Lead Programmer/Analyst
SUNY Empire State University
Saratoga Springs, NY
Full-time
Information Services / Technology (IT)
Posted on April 20, 2024
About Empire State University:
Founded in 1971 as the innovative campus of the State University of New York (SUNY), Empire State University empowers learners from diverse backgrounds to achieve their educational goals. We have decades of experience providing educational access through online teaching and learning, individualized instruction, mentoring, and prior learning assessment. We build on our students' experiences to promote their growth and drive upward mobility and economic development in New York state and beyond. SUNY Empire's 97,000 alumni are teachers, nurses, entrepreneurs, and leaders in their communities and their fields. Visit www.sunyempire.edu and follow us on social media @SUNYEmpire.
SUNY Empire is committed to creating a multicultural, inclusive academic and work environment. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We believe that having diverse faculty and staff is critical to academic excellence and prepares students to live and work in an increasingly global world.
Job Description:
Empire State University is seeking a highly skilled and motivated individual to join our Information Technology Services department as a Lead Programmer/Analyst (State Title: Lead Programmer/Analyst) to support the university's enterprise administrative systems. This position requires ongoing communication and interaction with professional and support staff distributed across the state of New York. The selected applicant needs to be a team player who is curious about new digital technologies. This position will report to the Assistant Director of Development.
This position is responsible for:
- Employing technical and functional skills and experience to ensure reliability, availability, and maintainability of one or more on-premises and cloud-based applications.
- Automating processes, creating third party systems integrations, and the utilization of web services and APIs.
- Maintenance, quality assurance, testing, and apply sanctioned security settings to custom-developed software and vendor software both on-premises and cloud-based.
- Documenting the development and maintenance processes of applications.
- Designing, developing, modifying and documenting complex applications programs on major interactive and/or administrative systems, under the general direction of higher-level computer professionals.
- Constructing logical data models, involving design of detailed flowcharts, block diagrams and routines, used in program formulation.
- Reviewing and analyzing user specifications in writing programming code.
- Verifying program logic by preparing data for trial runs and by implementing tested changes.
- Assisting in the development of innovative program design and logic features.
- Assuming responsibility for less complex systems analysis projects, involving development of subsystems, enhancement of existing systems.
- Analyzing existing system logic difficulties and revising logic and procedures, involving diagnosis of problems with the function and performance of hardware and software products, and affecting remedies.
- Assisting users in identifying difficult technical problems arising from complex systems software.
Requirements:
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
- A minimum of three years of enterprise applications experience.
- Experience with discussing user requirements and developing specifications for projects with clients.
- Knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), documentation, debugging, and testing.
- Proven experience with SQL and/or PL/SQL.
- Experience with JavaScript.
- Experience with Higher Education and working with an ERP such as Banner.
- Ability to create reports using a reporting tool (such as Argos).
- Understanding of PHP, ReactJS, and/or Git.
- Experience with CRMs and/or LMSs (Brightspace).
- Understanding of UX and UI.
- Familiarity with accessibility and WCAG 2.1.
- Familiarity with Content Management Systems, single sign on, and version control.
- May involve occasional travel to university locations across New York State.
- Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
- Occasional weekend and evening work may be required.
- SUNY Empire provides employees with robust remote and flexible work options to meet the needs of students, faculty, and staff in a dispersed work environment. University locations that may be considered include Saratoga Springs, Rochester and Selden, NY.
Additional Information:
Rank/Salary: SL3 / $60,000-$70,000, commensurate with experience and qualifications.
Empire State University is an EOE employer.
We are pleased to offer our employees an excellent benefit package which includes NYS health insurance, free dental and vision, competitive retirement options, and generous vacation, sick and holiday accruals; and a strong emphasis on work-life balance. We also offer professional-development activities for professionals and support staff.
IF YOU NEED A DISABILITY-RELATED ACCOMMODATION, PLEASE CALL THE ADA COORDINATOR AT (518) 587-2100, ext. 2240. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TITLE II CRIME AWARENESS AND SECURITY ACT, A COPY OF OUR CRIME STATISTICS IS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST BY CALLING (518) 587-2100, ext. 2800. IT CAN ALSO BE VIEWED ON-LINE AT THE SAFETY AND SECURITY WEBSITE AT www.sunyempire.edu/safety-security.
Application Instructions:
Applications Due By: Applications accepted until position is filled.
If you are interested in applying for this position, please submit the following documents, which are required for consideration by clicking on the APPLY NOW button:
- Resume
- Cover letter
- Name and contact information of three references
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