Job: PowerBuilder Developer/Programmer

Location: Remote

Duration: Long term Contract

The resource must be located within the borders of the United States and be available for meetings during regular business hours of 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Central Time, Monday through Friday.

The Minnesota Department of Information Technology Services (MNIT), partnering with the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), is seeking one (1) full-time staff augmentation resource to work as a PowerBuilder Developer/Programmer on legacy desktop applications utilized by the MDH Environmental Health Division.

The resource will assist with application enhancements and defect fixes for legacy PowerBuilder applications within various sections of the MDH Environmental Health Division including Drinking Water Protection and Well Management. The legacy applications are the Minnesota Drinking Water Information System (MNDWIS); Accreditation, Certification, and Enforcement System (ACES); Wells Legacy Desktop Application; County Well Index; and Water Chemistry. The resource will work closely with the MNIT/MDH Environmental Health Team, MDH Environmental Health Division Business Leads, and MNIT/MDH Project Management Office to perform review/update of current state, scope clarification, requirements review, testing, code review, change management / release management, source code management, sprint review, sprint planning, and estimation of effort. The resource may also be called upon to work on future state Java migrations/applications.

The ideal resource will have extensive PowerBuilder experience and will be able to quickly understand the technology, frameworks, strengths, and weaknesses of legacy systems.

Sample Tasks:

1. Work with MNIT staff and MDH business partners on bugs and defect fixes, maintenance, and enhancements for PowerBuilder applications, as tracked through Jira
2. Troubleshoot legacy PowerBuilder application issues and work with Technical Lead(s), MNIT App Dev Lead(s), and Business to resolve
3. Perform unit/code testing in accordance with industry standards and MNIT standard procedures
4. Support QA Testing and UAT testing in accordance with industry standards and MNIT standard procedures
5. Perform source code management, change management, and release management in accordance with MNIT/MDH processes
6. Perform development tasks to support Drinking Water Protection modernization efforts
7. Participate in team meetings, project planning meetings, and stand-up meetings
8. Participate in requirements review, code review, sprint planning/review activities, and current state analysis as assigned
9. Estimate effort/duration for tasks
10. Communicate status, issues, and roadblocks, and work with Technical Lead(s) and SME(s) to resolve
11. Work on future state Java migrations/applications as requested
12. Provide knowledge transfer to State staff
13. Perform other related duties as assigned

Desired Qualifications:

1. Experience in PowerBuilder application development role(s)
2. Experience writing PL/SQL database procedures
3. Experience using PFC class libraries
4. Experience with Client Server (VB, Delphi, or PowerBuilder)
5. Experience with Git source code management tool
6. Experience with SQL as relates to CRUD Operations and/or View creation
7. Experience with Oracle Relational Database
8. Experience picking up legacy technology and updating code or fixing errors in code
9. Experience with JavaScript and related frameworks (Angular, React, or Vue)

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