What are the responsibilities and job description for the Programmer Analyst I position at Aurora University?
Aurora University (AU) is committed to the transformative power of learning by creating a student-centered environment and an equity of experience and opportunity, to ensure that students, faculty, and staff of all backgrounds feel welcome and included. Our culture of collaboration, generosity, and belonging make it a special place for students, faculty, and staff.
AU is grounded in the transformative opportunity it provides to a diverse student body. As a private university with a public mission and a commitment to making a difference in peoples’ lives, AU has a long history of resilience and of providing access to an education that values innovation, focuses on continuous improvement, and has a positive impact on the communities we serve. We are proud of our service to and economic impact on the state of Illinois, where over 80% of our students stay to live and work, where 90% of our students come from, and where we foster strong community partnerships to develop the workforce in areas such as nursing, education, business, technology, and social work.
We are looking for passionate and purposeful individuals who represent the full diversity of Aurora and who demonstrate a sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, ability, identity, and ethnic backgrounds present in our community. When you join the team at AU, you can expect to be part of an inclusive, innovative, and equity-focused community that approaches higher education as a matter of social justice requiring broad collaboration among faculty, staff, students, and community partners.
At AU we believe that continuous learning is a fundamental part of working life, and our goal is for all colleagues on our campus to feel supported and equipped to realize their full potential. We actively support our community by providing all employees with opportunities to engage in professional development activities, as well as a range of tuition and employee benefits that can be found here.
Position Purpose
The Programmer Analyst I supports the ERP and applications that interface with the ERP. Our current administrative system is the Ellucian Colleague ERP. The requirements of this position include providing business and system analysis, computer programming support, training, testing, and documentation.
Core Competencies
Education:
Benefit-eligible positions offer excellent benefits including health, dental, life, vision, long term disability, a 403(b) retirement plan through TIAA, and tuition remission.
To apply, please send resume, cover letter, and contact information for three references including name, telephone, and email address.
Aurora University
Human Resources
347 South Gladstone Ave
Aurora, IL 60506
jobs@aurora.edu - email
Aurora University is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
AU is grounded in the transformative opportunity it provides to a diverse student body. As a private university with a public mission and a commitment to making a difference in peoples’ lives, AU has a long history of resilience and of providing access to an education that values innovation, focuses on continuous improvement, and has a positive impact on the communities we serve. We are proud of our service to and economic impact on the state of Illinois, where over 80% of our students stay to live and work, where 90% of our students come from, and where we foster strong community partnerships to develop the workforce in areas such as nursing, education, business, technology, and social work.
We are looking for passionate and purposeful individuals who represent the full diversity of Aurora and who demonstrate a sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, ability, identity, and ethnic backgrounds present in our community. When you join the team at AU, you can expect to be part of an inclusive, innovative, and equity-focused community that approaches higher education as a matter of social justice requiring broad collaboration among faculty, staff, students, and community partners.
At AU we believe that continuous learning is a fundamental part of working life, and our goal is for all colleagues on our campus to feel supported and equipped to realize their full potential. We actively support our community by providing all employees with opportunities to engage in professional development activities, as well as a range of tuition and employee benefits that can be found here.
Position Purpose
The Programmer Analyst I supports the ERP and applications that interface with the ERP. Our current administrative system is the Ellucian Colleague ERP. The requirements of this position include providing business and system analysis, computer programming support, training, testing, and documentation.
Core Competencies
- Represents Aurora University in the most positive manner with prospective, former and current students, clients, suppliers, and the community we serve. Interacts effectively with a diverse group of faculty, staff, students and other customers of our service, learns and uses operating practices of the department and Aurora University.
- Upholds the Mission Statement: Aurora University is an inclusive community dedicated to the transformative power of learning. As a teaching-centered institution, we encourage undergraduate and graduate students to discover what it takes to build meaningful and examined lives. We empower our students to achieve lasting personal and professional success.
- Handles all information with tact and discretion and recognizes the confidential nature of university business.
- Supports learning through performance of essential job functions and performing other duties and functions as necessary or as assigned.
- Work closely with the users to analyze, design, and develop processes and procedures to fulfill user and system requirements. This includes writing detailed and accurate requirements, programming, testing, training, and documenting.
- Take ownership and responsibility of functional areas where you are the primary support, becoming extremely knowledgeable of the associated processes and procedures.
- Provide support and training to end users of the administrative computing system and applications that interface with it.
- Continuously evaluate workflows and processes to provide more efficient and automated processes and procedures.
- Troubleshoot, analyze, and resolve system and software problems.
- Support the implementation of software updates in a timely manner.
- Evaluate and perform internal system process improvements and system cleanup.
- Provide complete and accurate documentation for internal use and for end users.
- Actively participate as a member of the team in project initiatives and decision-making.
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required. A degree in computer science, information systems, or a related field preferred.
- Minimum of one year of experience programming in a high-level computer language.
- Experience working in a higher education environment preferred.
- Aptitude for programming in a high level computer language possessing strong analytical and logic skills. Code efficiently adhering to established programming standards.
- Excellent interpersonal and written/verbal communication skills including the ability to convey technical information in a meaningful and understandable way.
- Well organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to work independently and to handle multiple priorities to meet deadlines.
- Quick learner who can adapt to programming in multiple platforms and technologies.
- Expertise with MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Active interest in professional development and skill enhancement to stay up-to-date with new technologies.
- Experience with reporting tools such as the Entrinsik Informer report writer.
- Knowledge and experience with client server applications.
- Experience with C#, Visual Studio, ASP.NET, JAVA, HTML/XML/XSLT, CSS, Javascript, SQL, NoSQL, Python.
- Experience in data integration and API programming; REST SOAP experience.
- Knowledge of version control methods and technologies such as Git.
- Familiarity with Linux and Windows command line tools and editors.
- Knowledge of Active Directory.
- Web authentication familiarity including SAML or OAUTH.
- Familiarity with internet browsers and security settings and also with application security methodologies.
- Ability to move about campus.
- Ability to sit for long periods of time.
Benefit-eligible positions offer excellent benefits including health, dental, life, vision, long term disability, a 403(b) retirement plan through TIAA, and tuition remission.
To apply, please send resume, cover letter, and contact information for three references including name, telephone, and email address.
Aurora University
Human Resources
347 South Gladstone Ave
Aurora, IL 60506
jobs@aurora.edu - email
Aurora University is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Salary : $60,000 - $75,000
