Senior RPG Programmer/Analyst – REMOTE

At Fresche Solutions, we offer great work-life balance with flexible hours. You can work anywhere in Canada… either from your home or in one of our offices… the decision is up to you.  

WHY JOIN FRESCHE? We believe in leading our industry, we believe in innovation, we believe in delighting our customers, guaranteeing their success, and ensuring that 100% of our customers are referenceable.

Our distinct company culture makes us a top employer, as well a premiere choice for our customers for the last ten (10) consecutive years. We work hard to ensure that our values permeate the company and are reflected in everything we do. Whether it be in setting priorities, defining ideas, or carrying out processes, we are committed to ensuring that the following values are manifested at all levels of our organization.

What you will do:

You will be responsible for designing, coding, testing, debugging, and documenting IBM i development tools, using RPG and related languages. You will be participating in the development as a part of the team and working independently on projects.

In your day-to-day you will be responsible for:

• Work directly with the client to help craft approaches and solutions with the development team, add clarity to client systems when questions arise from other team members
• Conforming to client SDLC processes and procedures
• Assisting in the design, development, testing, and maintenance of software systems.
• Working with other developers on the team to help remove technical blockers from them completing their work; this sometimes include working directly with clients to understand various impacts / business logic that need to be resolved so development can progress
• Following  Fresche methodology for all keeping industry coding standards and best practices in mind when working on all projects.
• Creating user-defined functions through TDOMS and promoted w/ the programs we are changing: research as every situation is different (sometimes – if we didn't change the program – we just need to create the user defined function directly)
• Conducting code reviews for table / logical file changes
• Maintaining separate (outside of TDOMS) promotion path as required
• Performing various levels of testing to ensure correctness of software systems using various means of automated and manual testing, such as unit testing, integration testing, acceptance testing, smoke testing, etc.
• Participating in code reviews on work produced by other team members and work closely with QA to perform test plan reviews.
• Proactively play a supporting role in managing our client's expectations, concerns, and/or questions.
• Documenting new and existing applications and systems through a combination of textual explanations and visual diagrams of varying levels of detail depending on the target audience.
  
  

What you must have:

• 15+ years with a proven track record of IBM i (iSeries, AS/400), DB2 database and RPGLE language (free-form and fix-form syntax)
• Strong understanding of ERP Systems and Supply Chain
• Recent programming and analysis experience in the following systems: RPGILE, Free and fixed format RPGLE, SQL, and embedded SQL within RPG
• Advanced DB2 Application Programming
• A good understanding of change management processes
• Effective communication with all levels of employees and management
• Eligibility to work in Canada.
• Be available to support Eastern Time zone business hours

Nice to have (not required):

• Bilingual (English/French)
• MAESTRO ERP experience

We are always looking for highly motivated, energetic, creative individuals who work well in a fast-moving team environment and are committed to excellence.

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