Application Developer

Virginia Tech • Blacksburg, VA

33d • $80,975 - $99,360 • Onsite

About The Position

Reporting to the Senior Director of Learning Systems in Virginia Tech's Division of Information Technology, the person filling this position will be an application developer in support of all technology platforms provided by the ITLS team, including, but not limited to: Canvas, Zoom, Kaltura, and our data analytics infrastructure. The person will serve primarily as a programmer, with the expectation that they will spend the majority of their time on heads-down coding activities. Team interaction will be important in terms of understanding requirements, following our best practices for development, testing, and in terms of providing tier-3 support for our systems.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Computer Science or Information Technology
• 1 year of work experience using Python
• 1 year of work experience with an object-oriented language like Java
• 1 year of front-end development experience in PHP or equivalent
• 1 year of scripting in bash
• 1 year of work experience in AWS - with skill using several of these tools: Lambda, S3, IAM, Glue, Athena, EC2, Step Functions, and Cloud9
• 1 year of experience with SQL and demonstrated understanding of database fundamentals
• 1 year using software testing frameworks like JUnit or pyTest
• 1 year of experience with GitLab or GitHub
• 1 year of experience providing production support in a high availability environment (24x7x365)
• 1 year working with networking to include TCP/IP, DNS, firewalls, and security
• Communications skills that provide us confidence the candidate can work effectively with our team and our partners

Responsibilities

• Perform software development efforts for ITLS meeting deadlines for deliverables
• Tests and troubleshoot solutions developed within the team
• Provide maintenance code changes for developer production applications
• Provide end-user support as part of the ITLS Tier 3 support team
• Document all work thoroughly in a way that others can rely upon

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees