Full Stack Web Application Engineer - IT Solutions

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Full-stack Web Application Engineer

JOB SUMMARY 

The Full-stack Web Application Engineer is accountable for supporting the university’s enterprise applications, including on-premises, custom written, and cloud-based applications. This position will conduct comprehensive system analysis, designing, coding, testing, and deploying applications along with their customizations, enhancements, workflows, and any integrations. The Full-stack Web Application Engineer is responsible for general system maintenance, troubleshooting, and support. The Full-stack Web Application Engineer is expected to contribute to and help guide the university’s enterprise application architecture and serve as a mentor and technical leader for their team. As a member of the IT Solutions (ITS) team, the Full-stack Web Application Engineer is expected to align with the division’s mission to “empower an agile, digital university and elevate technology as a strategic institutional asset,” and to contribute positively to a collaborative, human-centered, innovative, accountable, transparent, and inclusive culture within ITS.

ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS

Reports to:     Depending on domain expertise Associate Director of Integration, Analytics & Web   
                      Services; Manager of Business Applications; or Senior Manager of Student-
                      Centered Applications

Supervises:   No supervisory responsibilities                       

ESSENTIAL DUTIES - May include, but not limited to the following:

Application Development and Support (90%)

•Utilize accepted application development and project-planning methodologies, incorporating front-end and back-end development skills, to design, develop, test, implement, maintain, and support the university’s major enterprise information systems, interfaces, and related applications.

•Assist in the evaluation, selection, and implementation of new software systems and services, including cloud-based solutions, ensuring alignment with modern full-stack development practices.

•Collaborate with university partners to develop and/or review functional requirements, proposing technical solutions that optimize software capabilities, enhance process efficiency, and elevate user experience, adhering to UI/UX design principles.

•Develops and maintains system design and specification documents, Functional and technical documents, administrative documentation, and/or user documentation interacting with other cross-functional teams.

•Provides training to users and technical support staff, as appropriate.

•Participates in system testing during software and infrastructure upgrade cycles, following test plans and documenting results.

•Performs routine system administration tasks as needed, including monitoring operations and performance.

•Provides high quality and timely application support, including responding to incident/ problem tickets and troubleshooting errors and issues with university enterprise systems.

•Works closely with product experience owners and project managers through all phases of software development lifecycle (SDLC) to ensure user experience design methodologies are included in software development.

•Serves as a liaison between system users and vendors to manage issues through to final resolution.

ADDITIONAL DUTIES

Participation & Support (10%)

1. Maintains awareness of current practices and future trends in enterprise application architecture, agile methodologies, and application development technology and best practices.
2. Represents IT Solutions and participates in the campus community by serving on working groups, project teams, and university committees.
3. Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION 

Bachelor’s degree required. Additional job-related experience may substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis.

EXPERIENCE

Minimum seven years of relevant experience in application development (web and/or enterprise applications). Additional job-related education may substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis.

REQUIREMENT

Regular and reliable attendance at the University d