PROGRAMMER/SYSTEMS ANALYST, DEVELOPMENT, AND INTEGRATION #00092830

About the role

This is a professional, exempt Information Technology position with the Applications Development Team. This position is on-site 8am-5pm M-F, and may be periodically required to work afterhours, nights, weekends, and holidays as required to meet the needs of our customers.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with customers, project managers, data administrators, database administrators, systems administrators, and architects on design, implementation, maintenance and security of in-house developed applications and 3rd party tools.
• Develops well-designed, testable, scalable, and efficient new code and modifies existing code based on customer requirements.
• Create and maintain documentation for in-house developed and 3rd party applications with respect to purpose, customer scope/audience, data elements, nuances, etc.
• Collaborate well and provide redundancy in support of software/systems across the applications infrastructure team.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience and at least 8 years of experience from which comparable knowledge and skills can be acquired is necessary.

Qualifications

• Learns and adapts to new environments quickly, including learning without documentation.
• Bridges gaps between teams and departments.
• Brings a customer-focused outcome-oriented perspective to managing a team.
• Establishes processes for the team; continually identifies opportunities for process and solution improvements.
• Resolves complex challenges that span multiple systems and environments.
• Works well within established guardrails to direct team activities, including prioritization and time management.
• Leads with integrity to manage workload, balance resources, and successfully deliver at speed.
• Establishes clear project goals, timelines, and documentation standards.
• Oversees implementation of complex projects, ensuring timely and effective outcomes.
• Continuously evaluates team processes, suggests enhancements and implements improvements in team efficiency.
• Assists with managing team budget, forecasting, and resource allocation. Participates in related vendor contracts, procurement, and cost optimization to ensure transparency and fiscal responsibility.
• Proactively addresses workplace challenges with fairness and professionalism, fostering a respectful and collaborative work environment, and escalating to IT Leadership as needed.
• Organizes and manages projects, ensuring they are completed on time and in scope.
• Provides input to the development of strategies and solutions that impact university-wide technology operations and services. Serves as a key advisor to leadership on complex or sensitive technology initiatives.
• Operates with a high degree of autonomy within institutional policies and strategic plans. Works collaboratively in a tightly integrated team environment, mentoring one another.
• Communicates effectively through verbal and written mediums is an active/attentive listener and be open to constructive criticism.

Skills

• Shapes organizational best practices; contributes to language communities; authors/maintains widely used libraries.
• UI Toolkits / Frameworks — Defines org-wide UI strategy; influences or contributes to major open-source UI frameworks.
• SQL Databases (MySQL / Oracle / MariaDB) — Defines long-term data architecture/standards; advises on organization-wide data policy.
• Data Integration Patterns — Shapes organizational “data fabric” strategy; influences external/industry data standards.
• CI/CD & GitOps — Defines enterprise automation strategy; contributes to or influences open DevOps/GitOps standards.
• K8s & Container Orchestration — Leads cluster governance, security, and performance; mentors on orchestration best practices.
• Operating Systems — Contributes to or influences OS communities; defines organizational OS policies.
• AI Tools — Establishes AI strategy, compliance, and ethics policies; reviews high-risk deployments.
• Security / Compliance — Sets enterprise security policies; champions security culture; influences industry standards.
• Reliability / Observability — Defines organizational SRE strategy; contributes to or leads OSS observability efforts.
• Architecture / Systems Thinking — Shapes enterprise architecture vision; influences external architectural practices/standards.
• Influence / Mentoring — Creates mentorship frameworks at scale; represents the org as an external thought leader.
• People Skills — Represents the organization externally; shapes company culture and values.
• Cloud Computing — Designs resilient, secure, multi-region architectures; applies advanced IAM and cost optimization; Drives hybrid/multi-cloud strategies; defines governance and disaster recovery.
• Open Source Community Involvement — Champions OSS strategy; mentors others on contributions.

Benefits

The anticipated hiring range for this position has been established as $80,143-$122,492 annually. Salary is determined by a variety of factors, including but not limited to, the individual’s particular combination of education, skills, and experience, as well as organizational requirements.

Pay

The anticipated hiring range for this position has been established as $80,143-$122,492 annually.

Schedule

This position is on-site 8am-5pm M-F, and may be periodically required to work afterhours, nights, weekends, and holidays as required to meet the needs of our customers.