Application Developer - Scranton, United States - Lackawanna College

Lackawanna College

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Scranton, United States

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

Date Posted:

4/15/2024
Deadline:
5/1/2024
Description:

LACKAWANNA COLLEGE HAS BEEN VOTED ONE OF THE

"BEST PLACES TO WORK IN PA" FOR 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2020
Lackawanna College is a private, accredited college serving the people of Northeastern Pennsylvania. Our main campus is located in downtown Scranton, and our footprint includes satellite centers in Covington Twp., Hawley, Hazleton, Sunbury, Towanda and Tunkhannock

Our mission is to provide a quality education to all persons who seek to improve their lives and better the communities in which they live.

We provide our students with a direct path to a bachelor's degree, associate degree, or one of many different professional certifications.

Additionally, our Continuing Education department helps put the people of Northeastern Pennsylvania back to work with modern career skills. Lackawanna is also one of the most cost-efficient regional higher education institutions.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS, RESPONSIBILITIES AND OBJECTIVES:

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Responsible for the day-to-day operation, integration, maintenance, and user support of the College Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Student Information System (SIS), intranet/portal environment, the underlying databases, and related systems and services.
Collaborate with end users to translate business needs into technical requirements. Create functional/technical specifications, design, develop, document, test, and deliver the process.
Ability to identify opportunities where emerging technologies could have a positive impact on College business processes; conceptualize, scope, and implement solutions; set deliverables and milestones.
Build relationships with stakeholders; maintain regular communication; understand user expectations.
Contribute to building required level of documentation for requirements, design, code and implementation process.
Maintain user accounts and permissions.
Training staff on database/system operation as needed.
Maintain data integrity and security.
Work with administrative users on standardizing data collection and creating workflow procedures to automate and streamline departmental processes.
Create and design custom data reports for College departments and client module managers/staff.
All other duties as assigned.

KEY COMPETENCIES:

Technical Capacity.

a. Strong understanding of data design, architecture, relational databases, and data modeling. (MSSQL preferred)

b. Comfortable working everywhere in the stack (databases, server-side, client-side, user interface)

c. Knowledge of GIT pipeline and/or Microsoft IIS a plus.

d. Ability to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies and programming tools.

Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly and effectively.
Problem Solving/Analysis.
Project Management.
Strong mindset for innovation, continuous improvement and desire to exceed expectations.
High-level of self-initiative, creativity, and flexibility.
Thorough understanding of all aspects of software development life cycle and quality control practices.
Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced environment and independently analyze and resolve complex problems.

EDUCATION:

Associate's Degree with relevant work experience required.
Bachelor's Degree in technology related field preferred.

EXPERIENCE:

Minimum of three years of experience with SQL databases and transactional processing required. (Microsoft SQL preferred)
Minimum of three years programming and system analysis (C#,.NET, JAVA, PHP, ASP, XML, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS, and REST or similar languages preferred)
Prior experience creating reporting tools (InfoMaker preferred) and/or tools to automate and optimize processes.
Experience with Jenzabar a plus.
In compliance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and all other applicable nondiscrimination laws, Lackawanna College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran's status, or genetic information in its educational programs and activities, admissions, and with regard to employment._
Lackawanna College is an accredited, private, nonprofit educational institution providing opportunities for career and personal development within selected associates degree, certificate and continuing education program._
Consideration for evaluation of qualifications and hiring will be made in a fair and equitable basis. There will be no discrimination due to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, or any other legally protected class. Lackawanna College is an accredited, private, non