Senior Software Developer/Analyst

Job Posting Title:

Senior Software Developer/Analyst

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Hiring Department:

OnRamps

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Position Open To:

All Applicants

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Weekly Scheduled Hours:

40

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FLSA Status:

Exempt

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Earliest Start Date:

Immediately

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Position Duration:

Expected to Continue

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Location:

AUSTIN, TX

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Job Details:

General Notes

UT Austin offers a competitive benefits package that includes: 

• 100% employer-paid basic medical coverage 

• Retirement contributions

• Paid vacation and sick time

• Paid holidays

• Eligible for hybrid telework

For more details, please see HR Benefits and Total Rewards.

May require evening and weekend work during intense cycles of work.

Purpose

Designs, develops, and maintains computer-based information systems to ensure efficiency, accuracy, and alignment with business needs. Performs complex systems analysis and programming tasks. Determines data needs and designs database structures for effective storage and retrieval. Maintains a reliable information system infrastructure. Provides technical advice and consultation. Conducts feasibility studies to evaluate departmental and user needs. Defines business requirements and system objectives, recommends optimal systems, and presents recommendations to management. Prepares and conducts system and programming needs assessments. Develops and maintains standards, process improvements, and documentation. Communicates with and trains clients. May lead projects and train lower-level staff.

Responsibilities

• Plans, develops, migrates, deploys, and maintains both custom and vendor applications meeting all requirements with respect to quality, schedule, accessibility, performance, and security. Performs complex systems analysis and programming tasks requiring advanced techniques. Provides regular schedule, milestone, and implementation updates to project leaders.

• Provides integral support for maintenance and enhancement of student information systems through integrations across Learning Management Systems (LMS), Learning Technology Integration (LTI) Tools to align with OnRamps initiatives.

• Develops an in-depth understanding of business definitions and needs by working with other OnRamps staff. Generate documentation relevant to job function for use by a technical or functional community. Works closely with other campus IT teams to optimize University-wide resources and to improve the quality of IT services for OnRamps clients.

• Provides appropriate periodic schedules, milestones, and implementation updates to the team leader regarding projects and status. Communicates with OnRamps application users and constituents regarding ongoing system enhancements. Provides consistently excellent customer service to both internal and external clients.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree

• At least four years of experience in systems design, analysis, and programming within a university environment, demonstrating the ability to analyze, test, and debug complex legacy and federated systems

• Proven track record of managing projects within a prioritized time frames

• Excellent verbal, interpersonal, and written communication skills

• Ability to handle multiple tasks and projects simultaneously

• Demonstrated ability to lead and work effectively in a team-first environment

• Extensive experience with Python, Django, Relational Database Systems

• Experience with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field, or equivalent professional experience.

• More than 5 years of experience in systems design, analysis, and programming within a university environment.

• Experience working with student information and its relevant operational data source systems, such as Learning Management Systems (e.g., Canvas) and University Registrar and Admissions data.

• Experience using containerization and distributed deployment systems like Rancher or AWS.

• Experience writing technical documentation.

• Demonstrated ability to train and educate fellow developers, clients, and stakeholders.

Salary

$90,000 + depending on qualifications

Working Conditions

• May require evening and weekend work during intense cycles of work.

• May work around standard office conditions

• Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation

• Shared desk environment

• Hybrid work environment

• Climbing of stairs

• Use of manual dexterity

Required Materials

Please mark "yes" on the application for required materials. Failure to attach all additional materials listed may affect candidates being considered for the position.

• Resume/CV

• 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor

• Letter of interest

Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded.  Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes. 

Important for Current university employees and contingent workers: As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.

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Employment Eligibility:

Regular staff who have been employed in their current position for the last six continuous months are eligible for openings being recruited for through University-Wide or Open Recruiting, to include both promotional opportunities and lateral transfers. Staff who are promotion/transfer eligible may apply for positions without supervisor approval.

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Retirement Plan Eligibility:

The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.

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Background Checks:

A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position.

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Equal Opportunity Employer:

The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.

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Pay Transparency:

The University of Texas at Austin will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

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Employment Eligibility Verification:

If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form.  You will be required to present acceptable and original documents to prove your identity and authorization to work in the United States.  Documents need to be presented no later than the third day of employment.  Failure to do so will result in loss of employment at the university.

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E-Verify:

The University of Texas at Austin use E-Verify to check the work authorization of all new hires effective May 2015. The university’s company ID number for purposes of E-Verify is 854197. For more information about E-Verify, please see the following:

• E-Verify Poster (English and Spanish) [PDF]
• Right to Work Poster (English) [PDF]
• Right to Work Poster (Spanish) [PDF]

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Compliance:

Employees may be required to report violations of law under Title IX and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act). If this position is identified a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified and provided resources for reporting. Responsible employees under Title IX are defined and outlined in HOP-3031.

The Clery Act requires all prospective employees be notified of the availability of the Annual Security and Fire Safety report. You may access the most recent report here or obtain a copy at University Compliance Services, 1616 Guadalupe Street, UTA 2.206, Austin, Texas 78701.