{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"3f41c2949138be5d6db6f0b6","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/3f41c2949138be5d6db6f0b6","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/3f41c2949138be5d6db6f0b6","title":"Tools Developer","description":"Identify applications that can support the exploitation of databases. Assess what will be required to integrate a particular tool into the customer environment. Integrate tools into the customer environment. Uses the BPM application to create live implementations of processes. Provides group facilitation, interviewing, training, and provides additional forms of knowledge transfer. Key coordinator between multiple project teams to ensure enterprise-wide integration of reengineering efforts. Tests, debugs, and refines the computer software to produce the required product.\nPrepares required documentation, including both program-level and user-level documentation. Enhances software to reduce operating time or improve efficiency. Provides technical direction to programmers as required to ensure program deadlines are met.\nTasks:\nAnalyze user needs and software requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints.\nAnalyze information to determine, recommend, and plan computer specifications and layouts, and peripheral equipment modifications.\nReview existing programs and assist in making refinements, reducing operating time, and improve current techniques.\nModify existing software to correct errors, allow it to adapt to new hardware, or to improve its performance.\nConfer with systems analysts, engineers, programmers and others to design system and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces.\nObtain and evaluate information on factors such as reporting formats required, costs, and security needs to determine hardware configuration.\nEstimate software development costs and schedule.\nConsult with customers about software system design and maintenance.\nCoordinate software system installation and monitor equipment functioning to ensure specifications are met.\nDesign, develop and modify software systems, using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcome and consequences of design.\nDevelop and direct software system testing and validation procedures, programming, and documentation.\nSupervise the work of programmers, technologists and technicians and other engineering and scientific personnel.\nConsult with engineering staff to evaluate interface between hardware and software, develop specifications and performance requirements and resolve customer problems.\nDevelop and direct software system testing and validation procedures.\nConsult with customers or other departments on project status, proposals and technical issues such as software system design and maintenance.\nAdvise customer about, or perform, maintenance of software system.\nCoordinate installation of software system.\nMonitor functioning of equipment to ensure system operates in conformance with specifications.\nStore, retrieve, and manipulate data for analysis of system capabilities and requirements.\nConfer with data processing and project managers to obtain information on limitations and capabilities for data processing projects.\nPrepare reports and correspondence concerning project specifications, activities and status.\nEvaluate factors such as reporting formats required, cost constraints, and need for security restrictions to determine hardware configuration.\nTrain users to use new or modified equipment.\nUtilize microcontrollers to develop control signals, implement control algorithms and measure process variables such as temperatures, pressures and positions.\nRecommend purchase of equipment to control dust, temperature, and humidity in area of system installation.\nSpecify power supply requirements and configuration.\nKnowledge, Skills and Abilities:\nComputers and Electronics - Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.\nEngineering and Technology - Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.\nMathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.\nTelecommunications - Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.\nEnglish Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.\nDesign - Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.\nProgramming - Writing computer programs for various purposes.\nCritical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.\nComplex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.\nActive Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.\nTroubleshooting - Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.\nJudgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.\nTechnology Design - Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs.\nReading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.\nOperations Analysis - Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.\nSystems Analysis - Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.\nDeductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.\nOral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.\nInductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).\nNear Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).\nProblem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.\nSpeech Clarity - The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.\nWritten Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.\nInformation Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).\nOral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.\nSpeech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.\nTools used in this occupation:\nDesktop computers\nHigh end computer servers - Application servers\nIntegrated circuit testers - In circuit emulators ICE; Logic analyzers\nNotebook computers\nPersonal digital assistant PDAs or organizers - Personal digital assistants PDA\nTechnology used in this occupation:\nDatabase management system software - Computer Associates integrated data management system CA-IDMS; Database management software; Microsoft SQL Server; Oracle DBMS\nDevelopment environment software - C; Embedded systems development software; IBM Rational Rose XDE Developer; Microsoft Visual Basic\nObject or component oriented development software - C++; Self; Simulation language SIMULA; Sun Microsystems Java\nProgram testing software - Defect tracking software; Mercury Interactive LoadRunner; Source code editor software; Usability testing software\nWeb platform development software - Apache Struts; Hypertext markup language HTML; JavaScript; Ruby on Rails\nIn depth development experience with Java, Java component development, JavaScript, PERL, XML, XSL and/or HTTP/HTML, IIS, iPlanet, Apache, WebLogic, Web service development in J2EE, SQL, experience with spiral or evolutionary development, CSS, JSP, web services. In-depth knowledge of one or more specific COTS products in use, such as WebLogic, PlumTree, WebMethods, RetrievalWare, TeamWorks, COGNOS.","company":"Edgeworks","rawCompany":"edgeworks","city":"Gaithersburg","state":"MD","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-04-12T21:21:10.883Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"15-1211.00","title":"Computer Systems Analysts","slug":"computer-systems-analysts"},{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"}],"industries":[{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Tools Developer","description":"Identify applications that can support the exploitation of databases. Assess what will be required to integrate a particular tool into the customer environment. Integrate tools into the customer environment. Uses the BPM application to create live implementations of processes. Provides group facilitation, interviewing, training, and provides additional forms of knowledge transfer. Key coordinator between multiple project teams to ensure enterprise-wide integration of reengineering efforts. Tests, debugs, and refines the computer software to produce the required product.