Senior Database Applications Programmer

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has an opening for a Senior Database Applications Programmer with the Beckman Institute. This position is responsible for working in a team environment to design, develop and maintain the next generation of desktop and web-based applications for Beckman Institute administration and researchers.

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Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assume primary responsibility for the support and development of database applications.
• Lead the design, securing, and implementation of new databases and web application modules, involving all phases of the software development lifecycle.
• Take the lead in gathering business requirements to produce robust, well-organized products with limited supervision.
• Lead the maintenance, evaluation, and support of existing applications, automating, and streamlining processes whenever possible.
• Work directly with stakeholders to prioritize system requests and resolve issues independently.
• Lead database administration, including backup planning, capacity planning, performance tuning and security.
• Work directly with researchers to gather needs and develop or assist in identifying tools to move their research goals forward.
• Produce documentation, including requirements and design documents, code documentation, user documentation and other reports as needed.
• Integrate applications with third party software.
• Instruct users in the use of applications and provide excellent user support.

Qualifications:

Required:

• 6 years of progressively more responsible software development experience using C# and .NET web application design.
• College coursework which included Information Technology (IT), IT Management, or a closely related discipline may be substituted as follows: 60 semester hours or Associate’s Degree equals one (1) year, 90-120 semester hours or Bachelor’s Degree equals two (2) years.
• Demonstrated experience with database administration - experience designing, building, securing, and maintaining Microsoft SQL databases.
• Demonstrated experience using web scripting language (JavaScript, jQuery, or other)
• Demonstrated experience creating SQL Server jobs, stored procedures, and functions.
• Demonstrated experience securing web applications.
• Experience with the software development lifecycle, including release management – taking software development projects from user requirements gathering and development through end-product delivery and migration to production.
• Experience can be concurrent.

Preferred:

• Experience in any or all of the following:
• Integrating applications into an Active Directory environment
• .NET core
• Using a version control system
• Project management
• Systems analysis
• Development practices
• Ensuring applications adhere to Accessibility Standards
• Quality assurance
• User training and documentation
• Problem resolution
• User interface design
• Analyzing data, extracting rules, and understanding business processes to help design applications
• Using a ticketing system for end user support
• Four years using web scripting language (JavaScript, jQuery, or other).
• Four years database application development and database administration with Microsoft SQL Server.
• Four years gathering user requirements, training users, writing documentation (functional and user), working in a team environment, and developing applications in a Windows environment.
• Four years creating SQL Server jobs, stored procedures, and functions.

Successful candidates will have:

• Excellent programming and organizational skills.
• Willingness to work as part of a group, agreeing on standards, offering opinions and taking advice from teammates.
• Ability to take the lead in the design and development of database applications.
• Expertise in developing SQL queries of relational databases.
• Ability to communicate effectively and interact positively with a diverse user community.
• Ability to quickly learn business processes and programmatically automate whenever possible.
• Ability to self-manage tasks.
• Strong written and verbal skills.

SALARY AND APPOINTMENT INFORMATION

This is a full-time Civil Service IT Technical Associate position appointed on a 12-month service basis. The expected start date is as soon as possible after the closing date. Salary is commensurate with experience and qualifications.