Senior Application Programmer

Uniti is a premier insurgent fiber provider dedicated to enabling mission-critical connectivity across the United States.

With a steadfast commitment to customer service, operational excellence, and superior network capabilities, Uniti builds, operates and delivers critical fiber-based communications services to connect and empower people and businesses.

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About this Role:

The Senior Application Programmer is part of a team dedicated to improving the user experience, data integrity, and business processes through the development and maintenance of the NOC Portal and its supporting tools. This individual will apply proven communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills to contribute to this effort.
This role focuses on the modernization of the NOC Portal — the emphasis is on modern front-end (JavaScript/TypeScript) and Python back-end development. Working knowledge of PHP is needed to maintain and incrementally replace the existing application.

What You'll Do:

• Task Management: Efficiently prioritize and execute tasks in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment.
• Communication: Exhibit strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Team Collaboration: Work effectively within a collaborative, team-oriented environment.
• Self-Motivation: Demonstrate self-motivation, time management, and organizational skills.
• Development Knowledge: Exposure to a variety of technologies such as multi-tiered web applications, relational and cloud databases, LDAP and directory services, application servers, network infrastructure, and understanding security and dataflow within these components.
• System Development: Participate in the architecture, configuration, development, deployment, integration, testing, and maintenance of NOC Portal systems.
• Troubleshooting: Troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade existing software.
• System Improvement: Identify areas for modification in current NOC Portal systems and develop these improvements.
• Code Development: Write high-quality code to complete features on schedule.
• Operational Evaluation: Assess the operational practicality of applications.
• System Monitoring: Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve issues on supported NOC Portal systems to ensure 24x7 availability.
• SDLC Compliance: Follow Software Development Lifecycle processes and tools.
• Agile Practices: Apply agile practices and principles to maximize business value and continuously improve customer outcomes.
• Research: Participate in researching and identifying new and emerging technologies to enhance NOC Portal processes.


Do You Have:
• Strong full-stack web development experience, with a focus on modern front-end and back-end development.
• College degree in a technical or related field or at least 8 years of work experience in a structured development environment
• Software Development: Experience with software design and development in a test-driven environment.
• Agile: Familiarity with agile practices and management tools such as Azure Dev Ops, build/deployment YAML pipelines, and other Azure Tools
• Git/Source Code Management: Experience with code management, including branching, merging, and pull requests. Experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot for code generation, debugging, and codebase analysis to accelerate delivery and improve code quality.
• Web Applications/Coding Languages: Strong programming skills in Python, including experience with Python libraries and frameworks. Modern front-end experience with JavaScript/TypeScript and a current framework (e.g., React, Vue, or Angular). Experience with PHP is valuable for maintaining and incrementally migrating the existing application.
• Scripting/ETL: Proficient in writing and debugging shell scripts for scripting, automation, and ETL processes. Experience scheduling and managing cron job tasks; experience with (or a desire to adopt) a workflow orchestrator such as Apache Airflow is a plus. Exposure to Perl is helpful for migrating legacy reporting processes.
• APIs and Web Services: Hands-on experience with one or more of the following: RESTful API principles, API Access Concepts (including REST, SSO, LDAP, OAuth2, etc.)
• Programming/Markup Languages: Familiarity with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML
• Systems: Proficiency in Linux command line operations, system administration, and environment setup. Familiar with web application server technologies (e.g. Apache HTTPD, IIS, or Tomcat).
• Knowledge of Azure cloud services and infrastructure. Experience with RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) installation, configuration, management, and troubleshooting. Experience with containerization using Docker, including Docker images, contai