AS400 Developer

Position: AS400 Developer/ISeries ProgrammerLocation: Dallas, TX or Issaquah, WA Key Responsibilities: iSeries Programmer Must-Have Excellent programming skills on the iSeries platform – Analyze and Create new programs using RPG, RPG ILE, SQLRPGLE, and Control Language (CLP/CLLE).Very good knowledge of SQL concepts – Analyze and modify complex SQL queries, embedded SQL in SQLRPGLE, Cursor programming. Database Concepts – Create and Analyze Physical files, Logical Files, SQL tables, Indexes, Views, Stored procedures. Good working knowledge in screen programming – Display Files, Subfiles, and Printer filesDocument business rules effectively and should be able to create data mapping documents after analyzing program flows and data flowsILE Programming – Analyze and Create program modules, binding directories, service programs. Working knowledge of Message Queue (MQ), MQ Trigger, and embedding XML tags in RPG Programs Good communication skills and the job will involve owning a project task completely based on the communication with the analysts at the client site Good to Have Good working knowledge in Turnover – the code configuration management toolGood working knowledge in X- Analysis – cross-reference tool for iSeries. Knowledge of Triggers, Message Queuing for inter-program/ inter-system communication ROBOT job scheduler – knowledge in creating and setting up scheduled jobs in the iSeries.Knowledge of normalized, denormalized tables, Star Schema databases Working knowledge on iSeries Navigator – to run queries and analyze the performance of SQL queries. Knowledge in the Retail Domain especially in areas like Merchandising, Warehouse Management, Distribution, etc. Please look profile as per Rejected feedback Rejected feedback :: He has no experience on ILE concepts, Service Programs, SQLRPGLE programs and haven’t worked with MQ or XMLs. Less experience in working with SQL and Stored procedures. Haven't had exposure in writing queries. Candidate had trouble hearing as he had a problem with his ear. Not sure if it is a temporary problem. The communication was little difficult. Candidate lacks significant hands-on experience in AS400.He knows some basic trouble shooting steps and some little knowledge in jobs with respect to production support. His proficiency in SQL and embedded SQL is limited to theory, and (Panel) observed him searching the internet for answers while responding to certain questions, which raises concerns about his expertise. When asked to rewrite a query using a JOIN statement, his answer was wrong which raised doubts about proceeding any further.

Key Skills

• SQL