First Option prides itself on employing top quality professionals. All applicants will be expected to demonstrate technical ability in the interview process. Staff will be expected to participate in ongoing training and certification in various areas including networking, RPG programming, and Java programming.

Senior Programmer/Analyst – Job Description

This title is for someone with six to eight years of experience programming business applications.  A person with this title reports to a project leader, project manager, or IT manager.    Senior P/As often fulfill duties a programmer or programmer/analyst performs.  Senior P/As design and develop complex application programs that interact with other applications or modules and modify existing application programs by developing programming specifications for their own systems as well as for other programmers on a project team.

Senior P/As have more expansive skill sets and can readily design, write, and create reports or modify reports to meet a user’s needs.  They have an in-depth understanding of RPG, CL, interactive subfiles, and business principles.  A senior P/A conducts user training and has start-to-finish responsibility for projects.  Senior P/As also mentor junior programmers.

To apply send resume to pfuller@1stoption.com.