What are the responsibilities and job description for the Programmer Analyst position at Stevenson University?
Programmer Analyst
Summary:
The Programmer Analyst is responsible for coordinating the successful launch and implementation of projects for the university by analyzing requests, developing solutions, and enforcing best practice processes during the scope of each project, full documentation of any new development or customization, and support of wide range of applications used throughout the University. The primary role of this position is the support of business processes for Stevenson University involving Enterprise Applications, which are normally centered around the ERP/SIS (Colleague), reporting (Informer), and integrations with other, third party systems. In addition, the Programmer Analyst is expected to adhere to commonly accepted security practices and to be aware of any security, integrity, or reliability risks.
Department: Information Technology
Education/Experience:
Bachelors degree plus one year of application development programming including, but not limited to: git, PHP, Python, C#, SQL, HTML, CSS, Javascript/Typescript , Sharepoint, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Knowledge/Skills/Ability:
- Excellent skills in programming, research methods, program and project analysis, problem definition and identification, problem isolation, and effective resolutions
- Excellent customer service, training, communication, and documentation skills
- Proven ability to work effectively as a part of a team as well as independently with minimal supervision
- Ability to interact well with members of the Universitys community
- Experience with Unidata, JavaScript, and popular frameworks (jQuery, Bootstrap) preferred
- Experience with automation and scheduling with tools such as Powershell, Task Scheduler, bash, cron, Python, and Airflow preferred
- Proficiency in areas such as the following: git, PHP, Python, C#, SQL, HTML, CSS, Sharepoint, and Bootstrap.
- Ability to identify and recommend new processes or business practices for the purpose of streamlining business processes
- Ability to design solutions, write efficient code, test and verify code results, and implement the solution
- Ability to work evenings and weekends and be on call 24/7
Physical Requirements:
Medium work: exerting up to 30 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. Keyboarding, standing and/or sitting, walking, talking and hearing. Close visual acuity to perform an activity such as viewing a computer terminal. Subject to both environmental conditions; activities occur inside and outside.
Essential Functions:
- Accountable for the several phases of software development life-cycle, develop project plans for both programming and implementation, and adhere to Project Management best practices
- Develop global implementation and high-level plans for the selected projects
- Conduct organizational needs assessments through interview and analysis; Prepare detailed written reports and recommendations
- Perform application/functional needs analysis
- Proactively work with the universitys internal and external customers to identify their system needs, project requirements, and design appropriate programs to suffice those needs within the planned time-frame
- Assist customers in problem resolution, provide technical consulting, and training sessions if needed
- Assist with installation and testing of software releases
- Ensure effective testing, follow-through, and implementation of programs
- Responsible for the first-line of support for helpdesk tickets assigned to the Enterprise Applications area
- Responsible for planning, effective communication, and providing excellent customer service
- Adhere to the commonly accepted security practices generally followed by technology professionals
- Always cognizant of any security, integrity, or reliability risks that could directly or indirectly harm the safety of our data
- Improve business processes and tactfully challenge status-quo to better serve the universitys vision, mission, and values
Reports To: Director, Enterprise Applications
Work Location: Greenspring
Position Category: Staff
Position Type: Full-Time
Months/Year: 12
Hrs/Week: 40
FLSA: Exempt
Close Date:
Open Until Filled: No
To be considered for this position please visit our web site and apply on line at the following link: stevenson.peopleadmin.com
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