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| POSITION DESCRIPTION | AUSTRALIAN IT SPECIALISTS NOVEMBER 2008 |
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Senior Analyst Programmer |
| Position Code: | 18 | | Career Level: | 4 |
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Responsible for
Designing, developing and maintaining applications software. Approximately one third of the employee's time will be spent writing code/programming. |
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Reports To
Project Manager. |
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Supervises
May mentor Analyst Programmers. |
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Main Activities
Designing, coding, testing and installing applications programs either in one major language or in a range of programs across multiple platforms.
Developing operating and system documentation.
Working with users to evaluate IT applications and equipment requirements.
Ensuring that systems are developed within agreed budgets and time frames and achieving necessary design and systems security standards.
Providing technical mentoring and guidance to less experienced members of applications development team.
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Key Skills
Advanced skills in one or more of the major programming languages (either 'legacy' or 'hot') such as Cobol, C++, Visual Basic, .NET, XML, ASP, COM/DCOM and/or SQL.
Advanced skills and knowledge of one of the major relational database packages such as Oracle, SQL Server, Sybase or DB2.
Ability to understand the essential needs of users and meet these in well-designed programs.
Good skills in time and resource management.
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Internal Contacts
Users and user groups, development team members. |
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External Contacts
Vendors of hardware and software. |
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Typical Experience
7+ years in software development, with at least 3 years in a large IT site coupled with tertiary qualifications in computer science or a related discipline. |
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Other Comments
Alternative Titles: Senior Software Developer, Senior Applications Developer. Please match Applications Team Leaders to position code 13 - Project Team Leader - Applications. Please match specialists at this level in; Java/J2EE to position code 25- Java/J2EE Senior Analyst Programmer; Lotus Notes to position code 197 Lotus Notes Senior Applications Development; SAP to position code 230 Senior SAP Analyst Programmer. |
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