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Posted August 25, 2016

Senior Programmer/Analyst #40387BR

Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States Full Time

Harvard College Admissions and Financial Aid is looking for a full time developer / analyst to contribute to our large and varied portfolio of software...

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Harvard College Admissions and Financial Aid is looking for a full time developer / analyst to contribute to our large and varied portfolio of software development projects.



You will join a small but fast growing team with a long history of success and work on projects that are critical to the functioning of the College Admissions, Financial Aid and Student Employment Offices. We support 75 staff members who are responsible for processing nearly 40K admissions cases, analyzing 1.5 MM 'pages' of information and disbursing $172MM of financial aid funding. We partner with a variety of organizations and buy, build, and integrate with a deep list of technologies.



Working with our Web Developer and reporting to the Director of Technology, you will have an immediate impact on our project portfolio as you take ownership of new features and work closely with other members of the team through implementation. You will need to be independent, self- motivated, hardworking and flexible to work in an exciting, fast-moving atmosphere here at ADM/FAO. You must have excellent communication skills, as you will be routinely brainstorming ideas and communicating with a variety of end-user communities – Admissions and Financial Aid technology, the Drupal community, contract organizations as well as peers and management within Harvard University Information Technology (HUIT).




DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES



As a programmer / analyst your responsibilities will include:

  • Delivering specifications
  • Performing business analysis
  • Participating in the technical design of new features
  • Writing code to support existing features
  • Testing code (unit testing and regression testing)
  • Working on bug fixes
  • Creating documentation
  • Assisting and Training users
  • Creating solutions for interesting business problems
*Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's degree required.
Additional Qualifications
  • Strong development experience with a history of leadership roles and a portfolio of successful projects is required.
  • Five years experience preferred.
  • Excellent programming/scripting skills including one or more of PHP, jQuery, AJAX, XML, XSL, javascript
  • Strong knowledge of SQL (MSSQL/Oracle preferred), ER diagramming and data architectures
  • Working knowledge of Drupal framework, its internal APIs and experience developing custom modules
  • Good communications skills and demonstrated ability to collaborate with a variety of users/team members
  • Experience in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and interactive methodologies.
  • Working knowledge of PM methodologies and IT frameworks(Agile, ITIL, PMP - certification optional)
  • Familiarity with source code control systems such as GIT.
  • UI/UX experience
  • BS in Computer Science and/or Experience in Higher Education preferred.



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