Job Offer: Senior Application Developer/Analyst (2 positions)

Senior Application Developer/Analyst (2 positions)

Senior Application Developer/Analyst (2 positions)



About University at Albany:
Established in 1844 and designated a University Center of the State University of New York in 1962, the University at Albany's broad mission of excellence in undergraduate and graduate education, research, and public service engages a diverse student body of approximately 17,000 students in nine schools and colleges across three campuses.


Located in Albany, New York, New York State's capital, the University is convenient to Boston, New York City, and the Adirondacks.



Listing description
Information Technology Services (ITS) at the University at Albany seeks candidates for a Senior Application Developer Analyst. She/He/They serve as a subject matter expert for the systems, solutions, and related services within the Administrative and Business Service Portfolio. this job offer is responsible for employing technical and functional expertise and practice to ensure the relicapability, availcapability, and maintaincapability of enterprise applications including PeopleSoft, the University's ERP. The Senior Applications Developer Analyst will work towards the design, build/configuration, and operational maintenance of systems by creating and enhancing operational capabilities, superviseing the delivery of capcapability enhancements, and systems optimization.


The Senior Application Developer Analyst will play an important function as the University embarks on the identification and implementation of an exciting new ERP strategy. Success in this job offer will have a direct, positive impact on student practice, retention, and success.


The prosperous candidate has excellent organizational and communication expertise, and the capability to cultivate relationships with a wide variety of constituents ranging from campus leadership abilities to front-line staff. The Senior Application Developer Analyst is expected to work under limited supervision as well as within a team environment.



Programming and Development:

»Develop unique approaches to complicated problems and create solutions that may require the integration of disparate systems running on a variety of technical platforms

»Design, develop, test, maintain and document solutions created for the University

»Build customizations and configurations that ensure propagation to upgraded environments

»Review of existing system and software design and code and make recommendations for developing and integrating new requirements, and for improving system's performance and code/system's maintenance

»Apply and comply with configuration management practices and established development standards



Collaboration and Communication:

»Gather customer requirements and build solutions using new and/or existing technology/application systems in the process

»Work as a team member in the development, analysis, and support of enterprise applications including PeopleSoft Campus Solutions

»Work closely with various technical and functional departments in implementing recommendations and/or negotiating proposed solutions



Projects and Operational Activities:

»Actively participate in ITS projects related to Administrative and Business Services

»Work on items within a defined queue of requests, incidents, problems, and projects for assigned service areas

»Provide day-to-day applications operational support including performing quality assurance activities and completing all necessary documentation for tasks performed

»Monitor enterprise applications, apply appropriate triage expertise to application failures, and take appropriate action to maintain service availcapability

»Be available to provide scheduled support and consultation outside normal business hours, including occasional evenings, holidays, or weekends, within reasonable professional obligation and expectation



General Requirements:

Minimum Qualifications required

»A Bachelor's degree from a college or university accredited by a U.S. Department of Education (DOE) or internationally recognized accrediting organization

» practice effectively translating functional business requirements into significant technical specifications

»Demonstrated programming practice in application development with one or more of the following areas: Java, JavaScript, PERL, PHP, Python, PeopleSoft PeopleTools development tools, Banner development tools, etc.

»At least three years of development practice in large relational database systems like PeopleSoft, Banner, or any ERP environment

» capability to conduct technical design walk-throughs and peer reviews

» capability to independently organize work, prioritize tasks, and manage multiple and changing priorities

» candidates must address their capability to work with a culturally diverse population in their application or interview



Preferred Qualifications required

» practice working in higher education

» capability to design, develop, enhance, test, debug, & deploy user applications/solutions using PeopleSoft PeopleTools Application Designer objects (PeopleCode, Application Engine, SQR); includes components, pages, records, fields, SQL, Application Engine, and Application Packages

» practice with analyzing and troubleshooting complex, cross-team applications and integrations

»Fluency in more than one programming language

»RESTful API (Application Programming Interface) development practice

» practice working in UNIX/Linux environment



Additional Information:
Professional Rank and income Range: Senior Programmer/Analyst, SL-4; $86,000-91,000
**Visa sponsorship is not available for this job offer.
**this job offer has the potential for telecommuting up to 50%
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Application Instructions:
candidates MUST submit the following documents:

»Resume

»Cover letter stating all the required minimum qualifications and any of the applicable preferred qualifications

»Contact information for three professional references

Note: After submitting your resume, the subsequent pages give you instructions for uploading additional documents (i.e. cover letter etc.).


This posting will remain open until the position is filled.