VBA Developer (Remote)

Our client is looking for a Legacy VBA Developer, with experience in PHP and Python.

This is a Remote work role.

• Job Title: Legacy VBA Developer
• Residency: North America
• Position Type: Contractor/Consultant (40 hours / week)
• Location: Remote / Work from Home

Qualifications:

• VBA: 5 years (Required)
• PHP: 5 years (Required)
• Python: 5 years (Required)

Summary: This role will focus on the design, development, and maintenance of insurance-based applications. You will interact with and work in tandem with other IT and business staff to holistically develop, deploy, enhance, and support modern versions of our legacy business applications.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Participate in team-based Agile development, and daily scrum meetings
• Engage with BA, QA, and Infrastructure teams to share information and ensure deliverables
• Actively participate in the analysis and review of business and process requirements
• Define and document functional details of all development projects you participate on
• Provide accurate time estimates, and outline dependencies and milestones
• Develop high quality, readable, and reusable code in accordance with company standards
• Perform, plan, and verify unit testing, to ensure code meets all business requirements
• Review, analyze, and resolve software defects, developing easily maintainable applications

Knowledge & Skills:

• Legacy Dev Languages VBA (MS Access & Excel), VB.net, PHP, Batch Scripts,
• Modern Dev Languages - AngularJS, ReactJS, NodeJS, C#, Python
• Databases - Queries & tuning, using Access, MS SQL Server, Oracle, and MySQL
• Web Infrastructure - IIS, WebLogic, Apache/Tomcat
• IDE & API Tools MS Visual Studio, Postman
• MS Office Suite (2003-2010, O365) Focused on Access, Excel, & Word
• Source Control BitBucket, SVN, GitHub
• Documentation & Ticketing - Atlasssian JIRA & Confluence
• Basic understanding of IT networks, access roles, permissions, and security

Education & Qualifications:

• Accredited Bachelors degree or higher in CS/IS or a related field
• 6+ years of development with a Microsoft-centric technology stack
• 6+ years of VBA application development experience
• 6+ years of database query and tuning experience
• Experience in working with complex VBA in Access & Excel
• Experience designing UI/UX around business data entry forms
• Experience supporting legacy applications with modern solutions
• Experience troubleshooting production application issues in real-time
• Excellent oral & written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills, and ability to accept critiques and feedback
• Ability to be creative and explore untested potential solutions
• Ability to work with modest over-sight and be self-motivated
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and adapt to change

Job Type: Fixed term contract

Benefits: Work from home

Schedule: Monday to Friday

Experience:

• VBA: 5 years (required)
• PHP: 5 years (required)
• Python: 5 years (required)