WebFocus Developer

Location: Remote, Part- time

Duration: 12+ Months

High-Level Description of Duties:

This resource will maintain existing report code and modify it as necessary, will design new reports to meet the needs of both P20 and MDE (working with the business and project management staff to understand requirements), create new public and secure reports, conduct performance enhancements, and provide WebFOCUS support for both P20 and MDE.

Sample Tasks:

• Create wireframes, storyboards, user flows, process flows and site maps to communicate interaction and design ideas
• Establish and design guidelines, best practices and standards
• Provide clear, detailed descriptions of reporting specifications such as product features, activities, software, communication protocols, programming languages, and operating systems software and hardware
• Develop and document test plans, testing procedures, or test results
• Develop or implement procedures for ongoing web reporting revisions
• Develop databases that support web applications and reports
• Write and/or maintain supporting code for web applications and reports
• Recommend and implement performance improvements
• Create models or prototypes that include physical, interface, logical, or data models
• Analyze user needs to determine technical requirements
• Perform infrastructure analysis and remediate WebFOCUS inefficiencies
• Review suppression layers in analytics reporting and provide background knowledge and recommendations
• Design and implement web reporting security measures
• Establish backup and recovery standards
• Provide documentation and knowledge transfer to P20 and MDE staff, and other stakeholders as requested.
• Provide training to new MDE WebFOCUS staff

Desired Skills:

• Experience designing and developing business intelligence reporting systems in a data warehousing environment using star schemas, data cubes and data marts
• Experience developing web applications and reporting systems with the WebFOCUS Business Intelligence and Analytics Platform, including WebFOCUS 8 experience
• Experience designing and developing mobile-first reporting systems with emphasis on responsive design and performance optimization
• Possesses extensive experience with WebFOCUS and other Business Intelligence tools
• Advanced skills in the WebFOCUS development environment
• Experience installing, configuring, and administering WebFOCUS server
• Experience in creating accessible work products, specifically in conformance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0, Level AA.
• Experience in multiple Website Design/Development projects as a web designer/developer
• Possesses and able to demonstrate graphic design skills with a strong portfolio
• Experience with Web Applications and programming languages such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery and API's

Other Information:

The resource work will be overseen by the P20 project manager and the MDE project manager. The team will have weekly meetings to track project tasks to ensure that milestones are being met. The vendor will submit a weekly log of hours worked by projects worked for the resource.

Interview Process:

• The State will conduct interviews. Interviews will be conducted via Microsoft Teams.
• The State reserves the right to remove a resource from consideration if the resource is unavailable for interviews as requested by the State.