About us:
Mauritius Network Services Limited, an equal opportunity employer was incorporated in 1994 on a public private partnership and has evolved over the years to be a trusted partner to Government, Businesses and Citizens for trade and business facilitation. Our purpose is to implement, operate and maintain digital systems and services to enable secure, cost-effective and reliable interactions government agencies, businesses and citizens, anywhere, anytime.
Role Overview
We are seeking a highly experienced Oracle APEX Lead Developer on a fixed-term contract to lead the delivery of enterprise Oracle APEX solutions. In addition to hands-on development and technical leadership, this role is responsible for proposing and defining Oracle APEX architecture, including environment setup, security, backup, and disaster recovery strategies, aligned with enterprise standards and best practices.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Leadership & Development
- Lead the design, development, enhancement, and maintenance of Oracle APEX applications.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to Oracle APEX developers.
- Define and enforce coding standards, development best practices, and governance.
- Design and develop complex SQL and PL/SQL objects (packages, procedures, functions, triggers).
- Conduct code reviews, performance tuning, testing oversight, and debugging.
- Ensure high standards of documentation (architecture, technical design, and operational guides).
- Provide production support and resolve complex application and database issues.
Architecture, Infrastructure & Environment Design
- Propose and design Oracle APEX architecture for development, test, UAT, and production environments.
- Define Oracle APEX installation and deployment models
- Design high availability, backup, and disaster recovery (DR) strategies for Oracle APEX and Oracle Database.
- Define backup policies, recovery procedures, and DR testing approaches.
- Ensure architecture aligns with security best practices, including authentication, authorization, and data protection.
- Work closely with Infrastructure, DevOps, and Security teams to validate and implement proposed designs.
- Provide architecture documentation, including solution diagrams, environment layouts, and operational procedures.
Collaboration & Delivery
- Act as a technical liaison between business stakeholders, project managers, and IT teams.
- Support effort estimation, technical planning, and delivery timelines.
- Ensure solutions meet functional, performance, and security requirements.
Required Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
- Minimum 8–10 years of hands-on Oracle APEX development experience.
- Proven experience in a Lead Developer or Technical Architect role.
- Strong expertise in Oracle SQL and PL/SQL.
- Solid experience with Oracle APEX architecture, installation, configuration, and administration.
- Experience designing backup, recovery, and disaster recovery (DR) solutions.
- Good knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and APEX UI customization.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder-management abilities.