Programmer Analyst Sentence Computation

**Candidates must be currently living in Mississippi at time of application. Relocation is not an acceptable option.**

**Candidates must apply through link on Smith Johnson Website to be considered.**

Job Description:

Our state government client's Department of Corrections is looking for a Programmer Analyst specializing in Sentence Computation for a full-time position with strong experience in enterprise software development, SQL/Oracle programming, and cloud-based modernization initiatives. The ideal candidate will review, refactor, and migrate legacy application logic including PL/SQL code, stored procedures, and Crystal Reports into a modern AWS-based architecture. This role involves understanding existing business logic, documenting current workflows, and collaborating with both internal teams and a third-party vendor. They will support the redesign of core application functionality, including modules such as records, classification and sentence computation, to ensure accurate operation within the updated system. There will be occasional local travel and meetings with different user groups periodically.

Responsibilities:

• Review and document existing application architecture, data models, workflows, and stored procedures
• Rewrite and optimize Oracle PL/SQL packages, functions, triggers, and views for migration to a cloud environment
• Migrate legacy Crystal Reports to a modern reporting platform compatible with AWS
• Extract, map, validate, and transform data to support ETL and database conversion activities
• Analyze, document, and refactor core logic modules such as sentence computation
• Convert legacy DHTML-based UI forms to modern formats as part of system redesign
• Understand and document scheduled jobs and backend automation processes
• Collaborate with a third-party vendor to clarify requirements and support modernization efforts

Required Qualifications:

• Expert knowledge of Oracle PL/SQL (procedures, functions, triggers, packages, views)
• Strong SQL expertise including query optimization and performance tuning
• Able to write, review SQL and PL-SQL Code, business rules, MS code for sentencing rules
• Experience with Oracle
• Experience with data migration, ETL workflows, and schema transformation
• Ability to understand logic from legacy applications and undocumented code
• Familiarity with legacy front-end technologies (DHTML, HTML/JavaScript forms)
• Experience with task schedulers for data automation

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with AWS database and reporting services
• Knowledge of BI/reporting tools such as Power BI or AWS QuickSight
• Scripting experience (Python, PowerShell)
• Experience with Offender Management or enterprise justice systems
• Experience working with external vendor teams on modernization projects