Senior IT Applications Developer

The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), School of Medicine Office of Medical Education is seeking a Senior level Application Developer to manage and enhance existing .Net software solutions, integrate systems to create interoperability using APIs, ODBC, or other standard solutions. The position will analyze user/stakeholder needs; propose and develop software solutions; and define required data to deliver application functionality. Analyze existing, design, and create MS SQL databases to transact with applications. Develop and write computer applications to store, locate, and retrieve data and produce dynamic reports. Work with other support team members to deliver high-quality and high-performance code in an agile environment. Explore, use, evaluate, and learn exciting new technologies that keep deliverables and support team members on the cutting edge. Provide technical direction and coordination. Lead the design, development, and maintenance of complex solutions with a focus on quality, performance, and resiliency. Reports to Assistant Dean for UME Operations and the Associate Dean of Medical Education.

Benefits Information:

UMB offers a generous benefits package, which includes 22 vacation days, 14 floating and holidays, 15 sick days; comprehensive health insurance and retirement options; and tuition remission for employees and their dependents at any of the University System of Maryland schools.

UMB requires all faculty, staff, and students to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Exemptions for medical or religious reasons will be processed through Human Resources.

Essential functions:

• Assist with the generation and analysis of business and functional requirements for proposed software solutions.
• Participate in and sometimes lead architectural and database design discussions as they relate to product direction.
• Meet with managers of campus-wide systems for strategic design of integration
• Generate data for project planning, including task breakdown and estimation of work for a project. Tracks status within the project as necessary.
• Develop, invent, research, and write applications to store, locate, and retrieve data and information.
• Analyze, design, implement, integrate, test, deploy and support. Analyze environment and determine the best strategies to extract or link data to divergent systems and integrate the applications.
• Ensure data captured includes any additional information, templates, customization required. Develop, direct, and manage application testing and validation procedures, programming and documentation.
• Correct errors by making appropriate changes and rechecking the applications to ensure that the desired results are produced.
• Conduct trial runs of program and software to be sure they will produce the desired information and the instructions are correct. Determine software limitations and capabilities, performance requirements, and interfaces.
• Design and maintain back-end MS SQL database.
• Design and maintain back-end database.
• Design and maintain front end user interface.
• Monitor logs for application failures and performance issues.
• Perform other duties assigned.

Qualifications:

Education: Bachelor's degree in in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related field.

Experience: Four (4) years of related computer programming or application development experience with proficiency in programming languages such as JavaScript, Visual Basic, Java, C/C++, C#, etc.

Proficiency using: IIS platform, SQL Server, JSON, XML, JQuery, Bootstrap, .NET Framework (ASP.NET, VB.NET) and Systems integration & Interoperability (ODBC, API, etc.) preferred.

Familiarity with the following systems is a plus:

• Microsoft O-365, Ellucian Banner, MedHub
• American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS)
• Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS)
• Visiting Student Application Service (VSAS)

Other: No substitution of experience for minimum education requirement.

Hiring Range: Commensurate with education and experience
UMB is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law or policy. For assistance related to employment, please contact the Staffing department at [email protected].

If you anticipate needing a reasonable accommodation for a disability under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), during any part of the employment process, please submit a UMB Job Applicant Accommodation Request. You may also contact [email protected]. Please note that only inquiries concerning an ADA request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.