staff availability
Staff Availability
The benefits of using OCS is that you have access to a highly skilled pool of resources who can be provided for short durations such as a day, or several days (do you need holiday cover?), or for a longer term commitment either full or part-time. Either way we ensure the resource that you buy will match your technical and operational needs and will support you in your business delivery.
Current staff availability includes:
Oracle Database Developer
- A database specialist with over 30 years experience, including 20 years using Oracle, who has undertaken many key roles on corporate database projects. A focused individual with a strong track record of delivery over many years. Competent and comfortable in dealing with people, is a competent analyst, strong on database design, and a highly productive software developer. Specialises in Oracle and SQL Server databases
- Key skills: Oracle database specialist (PL/SQL and SQL), excellent database design skills, business analysis, team leading, extensive data migration experience
- Technical: Oracle 9i, 11g, SQL, PL/SQL, TOAD, SQL Server 2000/2005, T-SQL, SSIS, Oracle Forms 6i.
Test Analyst
- A highly experienced Test Analyst with in-depth knowledge of manual and automated testing and QA methods. He is particularly strong in the area of functional and regression testing
- ISEB accreditation in software testing
- Excellent knowledge of Insurance market and in particular Lloyds of London
- Combination of Business Analysis and testing skills enables him to maximise his contribution to a project with experience of UML using Rational Rose/Visio
- Excellent communication skills and is able to deal with users/developers at all levels and to work at all levels of testing from strategy to tool selection, planning and implementation
- Test analysis and management - strategy, methods, planning and implementation
- Regression testing using Rational Robot (automated) and Use Cases (manual)
- Data modelling
- Good knowledge of investment management, annuities, fixed income and life assurance
- Team leading and mentoring in format test methods and techniques
- Requirements gathering using workshops (Business Analysis)
- Technical: SQL, Java, VB, SQL Server, Oracle, MS Access, Linux, MySQL, UML, XML, Rational Rose, RequisitePro, Test Manager, Robot, .ASP, J2EE, TOAD, Navicat, Visio, Test Director.
Microsoft Developer
- .Net software engineer with 3.5 years commercial experience with architect, design and development experience focusing on .Net application and technologies
- Experience encompasses the full project lifecycle including business requirements gathering, technical vision, functional and technical design, application development, solutions implementation and support, from enterprise level corporate development projects to smaller targeted applications
- Experience of working in medium sized teams. Extensive technical experience covering all areas of Windows and web based software applications development
- Technical: .Net framework 1.1/2.0/3.5, VB, C#, C++, Javascript, T-SQL, JQuery, HTML, CSS, XML, LINQ, MOSS, WCF AJAX, Googlemap API, Visual Studio 2003/2005/2008, IIS5/6, Team Foundation Server, SourceSafe 6.0/2005, SQLServer 2000/2005, Firebug, SoapUK, .NetReflector, CLR Profiler, Fiddler and YUI Compressor, Alterian CMC; template development, Plugins, Customised plugin development, installation, Immediacy 5.3, 5.3.9.11, 6.1, 6.1.5, OOP, UML, IBM RUP, user-centred design and usability testing.
Business Analyst
- 20+ years experience as an IT professional for over 25 years. Has gained a wide of experience of all areas of system development and support from program development to project management and Business Analysis. Covered both traditional systems and object oriented developments using formal UML methods and the RUP methodology.
- Feasibility studies, project management audits, systems design, analysis audits, business and systems analysis and design, object oriented analysis and design, business process modelling, data modelling, test analysis and management, formal project management, training, coaching and skills transfer
- Holds the ISEB/ITQB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing
- Technical: LSDM/SSADM, CATALYST, UML, RUP, systems engineering, Automate+ CASEwise, Rational Rose 2002, Rational RequisitePro, Project Manager Workbench, Microsoft Project, NATURAL, PREDICT, ADABAS, Microsoft Access, MS SQL Server, IBM, MVS, Microsoft Office.
PowerBuilder Developer
- A highly competent and experienced consultant with a broad range of technical skills gained in Finance, Consultancy and Energy sectors. A strong background in software development using PowerBuilder
- Technical: PowerBuilder versions 5 through to 11.5, Sybase ASE versions 11.5 - 15QL, MS SQL Server 2005, Oracle versions 7, 8i, 9i, 10g, 11g (SQL Plus, PL/SQL), Java - J2ee, Unix, VB, .NET, C++, C#, .Net, HTML
- Methodologies: RAD - Agile/XP, Waterfall.
To discuss the above consultants please email lindao@ocs-consulting.com or call 020 8236 7777.