Senior Oracle Retail (Retek) Technical Consultant
Location: Canada, United States and International
Nature and Scope
The Senior Oracle Retail (Retek) Technical Consultant is involved in all aspects of system integration and works as part of a team responsible for providing technical solutions to meet the needs of client implementations. Your knowledge of our client’s architecture, design and development standards and the challenges faced in dealing with interfaces, conversions and modifications within a Oracle Retail (Retek) system integration project are critical.
In this challenging and rewarding role, your knowledge of data modeling, data/system architecture and performance tuning would be an asset.
Relationships
This position reports to the Project Manager and maintains interactions with all AI staff.
Responsibilities
- Analyzes, designs, and prepares program specifications to support a broad range of business systems requirements and technical specifications.
- Supports the development of technical solutions to the goals of the project by developing the standards to support the implementation
- Contributes to the planning of complex information systems assignments; including the preparation of proposals and cost estimates for future work.
- Designs and applies new methods and procedures.
- Communicates and reviews project related status and issues with clients and other departments.
- Analyzes, revises, and updates existing programs and related documentation.
- Develops required end user documentation.
- Works with team to understand the clients needs and business model and the challenges faced in dealing with interfaces, conversions and modifications within a Oracle Retail (Retek) system integration project are critical.
- Utilizes data modeling tools, data/system architecture and performance tuning processes.
- Mentors team members to assist in developing the skills required to grow and mature within AI’s structure.
Qualifications
- Degree or Diploma, Computer Science.
- Minimum 3 years experience with Oracle Retail (Retek).
- Preference will be given to candidates with Oracle Retail (Retek), JDA, SAP Retail, and Island Pacific. Aldata or other retail merchandising systems
- 5 to 7 years IT experience.
- Strong Oracle technology expertise.
- Minimum 4 years PL/SQL and SQL.
- Minimum 4 years with any one of the following: C, C++, Pro*C.
- Minimum 3 years ORACLE Forms/Reports.
- Minimum 2 years Java based technologies J2EE, Java Beans, JSP.
- Minimum 2 years working with Object Oriented Analysis & Design (OOA, OOD).
- Ability to write technical specifications and documentation.
- Experience in providing innovative and consultative technical solutions to customers as well as mentoring both customer and Active Intelligence colleagues is a must.
- Knowledge of SeeBeyond, Microstrategy and data warehousing concepts an asset.
- Strong understanding of system integration methodologies.
- Able to travel weekly to client sites in North America.
- Able to travel to client sites internationally as required.
Personal Attributes
- Customer Focused – Understands the needs of both internal and external customers and focuses efforts on fulfilling those needs by adding value that will result in the delight of the customer.
- Action Oriented – Demonstrate a drive for results and a sense of urgency approach to work environment.
- Team Player – Demonstrates strong team skills to create effective partnerships with internal customers.
- Communication – Demonstrates excellent written, verbal (telephone and in-person), and active listening skills. Good negotiation skills.
- Decision Quality- Makes good decisions based upon a mixture of analysis, common sense wisdom, experience and judgment
- Detailed – Meticulous with an eye for details along with strong organizational skills.
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