality versus custom.
· Determine how the application will integrate with external services, APIs, and third-party libraries.
UI/UX; layout and interaction decisions to create intuitive and user-friendly applications.
Critical qualifications, experience, ‘know-how’ and skills
· Autonomous, concentrated and high-quality work.
· Ability to work in a team.
· Sense of responsibility.
· Very good command of English.
· Proven experience (5+ years) as an Oracle APEX Developer, with a strong portfolio of successful projects.
· Proficient in Oracle database technologies, SQL, and PL/SQL.
· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
· Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
· Familiarity with web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript).
· Can accurately estimate the amount of time a development task will take to complete.
· Understanding of REST web services.
· Experienced in diagnosing and resolving complex PL/SQL and Oracle APEX runtime issues (including unfamiliar code), such as intermittent data inconsistencies, concurrency challenges in shared-session environments, session conflicts, and performance bottlenecks in APEX applications.
· Can architect and build incremental additions independently and larger solutions with guidance from an architect.
· Takes accountability for quality delivery and ongoing maintenance of the software.
· Understands how to and ensures the build of performant, scalable code.
· Feels accountable for all the code produced by my team, regardless of who wrote it.
· Can liaise with business stakeholders to help build solutions that deliver business value.
· Adopts a security first approach, producing secure code.
Facilitates work of others; provides guidance and support; may lead small initiatives.
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Experience & Educational Requirements:
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or any other related discipline or equivalent related experience. 4+ years of directly-related or relevant experience, preferably in software designing and development.
Preferred Certifications:
Android Development Certification
Microsoft Asp.Net Certification
Microsoft Certified Engineer
Application/Infrastructure/Enterprise Architect Training and Certification, e.g. TOGAF
Certified Scrum Master
SAFe Agile Certification
DevOps Certifications like AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Skills & Knowledge:
Behavioral Skills:
Critical Thinking
Detail Oriented
Impact and Influencing
Interpersonal Communication
Multitasking
Problem Solving
Time Management
Technical Skills:
API Design
Cloud Computing Methodologies
Integration Testing & Validation
Programming/Coding
Database Management
Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Technical Documentation
Web Application Infrastructure
Web Development Frameworks
Tools Knowledge:
Cloud Computing Tools like AWS, Azure, Google cloud
Container Management and Orchestration Tools
Big Data Frameworks like Hadoop
Java Frameworks like JDBC, Spring, ORM Solutions, JPA, JEE, JMS, Gradle, Object Oriented Design
Microsoft Office Suite
NoSQL Database Platforms like MongoDB, BigTable, Redis, RavenDB Cassandra, HBase, Neo4j, and CouchDB
Programming Languages like JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Python, SQL
Operating Systems & Servers like Windows, Linux, Citrix, IBM, Oracle, SQL
What Cencora offersBenefit offerings outside the US may vary by country and will be aligned to local market practice. The eligibility and effective date may differ for some benefits and for team members covered under collective bargaining agreements.
Full time
Affiliated CompaniesAffiliated Companies: CENCORA BUSINESS SERVICES INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
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