Department of Veterans’ Affairs

RFQ number / DVA ICTSB RFQ-008
Item number / Description / Details
1.  / Proposed Work Order Start Date / ASAP
2.  / Proposed Initial Contract Period / 25th March to 30 June 2016
3.  / Personnel Category (Skill set) / C++ Developer
4.  / Number of Specified Personnel required / 1
5.  / Reduced activity period / DVA has a closedown of one week over the Christmas / New Year holiday period.
6.  / Business Hours / Not applicable
7.  / Services/work required / Duties
The duties of the role are:
Undertake one or more of the following:-
·  Assisting in the maintenance, operational support and enhancement of a large number of client-facing business application systems. These systems are critical to the delivery of our services to the Veteran community.
·  Diagnosis, impact evaluation, correction and testing of reported faults and service needs.
·  Ensuring documentation is maintained according to Quality requirements.
·  May also be called upon to assist with technical design, coding, testing of system enhancements in a project-based environment.
8.  / Documentation / The specified personnel will produce documentation in relation to the role they have been performing and store in appropriate TRIM containers.
9.  / Skills knowledge transfer / The specified personnel will transfer knowledge to an identified resource as advised by the Team Leader.
10.  / Selection criteria
Please note the importance of responding to this Selection Criteria. / Expected Qualifications and Experience
·  Sound knowledge and experience (minimum 2 years) in a business application environment using C++ with:
·  Familiarity with the Visual Studio IDE (version 7).
·  Sound Knowledge of SQL commands & fundamentals.
·  Highly developed Maintenance skills incorporating problem solving, lateral thinking, responsiveness and an ability to consider implications.
·  Previous experience in time critical software support or development.
·  Experience with using a source control system.
Desirable:
·  Some experience with mainframe systems desirable
·  Some experience with Oracle Policy Automation