Re: Another WSIT triumph?

Hi Again,

Apparently that job posting has expired, but a new one has been posted; here
are the details: -

Cold Fusion Developer Permanent

ColdFusion Web Developer.
Location's: Arlington, VA (Pentagon)
Performance Profile:
Responsibilities include & requirements definition, application maintenance,
and user support in a production environment. Responsibilities also include
support necessary to migrate the DON Industrial Budget Information System
(DONIBIS) from an OpenVMS Legacy platform (COBOL, DCL, Rdb, Datatrieve) onto
a Windows 2003 system running Cold Fusion and accessing Oracle 9i databases.
This task will require coordination with onsite functional sponsor/users,
the government project manager, the onsite technical team and offsite users
and customers to gather requirements and incorporate that information into
functional design and application modifications.

Daily duties include but are not& limited to the following:
1 - Perform requirements investigation and definition in support of
- Budget Application Enhancements and Modifications
- Migration of the DONIBIS application from OpenVMS to a
Windows/ColdFusion environment
2 - Perform Application Maintenance
- Support and develop Cold Fusion applications to interface with existing
data sources
- Create Microsoft Word and Excel documents via ColdFusion
- Develop system documentation
3 - Perform user support

Provide user training and production assistance to end users of the budget
applications supported
Position specific Requirements:

Required Skills:
- 5+ years Web application development experience
- Bachelor's Degree
- Web development experience with ColdFusion applications
- 1-2 + years experience with the project life cycle including
documentation, user support, requirements gathering, and testing a must.
- 1-2 + years experience with writing SQL scripts to the Oracle Back End.

Position Desired Skills:
- Experience with migrating data from an OpenVMS Legacy platform (COBOL,
DCL, Rdb, Datatrieve) onto a Windows 2003 platform
- Experience with managing applications that access Oracle 9i databases
- Knowledge of frameworks and methodologies.
- Knowledge of JavaScript
- Knowledge of Navy Budget processes

Location Arlington, VA
Country United States of America
Start Date ASAP

Cheers Richard Maher

PS. Maybe it's just that they haven't seen the OpenView Smart Plug-in for
Rdb? These customers are just so out of step with those that know better in
VMS Middle Management. You're better off without them! In fact, I'd stick to
your guns and come out with A HP OpenView Smart Plug-in for RMS, and then
maybe VMS MAIL. Full steam ahead!

Still that looks like it was fresh HP money and not drawing out of any
VMS-specific budget so let's not look a gift-horse in the mouth. It's not
quite up there with bailing out a bunch of rich-bastards in Bear Sterns with
depositor's and tax-payer's money, but a pretty useful slush-fund
nonetheless. Go crazy!

"Richard Maher" <maher_rj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:frij2o$d1c$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi,

Interesting VMS job description: -
http://www.jobserve.com.au/W2AF542B55F0D6F15.job

These guys just don't get it do they? Don't they know that the Waste of
Substantial Investment in Technology (nee BridgeWorks) has been over 10
years in the making, has had a Cecil B DeMille cast of thousands, and a
budget that'd make Hollywood blush?

Who is this Mickey Mouse outfit anyway? Clearly some sort of lose-cannon,
maverick organization that just hasn't been reading the same Gartner
reports
that HP's IMM team can recite ad infinitum. Anyway, I'm sure HP don't want
their filthy money. Full steam ahead - you're all doing very well :-(

Regards Richard Maher

PS. Now just imagine if HP could jump in there and show them their
existing
tried and tested COBOL/Rdb code being accessed from the very RIA interface
that they crave, yet with all the original's intrinsic performance and
security characteristics preserved, and all this while the rewrite suffers
from the usual cost overruns and missed deadlines. Nah, you're right -
"Who
cares?" you'll all be outta here in five years anyway.

PPS. Maybe it was a broken $MAIL tilde or blinkin' LED on a VT100 that
pushed them over the edge?




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