\nPrepares required documentation, including both program-level and user-level documentation. Enhances software to reduce operating time or improve efficiency. Provides technical direction to programmers as required to ensure program deadlines are met.\nTasks:\nAnalyze user needs and software requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints.\nAnalyze information to determine, recommend, and plan computer specifications and layouts, and peripheral equipment modifications.\nReview existing programs and assist in making refinements, reducing operating time, and improve current techniques.\nModify existing software to correct errors, allow it to adapt to new hardware, or to improve its performance.\nConfer with systems analysts, engineers, programmers and others to design system and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces.\nObtain and evaluate information on factors such as reporting formats required, costs, and security needs to determine hardware configuration.\nEstimate software development costs and schedule.\nConsult with customers about software system design and maintenance.\nCoordinate software system installation and monitor equipment functioning to ensure specifications are met.\nDesign, develop and modify software systems, using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcome and consequences of design.\nDevelop and direct software system testing and validation procedures, programming, and documentation.\nSupervise the work of programmers, technologists and technicians and other engineering and scientific personnel.\nConsult with engineering staff to evaluate interface between hardware and software, develop specifications and performance requirements and resolve customer problems.\nDevelop and direct software system testing and validation procedures.\nConsult with customers or other departments on project status, proposals and technical issues such as software system design and maintenance.\nAdvise customer about, or perform, maintenance of software system.\nCoordinate installation of software system.\nMonitor functioning of equipment to ensure system operates in conformance with specifications.\nStore, retrieve, and manipulate data for analysis of system capabilities and requirements.\nConfer with data processing and project managers to obtain information on limitations and capabilities for data processing projects.\nPrepare reports and correspondence concerning project specifications, activities and status.\nEvaluate factors such as reporting formats required, cost constraints, and need for security restrictions to determine hardware configuration.\nTrain users to use new or modified equipment.\nUtilize microcontrollers to develop control signals, implement control algorithms and measure process variables such as temperatures, pressures and positions.\nRecommend purchase of equipment to control dust, temperature, and humidity in area of system installation.\nSpecify power supply requirements and configuration.\nKnowledge, Skills and Abilities:\nComputers and Electronics - Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.\nEngineering and Technology - Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.\nMathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.\nTelecommunications - Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.\nEnglish Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.\nDesign - Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.\nProgramming - Writing computer programs for various purposes.\nCritical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.\nComplex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.\nActive Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.\nTroubleshooting - Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.\nJudgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.\nTechnology Design - Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs.\nReading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.\nOperations Analysis - Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.\nSystems Analysis - Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.\nDeductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.\nOral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.\nInductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).\nNear Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).\nProblem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.\nSpeech Clarity - The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.\nWritten Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.\nInformation Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).\nOral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.\nSpeech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.\nTools used in this occupation:\nDesktop computers\nHigh end computer servers - Application servers\nIntegrated circuit testers - In circuit emulators ICE; Logic analyzers\nNotebook computers\nPersonal digital assistant PDAs or organizers - Personal digital assistants PDA\nTechnology used in this occupation:\nDatabase management system software - Computer Associates integrated data management system CA-IDMS; Database management software; Microsoft SQL Server; Oracle DBMS\nDevelopment environment software - C; Embedded systems development software; IBM Rational Rose XDE Developer; Microsoft Visual Basic\nObject or component oriented development software - C++; Self; Simulation language SIMULA; Sun Microsystems Java\nProgram testing software - Defect tracking software; Mercury Interactive LoadRunner; Source code editor software; Usability testing software\nWeb platform development software - Apache Struts; Hypertext markup language HTML; JavaScript; Ruby on Rails\nIn depth development experience with Java, Java component development, JavaScript, PERL, XML, XSL and/or HTTP/HTML, IIS, iPlanet, Apache, WebLogic, Web service development in J2EE, SQL, experience with spiral or evolutionary development, CSS, JSP, web services. In-depth knowledge of one or more specific COTS products in use, such as WebLogic, PlumTree, WebMethods, RetrievalWare, TeamWorks, COGNOS.","datePosted":"2026-04-12T21:21:10.883Z","dateModified":"2026-04-12T21:21:10.883Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Edgeworks","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Gaithersburg","addressRegion":"MD","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"3f41c2949138be5d6db6f0b6"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/3f41c2949138be5d6db6f0b6"}}