Job Description

Intermediate consulting position operating independently with some assistance and guidance to provide quality work products to a project team or customer that comply with Oracle methodologies and practices. Performs standard duties and tasks with some variation to implement Oracle products and technology to meet customer specifications.

Standard assignments are accomplished without assistance by exercising independent judgment, within defined policies and processes, to deliver functional and technical solutions on moderately complex customer engagements.

2-5 years of overall experience in relevant functional or technical roles. Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience. Product or technical expertise relevant to practice focus. Ability to communicate effectively and build rapport with team members and clients. Ability to travel as needed.





POSITION

Senior Consultant



LINE OF BUSINESS

Oracle Utilities



REPORTS TO (Job Title Only )

Technical Management Manager



DIRECT REPORTS TO THIS ROLE

None

Oracle Corporation Oracle provides the world's most complete, open, and integrated business software and hardware systems, with more than 370,000 customers--including 100 of the Fortune 100--representing a variety of sizes and industries in more than 145 countries around the globe. Oracle's product strategy provides flexibility and choice to our customers across their IT infrastructure. Now, with Sun server, storage, operating-system, and virtualization technology, Oracle is the only vendor able to offer a complete technology stack in which every layer is integrated to work together as a single system. In addition, Oracle's open architecture and multiple operating-system options gives our customers unmatched benefits from industry-leading products, including excellent system availability, scalability, energy efficiency, powerful performance, and low total cost of ownership.
Oracle Utilities Overview Oracle Utilities delivers proven software applications that help utility companies of all types and sizes achieve competitive advantage, business performance excellence and a lower total cost of technology ownership. Oracle Utilities integrates industry-specific customer care and billing, network management, work and asset management, mobile workforce management and meter data management applications with the capabilities of Oracle's industry-leading enterprise applications, business intelligence tools, middleware, database technologies, as well as servers and storage. The software enables customers to adapt more nimbly to market deregulation, meet ever-evolving customer demands and deliver on environmental conservation commitments.
The India Delivery Center is part of the Oracle Utilities Global Delivery Consulting group that partners with the regional consulting centers in delivering the high performance Utilities solutions that increase our customers' competitiveness. The delivery incorporates institutionalized methodologies in an offshore environment whereby world-class talent is developed through mature standards and processes. The Oracle Utilities Global Delivery Consulting group continues to improve its core delivery value proposition through the recruitment and development of top technical talent.
Role:

This Senior Consultant position is primarily responsible to work on Oracle Utilities Implementation, Maintenance, Support and Testing Projects for Oracle Utilities Clients. Leveraging their prior knowledge in Java and J2EE, Oracle Utilities Application Framework (OUAF) and Configuration Tools, this designer or senior developer will work as part of team with other consultants, project and delivery managers.
KEY OBJECTIVE
(Outline key/overall objectives of the role)

• Work as part of the project team responsible for converting the External Design into Internal Design Specifications that will be used by Developers to program the system.
• Ensure customer satisfaction by delivering high quality programs within agreed budgets and time frames.
  

• Ensure that External Designs comply with Global Delivery Center entrance criteria before proceeding with Internal Design activities
• Liaise with External Designers and participate with design walkthroughs; discuss/explain functional requirements and dissect into logical functional sections.
• Convert External Designs into Internal Design Specifications (pseudo code, edit rules, decision logic, etc.) that will be used by developers to program the system; varying the level of specification based on the skills of the proposed programming team to ensure that the idea is clearly understood by the developer
• Develop/Implement software programs, unit test and configurations related to the designs.
• Develop/review detailed estimates for design and development phases based on functional/technical requirements
• Assisting other developers with troubleshooting, debugging, coding and testing.
• Perform quality and technical reviews during the design and development phases
• Provide regular status reports to the Project Manager
  

• University degree in Engineering in IT, Computer Science or any of its equivalents. B.Tech / BE / BS / MS preferred.
• At least five (5) years development and design experience, preferably in a multi-national organization
• At least two (2) years work experience in java or groovy or java script development. Hands on experience in designing and developing applications using Java EE platforms.
• At least two (2) years work experience in Building Custom Solutions using OUAF (Oracle Utilities Application Framework).
• At least one (1) year work experience in technical designing
• Experience in detail level estimation of effort for development and testing of design solutions
• Technical capability in the areas of Java, J2EE, XML technologies and Oracle Application Integration stack.
• Strong problem-solving skills, as well as the ability to read and code-review complex code written by others
• Techno/Functional Knowledge of Oracle Utilities Products of Customer Care and Billing (CCB), Customer to Meter (C2M), Meter Data management (MDM), Mobile Workforce Management (MWM), Work and Asset management (WAM) is preferable.
• Knowledge in any Customer Information System, Billing System or Meter Data Management System is a plus
• Experience in Object-oriented design and development is a plus
• Strong written and spoken english communication skills