Senior Natural Software Developers

Mandatory Qualifications: 
  • At least ten (10) years of experience programming in a Natural/ADABAS development environment.
  • At least ten (10) years of hands-on experience following a structured System Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
  • At least three (3) years of demonstrated experience working as a Natural developer with a pension or financial system.
Desirable Qualifications:    
  • Experience with a Natural Construct technical environment.
  • Experience with the conversion of data from ADABAS to SQL Server.
  • Experience with and knowledge of Job Control Language (JCL).
Tasks & Deliverables:         
  • Follow the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodology in developing quality solutions to meet customer needs.
  • Under general direction from team management and leads, formulate and define system scope and objectives.
  • Work at a high technical level on all phases of application system analysis and programming activity.
  • Work with customers to identify and document business requirements.
  • Perform analysis to determine system and performance impact.
  • Develop or modify functional specifications.
  • Develop technical specifications, detailed test plans, test scripts, and test execution checklists.
  • Construct code to meet specifications.
  • Conduct unit and system integration testing.
  • Prepare software release documents.
  • Participate in quality assurance peer reviews of business requirements, technical specifications, test documentation, and code.
  • Devise or modify procedures to solve complex problems considering computer equipment capacity and limitations, operating time, and form of desired results.
  • May be responsible for completing one or more phases of an enhancement effort.
  • May be responsible for leading a team of developers for individual system enhancements.
  • Transfer of knowledge to appropriate CalSTRS employees is required, along with any requested materials and content for transfer of knowledge.
  • Such other tasks and related services to provide the tasks/deliverables hereunder, as requested by CalSTRS.
Education:

Bachelor’s Degree in information technology.