Oracle Application Developer

at  General Dynamics Mission Systems United Kingdom

Company Description
General Dynamics Mission Systems engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. With a global team of more than 13,000 top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defence and scientific arenas. In the UK, we are leading the way in avionics and communication systems. Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment and transparency.
Job Description
This role is for an Oracle Application Developer to work as part of the Information Systems & Services (IS&S) team to support our business program managers. The role will involve the development and delivery of bespoke capabilities identified via Value Propositions and Tasks.
In the role you will be required to maintain high levels of application availability to support all contracted services delivered as part of the wider business programme.
The role requires a candidate who is technically strong and has good Oracle APEX experience in designing and developing web based applications. Highly proficient communication skills are required both internally and with customers and end users.
The successful candidate will be expected to work with multi-disciplined engineering team to deliver solutions that meet customer needs, to a defined quality standard and within the agreed timescales and budgets

Typical responsibilities will include:

• Providing Oracle APEX expertise for the IS&S portals
• The support and maintenance of all existing applications
• Providing assistance and input into the various internal and external Working Groups.
• Assisting the Program Managers with Value Propositions and Tasks.
• Working with third party contractors to resolve issues.
• Implementation of changes within the support and live environments when required.
• Testing and documentation of new releases of software
• Continual maintenance and development of all process and procedures
• Providing inputs into regular reports for management

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Qualifications

To be successful in the role you should have experience in the following:

• Considerable working in an Oracle development environment.
• Experience in Oracle APEX.
• Oracle PL/SQL
• Oracle databases (v19c)
• XML, CSS, HTML, JavaScript
• Use of development tools (Jdeveloper, SQL Developer)
• Requirements gathering, analysis and design
• Proven track record of delivering solutions through the full lifecycle.
• Oracle Webcenter Portal (v12c)
• Oracle Fusion Middleware

Typical responsibilities will include:

• Providing Oracle APEX expertise for the IS&S portals
• The support and maintenance of all existing applications
• Providing assistance and input into the various internal and external Working Groups.
• Assisting the Program Managers with Value Propositions and Tasks.
• Working with third party contractors to resolve issues.
• Implementation of changes within the support and live environments when required.
• Testing and documentation of new releases of software
• Continual maintenance and development of all process and procedures
• Providing inputs into regular reports for managemen

To be successful in the role you should have experience in the following:

• Considerable working in an Oracle development environment.
• Experience in Oracle APEX.
• Oracle PL/SQL
• Oracle databases (v19c)
• XML, CSS, HTML, JavaScript
• Use of development tools (Jdeveloper, SQL Developer)
• Requirements gathering, analysis and design
• Proven track record of delivering solutions through the full lifecycle.
• Oracle Webcenter Portal (v12c)
• Oracle Fusion Middlewar

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose, offering impressive benefits:

• A compressed nine-day fortnight and compressed hours - which means every other Friday off.
• A personalized career development plan, alongside regular progress reviews - supporting and valuing your progression within the Company.
• A flexible working environment where your contributions are recognized and rewarded with flexible benefit