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Candidates must be able to work onsite 5 days a week in the Naples, FL area.

This opening from Robert Half for a GIS Developer in the Service industry is a fantastic career-building opportunity for a master of software and applications programming and industry requirements who can establish and define systems scope and objectives. In this role, you would provide recommendations for developing or modifying applications or databases, using research and fact-finding. This long-term contract / temporary to hire Programmer Analyst opportunity is found in Naples, Florida.

Responsibilities

- Examines user requests for changes or improvements to systems. Writes functional requirements and assesses cost, feasibility and utility. Makes recommendations about how, when or whether to make the changes

- Build and assess programming changes for every phase of systems development prior to implementation. Record test cases and expected results. Ensure results meet requirements. May develop basic tests or a defined subset of a larger system test. May make suggestions regarding acceptance/rejection if not all requirements are met

- Builds dictionaries for applications and systems support by the analyst, and ensures they are up to date

- Reviews methods of processing and recommends improvements

- Collaborates on establishing communication materials for specific system changes being implemented in production

- Serves as the in-house guide for internal clients experiencing programming problems, consulting on applications, systems and/or processes for identifying and resolving, processing/reporting the issues. Consultation can include troubleshooting and/or education

- Trains and assists end users and other partner groups for a particular application, system or process, on an ongoing basis

- Evaluates and records problems. Collaborates with other programmers to fix issues with code

- GIS software experience desired

- GIS mapping experience

- Strong familiarity with ESRI ArcMap

- ESRI GIS experience

- Strong communication and social skills and able to receive criticism well

- General knowledge of mainframe hardware/software and PC operations required

- Proficiency in programming languages

- Resourceful project management background

- Previous experience as a project leader for the business portion of developmental applications or major systems improvements