RPG Programmer

Position: Sr RPG Programmer
Openings: 4

Duration: Long term contract engagement, looking at up to 3+ years

Location: Remote/Work from home some travel as needed but not frequent

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of professional experience programming in RPG/iSeries environments
• Demonstrated experience with RPGLE/RPG Free programming
• Experience with SQL/RPGSQL
• Experience with WMS Systems
• Proactive and entrepreneurial, but able to operate effectively in a team
• Confident and self-assured, able to adapt to an environment that is different than where he/she came from

Nice to Have:

• Experience with TMS (Transportation Management Systems)
• Basic understanding of DDM connections and communication between multiple AS400 partitions.
• Experience creating/maintaining service programs, stored procedures, and SQL views.

Our fortune 100 customer in the pharmaceutical space is hiring a talented RPG programmer to join their growing team. The qualified candidate will contribute to the design, development, and maintenance of systems in a scaled agile setting. The incumbent will leverage their expertise in iSeries products and RPG to develop new software components and integrations to onboard a new customer for our distribution services. The qualified candidate will have demonstrated experience working with RPGLE/RPG Free, SQL and RPGSQL, as well as other related technologies.

Responsibilities:

1. Application Development:
   • Design, develop, code, and test new applications using RPG/Free.

• • Modify existing RPG II programs as needed.

• • Collaborate with business units to gather requirements and translate them into technical specifications.

• • Ensure high-quality software delivery by following best practices and conducting thorough code reviews.

1. AS/400 Environment Management:
   • Proficiency in managing an AS/400 environment.

• • Hands-on experience in RPG and CL programming.

• • Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to AS/400 systems via escalation from the prod support team

1. Technical Documentation:
   • Create and maintain user and technical system documentation.

• • Document system changes, enhancements, and troubleshooting procedures.

1. Collaboration and Support:
   • Work closely with cross-functional teams, including developers, analysts, and system administrators.

• • Assist in architecting new software solutions.

• • Provide elevated support and maintenance across multiple platforms.

Team Duties:

• Develop Software components utilizing using RPG Free, DB2/SQL and RPG/ILE programming.
• Work with Development Team Lead on design and analysis of software, including supporting documentation.
• Perform testing/Troubleshooting on escalations and developed applications
• As required, work with user community during development and testing phases
• Adhere to internal software development standards and change management procedures
• Experience creating/maintaining service programs, stored procedures, and SQL views.
• Basic understanding of DDM connections and communication between multiple AS400 partitions.
• Knowledge of iSeries API's, Data queues, User queues, multithreading, Journaling, and IBM iSeries file systems.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks as well as work well under pressure to meet project deadlines.
• Conduct code reviews for the deliverables prepared by other team members.

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