Application Developer II - College of Business

Florida International University is a top public university that drives real talent and innovation in Miami and globally. Very high research (R1) activity and high social mobility come together at FIU to uplift and accelerate learner success in a global city by focusing in the areas of environment, health, innovation, and justice. Today, FIU has two campuses and multiple centers. FIU serves a diverse student body of more than 56,000 and 290,000 Panther alumni. U.S. News and World Report places dozens of FIU programs among the best in the nation, including international business at No. 2. Washington Monthly Magazine ranks FIU among the top 20 public universities contributing to the public good.

Creates programming code for new homegrown applications and for enhancing and integrating with third-party applications. Creates automation and monitoring scripts to reduce manual workload and to improve system reliability, and provides recommendations for improving efficiency and performance. Provides support for development, implementation, and support of web/mobile applications and information systems for the College of Business. Works with senior team members to analyze, design and develop database driven application solutions to support and improve the College's operations. Analyzes system requirements and ensures that systems are effectively integrated with current applications. Monitors and maintains the college's web, database and application servers.

• Designs and implements information systems which adequately support the College of Business operations, and ensures that such systems meet end-user requirements and expectations using but not limited to Microsoft . Net Framework, PHP, SQL Server and JavaScript.
• Maintains and troubleshoots technical and non-technical issues related to existing applications.
• Maintains a high level of awareness of industry issues and trends, particularly in regard to accessibility, usability, and emerging technologies by keeping team members informed as appropriate, with a view of incorporating these in future projects and staying ahead of the market.
• Documents clearly and thoroughly system specifications, program code, configurations, procedures, maintenance, and automated processes.
• Administers updates, patches and other maintenance duties for College's web, database and application servers.
• Provides accurate timing estimates for work based on verbal and written technical briefs, prioritizing and managing workload effectively.
• Assist in the implementation and configuration of payment gateways to support the payment solution for the College. Will have access to a third party system (software, gateway, etc.) that processes, transmits, and/or stores cardholder information.
• Designs and optimizes data driven applications by developing cross- browser and cross-platform compatible solutions including middle-ware applications that can inter-connect University systems directly to the College's applications.
• Develops dynamic, native mobile apps to improve business processes and provide better user experience and accessibility.
• Implements server-side code by hand-coding, analyzing, debugging, and delivering clean, validated, maintainable code. Develops and executes test plans to check infrastructure and systems technical performance.
• Performs other related duties as assigned or as directed. The omission of specific duties does not preclude the supervisor from assigning duties that are logically related to the position.
• Works with senior team members to provide technological database solutions for enterprise applications that ensure database consistency and integrity by capturing user requirements, designing and developing database architectures, developing stored procedures and queries and following quality assurance policies and procedures.
• Supports creation of customized reports in response to user needs by integrating and querying data from multiple data sources (college and university databases). Assists in providing data warehousing and data analytics solutions for the college.

• Bachelor's degree in MIS, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Studies or other technical discipline and three (3) years related experience; OR seven (7) years of related experience; OR an equivalent combination of relevant education and/or experience.

• Technical knowledge in systems integration using Web Services/APIs.
• Proficient in HTML, XHTML, CSS, Java Script and software development tools and languages including but not limited to Visual Studio.NET, CFML, Java, PHP, XML, C#, and Transact-SQL programming.

• Administrative

• $60,000 - $70,000

Begin time: 8:30 AM
End time: 5:00 PM

• Expanded Background Check

Prospective Employee

If you have not created a registered account, you will be asked to create a username and password for use of the system. It is recommended that you provide an active/valid e-mail account as that will be the main source of communication regarding your status within the process. In this account, you are able to track your applicant status in "My Applications". 

To be considered eligible for the position as an internal candidate, departmental staff must meet minimum requirements of the position and be in good performance standing.

Before you begin the process, we recommend that you are prepared to attach electronic copies of your resume, cover letter or any other documents within the application process. It is recommended that you combine your cover letter and resume/curriculum vitae into one attachment.  Attached documents should be in Microsoft Word or PDF format. All applicants are required to complete the online application including work history and educational details (if applicable), even when attaching a resume.

*This posting will close at 12:00 am of the close date.

Current Employee

As a current employee, you must log into Employee Self Service (ESS) to apply for this and any other internal career opportunity of interest. In this account, you are able to track your applicant status in "My Applications". 

To be considered eligible for the position as an internal candidate, departmental staff must meet minimum requirements of the position and be in good performance standing.

Before you begin the process, we recommend that you are prepared to attach electronic copies of your resume/ curriculum vitae, cover letter or any other documents within the application process.  It is recommended that you combine your cover letter and resume into one attachment. Attached documents should be in Microsoft Word or PDF format.

*This posting will close at 12:00 am of the close date.

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