Job Title:

Applications Developer

Physical Location:

 Kent Campus - Kent, OH, as well as remote work options

Salary:

Offered salary is Pay Grade 05-IS and will be consistent with University Policy. This position has a starting salary of $59,075 - $78,965 plus exceptional comprehensive benefits including medical coverage, paid time off, employer-matched retirement savings and full tuition waivers for employee and employee’s immediate family. Human Resources will conduct a compensation review of the applicant’s education and job experience to determine final pay package.

Basic Function:

Responsible for the basic design, development and ongoing modification of software applications, and implementation of work products in a moderately complex production environment. Design, develop and maintain software applications and provide application-specific user support. Develop application requirements based on business requirements from clients and technical requirements from IS support specialties. Implement prescribed security policies. Reports to Designated Administrator.

Additional Basic Function – if applicable:

 The Digital Enterprise Solutions (DES) team creates adaptable and intuitive technology solutions for more than 25,000 students and 9,000 employees at Kent State, while also providing support for enterprise systems such as Banner ERP and Canvas LMS. Of the various teams in DES, this vacancy resides in Enterprise Application Support. A successful candidate should thrive on an excellence-driven, collaborative, highly communicative team with supportive coworkers who enjoy solving technical and design problems together. The Enterprise Applications Support team focuses on delivering solutions that meet the urgent needs and specific criteria of requested projects, while also maintaining overarching standards and strategies, and carefully considering upstream and downstream impact.

Examples of Duties:

Duties/essential functions may include, but not be limited to, the following: 

Responsibilities include working with clients, business analysts, and team members to understand fairly complex business requirements that drive the analysis and design of quality technical solutions. These solutions must be aligned with business and IT strategies and comply with the organization's architectural and security standards.

Involved in the systems life cycle and responsible for designing, coding, testing, implementing, maintaining and supporting applications software.

May supervise students and/or provide functional guidance of support staff or other employees who work on a project or assignment on a temporary or intermittent basis.

JOB COMPETENCIES:

Design, develop and/or maintain multiple moderately complex applications, programs, application functions, databases, or application / user interfaces.

Implement applications based on system life-cycle standards and IS Architectural and Security protocols.

Perform analysis and judgment outside established protocols.

Provide user support for multiple applications.

Develop application requirements based on business requirements from clients and technical requirements from IS support specialties.

Work effectively with some oversight.

Take responsibility for the relationship with a client for a specific application with limited scope (department, center, single large application).

Provide timely status updates to supervisor and client management highlighting potential issues/problems.

Work effectively with multiple client contacts; initiates interaction to clarify and improve relationship with client.

Work effectively with co-workers.

Translate broad project scope and goals into detailed work plan with tasks, accountabilities, dependencies, milestones and deadlines; monitors project plans to ensure progress.

Balance multiple priorities and respond to day-to-day problems while maintaining progress on regularly scheduled project work.

Take personal responsibility for quality and timeliness of results for projects and tasks.

Consistently proposes original solutions, proposals, and recommendations within context of a discrete project or objective.

Effectively assesses feasibility of solutions in terms of client need and available resources.

Understand work unit, IS and client goals and priorities.

Additional Examples of Duties – if applicable:

Proficiency in SQL, PL/SQL, and database management systems. 

Basic understanding of data warehousing concepts and ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes.

Familiarity with scripting languages such as Java or C#. 

Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail. 

Good communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in a team environment

IT’s COMMITMENT TO THE HIRED CANDIDATE: 

We will give clear direction and set clear expectations. 

We will give flexibility on work location: on premises if that’s how you work best, remote if/when needed. 

We will respect your ideas so that you actively engage in problem solving rather than silently fulfill orders. 

We will develop both your ability to research and problem-solve independently AND your awareness of when to loop in a colleague for collaboration. We value teachability and curiosity. 

We will support you as a whole person, understanding that work is only one part of your identity. We work to live, not live to work. 

We commit to transparency about your advancement options. We will teach you the organizational structure, explain the qualifications necessary for the rung above you, then encourage you if/when you reach higher.

Minimum Qualifications:

A baccalaureate degree in computer science, technology, business administration, computer information systems or an appropriate field and two or more years of relevant professional experience. Or a combination of education, training, and experience equivalent to an Associate degree in IS/CS plus four years of experience including; developing application requirements; design, development and /or maintaining and providing support for multiple moderately complex applications, programs, application functions, databases, or application / user interfaces; implementing applications based on system life-cycle standards and IS Architectural and Security protocols; performing analysis and judgment outside established protocols; developing application requirements based on business requirements from clients and technical requirements from IS support specialties; and working effectively with some oversight.

License/Certification:

Not Applicable. 

Knowledge Of:

Banner ERP and related data structure 

Web Services and REST 

Enterprise Integration Patterns 

Event-driven architecture

Skill In:

Talend ESB or Camel development (ideal)

Java or C# (basic programming, but web oriented)

Data mapping/conversion work with language specific libraries, e.g., Jackson

Ellucian Ethos API experience 

Ability To:

Divide a problem into separate, interconnected components that achieve the desired outcome. 

Provide support for change management and enhancements to existing data integrations

Preferred Qualifications – if applicable:

Not Applicable. 

Assessments:

Asterisk (*) indicates knowledge, skills, abilities which require assessments

Working Conditions / Physical Requirements:

None. 

Working Schedule:

 Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm or otherwise discussed with your supervisor. 

Additional Information:

 Kent State University is committed to creating a community that is culturally and intellectually diverse and to attracting and retaining a diverse staff. We strive to create and maintain working and learning environments that respect differences, and are inclusive, welcoming, respectful and kind.

Disclaimer:

The intent of this description is to illustrate the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and should not be interpreted to describe all the specific duties and responsibilities that may be required in any particular position. Directly related experience/education beyond the minimum stated may be substituted where appropriate at the discretion of the Appointing Authority. Kent State University reserves the right to revise or change job duties, job hours, and responsibilities.