Manager, Applications & Data Systems

The University of Texas at Austin • Austin, UT

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Manager, Applications & Data Systems provides hands-on technical leadership for CCCSE’s web applications, survey and data systems, relational databases, integrations, and operational technology platforms. This position is the primary technical owner of CCCSE’s Python/Django application platform, which is under active development as part of a broader modernization effort, and leads the connected applications, databases, survey-technology, and data-exchange environments.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, software engineering, or a related field, plus at least five years of progressively responsible professional software-development experience.
• Demonstrated professional expertise developing, maintaining, testing, troubleshooting, and supporting production Python and Django applications, including secure, database-driven web applications and modern front-end technologies.
• Experience designing, querying, and optimizing applications that use Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, or other relational database platforms.
• Experience integrating systems through APIs, scheduled processes, authentication and role-based access controls, imports and exports, file exchanges, webhooks, or similar methods.
• Experience integrating web applications with analytics, reporting, business-intelligence, or embedded-dashboard platforms, including secure user access and troubleshooting.
• Experience using Git, code review, automated testing, and production release practices, including coordination with infrastructure or cloud administrators.
• Experience assuming ownership of inherited applications, data environments, or integrations; planning their maintenance, modernization, replacement, or integration; and providing sustained technical direction and mentoring.
• Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Nice To Haves

• Experience integrating applications with Qualtrics through its APIs and with relational databases such as Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, or comparable platforms.
• Experience working with vendors or managed-service providers, including technical escalation, acceptance review, knowledge transfer, and coordination.
• Experience modernizing or integrating applications within a mixed technology environment.
• Experience maintaining architecture, interface, deployment, and operational documentation; applying web-accessibility standards; and using application monitoring and structured logging.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, maintain, test, document, and deploy secure Python/Django applications, APIs, and integrations that support CCCSE operations and institution-facing services. Responsibilities include front-end development, databases, authentication, authorization, and institution-level data-access controls.
• Provide technical leadership across CCCSE’s applications, databases, survey platforms, integrations, and operational technology. Lead application-level data exchanges and resolve complex application, database, authentication, access-control, and integration issues. Coordinate with staff responsible for AWS and University infrastructure rather than directly administering those platforms.
• Improve connections among applications, databases, and workflows to reduce manual work, strengthen data consistency, and improve maintainability. Recommend modernization and migration priorities and implement routine improvements.
• Work with CCCSE staff to analyze processes, gather requirements, and deliver usable solutions supporting survey administration, participant and institution management, events, analytics, and other internal operations.
• Supervise and mentor a junior IT staff member; review technical work; establish development and testing standards; and maintain documentation that reduces dependence on individual employees, consultants, and vendors.

Benefits

• Retirement Plan Eligibility: The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level