Senior Oracle Developer

Job Title: Senior Oracle Developer
Job ID: 18571
Location: San Diego, CA, US
Full/Part Time:
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Line of Business:Epsilon

Responsibilities
* Collaborate with developers, project managers and business analysts in conceptualizing and developing new software applications and enhancements.
* Assist in the definition, development, and documentation of software's business requirements and User Stories, objectives, deliverables, and specifications on a project-by-project basis in collaboration with internal users and departments.
* Assist in defining software development project plans, including scoping, scheduling, providing time estimates for programming tasks and implementation plans and schedules.
* Conduct research on emerging application development software products, languages, and standards in support of procurement and development efforts.
* Prepare and dispense work assignments, provide guidance, and/or review the work of local and offshore development team members.
* Develop technical documentation to define the system components, development environment and implementation planning/strategies
* Maintain a current awareness of technological developments and trends as it relates to databases, development methodologies and tools.
* Responsible for developing estimates on related project work.
* Ability to work with developers, project managers, business analysts, account managers, architects and/or technical leads to achieve business and functional requirements. Ability to work with Front End design team and/or tech lead to achieve functional requirements.
* Cooperate with the Quality Assurance team to define test cases, metrics, and resolve questions about test results; assist Quality Assurance team in maintaining the integrity and security of the quality assurance environment.
* Implement solutions that are reliable, scalable, and perform at a high-level to meet the service levels associated with mission-critical Oracle-based solutions.
* Work with business users to analyze and recommend business process flow improvements.
* Prepare design documents and technical specs explaining and motivating the approaches to be taken in the deployment of systems.
* Deliver high-quality solutions to business owners to ensure alignment of technical solution with business objectives
* (Senior software engineer) - Lead a small team of developers through the development process.
* Document and share knowledge with larger development team.
* Work in a team environment.
* Clearly communicate problem/resolution process to project management.

Qualifications
* Experience designing and developing substantial database applications (ERP, CRM, etc.) on large Oracle databases (preferably over 1TB).
* Recent development experience in Oracle PL/SQL is a must have, with good software methodology/practices. Good working knowledge of SQL Server preferred.
* Experience in performance tuning, application monitoring and support of production applications.
* Experience working with offshore teams preferred.
* Experience writing technical specifications for work to be performed by other developers.
* 3+ (SWE) or 7+ (Sr. SWE) years of overall IT/software development experience
* 2+ (SWE) or 5+ (Sr. SWE) years of recent and relevant experience as an Oracle developer or software engineer working on large-scale apps (ERP, CRM, etc.) in an Oracle 10g or 11g environment.
* Development experience in Unix Korn Shell scripting.
* Experience in automotive marketing and/or CRM applications preferred.
* Awareness of Microsoft Team Foundation Server or other source control solutions preferred.
* Java experience helpful but not required.
* Informatica experience helpful but not required.

Compensation and Benefits
Alliance Data offers a competitive salary, a comprehensive selection of benefit options including 401(k).

Conditions of Employment
All job offers are contingent upon successful completion of drug screen and background checks.

About Us
Aspen Marketing Services, a leading global marketing services firm and division of Epsilon, builds long-term relationships with clients, many of which are in the Fortune 100, through impactful programs built to engage, sell and retain. Clients benefit from Aspen's comprehensive portfolio of in-house marketing capabilities, including digital marketing, advanced analytics, direct marketing, experiential and event marketing, word-of-mouth and multi-cultural marketing. To learn more about Aspen, please visit http://www.aspenms.com/or follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/aspenmarketingservices.