Contract software developer vs developer/consultant

Differences between contract software developer and developer/consultant duties and responsibilities

Contract software developer example responsibilities.

• Design simple object-base framework for managing Unix shell scripts and configuration files.
• Implement a centralize configuration system for managing application settings, consisting of a desktop application with a WCF backend.
• Design, build and install linux media servers.
• Design the system architecture, API layer, device drivers.
• Replace older PHP internal portal system with J2EE/MVC base application using JSP and Servlets.
• Develop and maintain specialized company windows programs to work with a system call Avantis.
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Developer/consultant example responsibilities.

• Manage SDLC development including analysis, writing technical documentation, design, coding, testing.
• Lead the project, development and architecture of an innovative SharePoint contract warehouse, including designing several process improvements.
• Interpret, develop, and enhance graphic, visual & interaction designs in HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
• Work with other web technologies such as AJAX, jQuery, and PHP throughout this redesign.
• Work with AJAX data consisting of JSON responses parsing the same and presenting on the UI layer.
• Coordinate new test environment builds with CICS & DB2 support teams, streamline existing test environments by identifying and eliminating redundancies.
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