IT Programmer

Virginia Information Technologies Agency • Lexington, VA

3d

About The Position

Under general supervision the primary responsibilities of this position include
programming and analytical support for the Post’s enterprise software, Colleague
by Ellucian, as well as development and enhancement of tools, APIs, and web
services. The position requires limited on-call and “off-hours” as needed.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Provide application system design, support and programming utilizing Ellucian
Colleague XE Software in a Unidata/SQL environment.
• Design, develop, document, implement and maintain Enterprise Application
programs, subroutines, virtual fields and views using a variety of programming
tools.
• Support Colleague XE Application and all other applications that interact or
supplement it.
• Coordinates design review activities with other team members to ensure
applications adhere to the standards and structure developed.
• Contributes to the team development through presentations, demonstrations.
• Coordinates access to underlying databases and data storage with other
application developers and administrators.
• Develop system standards, guidelines, and procedures.
• Creates and maintains operational, technical, and user documentation.
• Analyze, review, identify, evaluate, and develop system processes to ensure
end-users needs are being met.
• Train end-users on application functionalities and conducts software training
workshops.
• Communicate effectively with users to determine solutions that best fit their
environment and need.
• Create or modify end user reports to suit their need.
• Troubleshoots functional and technical issues and provides related solutions
to users.
• Conducts detailed needs and systems analysis.
• Evaluates software service requests and prepares detailed project time
estimates.
• Evaluates third party software packages and serves as liaison with software
and support vendors.
• Maintains a positive, helpful, constructive attitude and work relationship
with supervisor, college staff, students, and the community.
• Support departmental goals and timelines.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• College coursework in related field or equivalent combination of education and experience required.
• Programming experience in an integrated database environment preferred.
• Maintaining administrative software in a college setting preferred.

Nice To Haves

• Technical skills and knowledge dealing with Ellucian system architecture in a Windows environment, Microsoft SQL and Ellucian Eclipse programming tools.
• Programming experience in any of the following: Microsoft programming tools, .NET, C#, Visual Studio, ASP and SQL.
• Experience creating end user reports with Entrinsik Informer and other third party tools.
• Experience programming Web technologies including SoftDocs forms, JavaScript, JSON, Jquery, IIS, ASP.NET, Visual Basic, SharePoint/Portal technologies.
• Proficient in Microsoft 365 Office Suite.

Responsibilities

• Provide application system design, support and programming utilizing Ellucian Colleague XE Software in a Unidata/SQL environment.
• Design, develop, document, implement and maintain Enterprise Application programs, subroutines, virtual fields and views using a variety of programming tools.
• Support Colleague XE Application and all other applications that interact or supplement it.
• Coordinates design review activities with other team members to ensure applications adhere to the standards and structure developed.
• Contributes to the team development through presentations, demonstrations.
• Coordinates access to underlying databases and data storage with other application developers and administrators.
• Develop system standards, guidelines, and procedures.
• Creates and maintains operational, technical, and user documentation.
• Analyze, review, identify, evaluate, and develop system processes to ensure end-users needs are being met.
• Train end-users on application functionalities and conducts software training workshops.
• Communicate effectively with users to determine solutions that best fit their environment and need.
• Create or modify end user reports to suit their need.
• Troubleshoots functional and technical issues and provides related solutions to users.
• Conducts detailed needs and systems analysis.
• Evaluates software service requests and prepares detailed project time estimates.
• Evaluates third party software packages and serves as liaison with software and support vendors.
• Maintains a positive, helpful, constructive attitude and work relationship with supervisor, college staff, students, and the community.
• Support departmental goals and timelines.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees