Application Developer (Hybrid)

The Application Developer is part of the Enterprise Applications team within the Information Technology Department at Vanderbilt University. The Application Developer is an individual contributor responsible for the implementation of integrations, APIs, and software applications using departmental standards and industry best practices. Utilizing both cloud and traditional development/hosting environments, application developers design, code, test, debug, and document software.

About the Team:

Vanderbilt University Information Technology is a human-centric organization that advances our university by delivering innovative solutions and frictionless experiences through collaboration.

The Enterprise Applications team is charged with maintaining Vanderbilt's mission-critical applications and working strategically across the University to build efficient, repeatable business processes. This team functions in a highly collaborative way, with a culture focused on supporting each other in getting the right work done the right way.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Development:

• Demonstrates proficiency in programming and other development tasks independently and without support from others for moderate to difficult applications

• Possesses the ability to debug complex routines

Standards and Procedures:

• Demonstrates knowledge of applications, development standards, and procedures of moderate difficulty

• Is attentive to industry standards and procedures

• May recommend improvements to existing standards and procedures within the work area

System Analysis:

• Demonstrates the ability to conduct systems analysis tasks in a team environment or independently to build or enhance a simple system

• Possesses the ability to decompose complex issues into meaningful and manageable parts

System Design:

• Has knowledge of or light exposure to basic systems design tasks such as designing system architecture and flow, preparing functional design and file specifications, designing new documents, screens, and reports, preparing program requirements and specifications, and preparing implementation and testing plans

• Has worked with transaction, object-oriented, graphical user interface, and other concepts and architectures

• In terms of structured systems design, if applicable, has had classroom training or independent study in principles of structured design

• Understands concepts such as cohesion, coupling, data flow, graphics, etc.

Supervisory Relationships:

This is an individual contributor role, reporting administratively and functionally to the Academic Application Development Manager.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution of higher education is necessary

• At least 2 years of programming experience with Java (or other object-oriented language) is necessary

• Proficiency in Object-Oriented design is necessary

• At least 1 year of experience with SQL is necessary

• At least 1 year of experience with the Spring Framework is preferred

• At least 1 year of experience with Cloud technologies is preferred

• Experience with multiple of the following preferred:

• J2EE / JSP Web Apps, Spring Core/WS/Security/Boot/Batch, JSON/YAML/XML, SOAP/REST, JavaScript/React, Eclipse/VS Code/IntelliJ, Maven/Gradle, Jira/Bamboo/Artifactory, Docker, Git/SVN, MyBatis/Liquibase, NOSQL Database, AWS Cloud Formation Templates/SAM/CDK, AWS EC2/ECS/Kubernetes, AWS Lambda, AWS API Gateway/Cognito, AWS SQS, AWS S3

Information Technology's Guiding Principles:

• Trust and Respect- VUIT cultivates a community built on trust, mutual respect, and inclusivity, where all members feel valued and supported. We prioritize honesty, dignity, empathy, and a willingness to listen and understand.

• Professionalism- VUIT strives to maintain a culture of maturity, accountability, and integrity to best represent the University and self. Have a sense of humility and poise in your work and daily interactions.

• Collaborate- VUIT commits to being inclusive in solution design where we value sharing within and partnering across the university. We are intentional about including our colleagues and preventing silos.

• Bias-to-Action- VUIT is seen as a changemaker by exhibiting a decisive, self-starter, take-action approach with a willingness to make decisions without excessive deliberation. Personal initiative is recognized as a key part of the creative process.

• Communicate- Communication (written, verbal and non-verbal), within and outside VUIT, is open, thoughtful, welcoming, clear, proactive, concise yet complete, always honest, and delivered kindly.

• Innovate- VUIT pledges to be bold and challenge the status quo by inspiring a culture of creativity that promotes growth and advancement for the university.

• Celebrate Each Other- We are intentional in showing appreciation for the work of others by valuing and acknowledging meaningful contributions at all levels of the organization.

• Optimize- VUIT will practice continuous and thoughtful optimization of our solutions and services to increase our human and technological capacity. Capacity drives innovation.

Commitment to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

At Vanderbilt University, we are intentional about and assume accountability for fostering advancement and respect for equity, diversity, and inclusion for all students, faculty, and staff. Our commitment to diversity makes us who we are. We have created a community that celebrates differences and lets individuality thrive. As part of this commitment, we actively value diversity in our workplace and learning environments as we seek to take advantage of the rich backgrounds and abilities of everyone. The diverse voices of Vanderbilt represent an invaluable resource for the University in its efforts to fulfill its mission and strive to be an example of excellence in higher education.

Vanderbilt University is an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Please note, all candidates selected for an offer of employment are subject to pre-employment background checks, which may include but are not limited to, based on the role for which they have been selected: criminal history, education verification, social media review, motor vehicle records, credit history, and professional license verification.