Student Applications Developer

Generally 40 hours per week, Monday thru Friday

Virginia's community colleges have a 50-year track record of educational excellence and innovation to serve the needs of our citizens and strengthen the Commonwealth's economy. When Virginia's General Assembly established the Virginia Community College System in 1966, the need for a comprehensive system was well known. Over the two decades after the end of World War II, leaders in government, business, professional sectors, and academia had called for a new approach to providing educational opportunity. A key concern was Virginia's ability to develop a skilled and knowledgeable workforce to expand the state's economy. Today our community colleges give every Virginian the opportunity to gain a quality education. With 23 colleges on 40 campuses located throughout the state, Virginia's Community Colleges are committed to serving Virginia families, helping them acquire the knowledge and skills to seize the opportunities of today and tomorrow.

The Student Applications Developer will support the Virginia Community College System's enterprise Student Information System (Campus Solutions 9.2) and related student-facing applications. The incumbent provides development, configuration, administration, and performance monitoring for SIS components, integrations, and reporting. The role is responsible for designing and supporting complex solutions that improve student experience, enable operational efficiency, and integrate with external products such as Salesforce, EAB, test score systems, eForms, and future solutions such as Oracle Student Financial Planning ( SFP).

The position requires knowledge in Campus Solutions 9.2 table and field structures, including the ability to write SQL, SQR, and Java code, as well as familiarity with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for customizations and bolt-on applications. The incumbent must be able to read/debug logs (especially Integration Broker and Application Messaging) to support real-time data flows, troubleshoot issues, and ensure reliability of SIS integrations with third-party and cloud systems.

The developer collaborates closely with functional leads, other developers, and integration platform staff (Boomi, Salesforce, etc.) to deliver stable, efficient, and scalable student applications that directly support VCCS's mission of providing affordable and accessible education to all Virginians.

* Demonstrated experience is required applying analytical skills involving large scale applications with distributed representation, application, and database servers and clients.

* Experience in applying, HTML, XML, CSS, Java, JavaScript, SQL, PL/ SQL, JDBC, REST and SOAP APIs, caching solutions, Tomcat, Linux shell scripting and other open source technology to large scale applications.

* Experience, with the following tools; Eclipse, SQL Developer / TOAD and Boomi

* SQL, Oracle Development Tools, Java

* ERP development tools including App Designer, PeopleCode, Data Mover, and Query.

* Debugging integration errors across SIS and third-party applications (Canvas, EAB, Parchment, eForms, test score loads).

* Platform experience in UNIX/Windows server skills.

* GitHub and version control for collaborative development.

* Ticketing and IT service management systems (TeamDynamix or equivalent).

* Higher education setting (best practices in higher education student systems, including admissions, enrollment, records, financial aid, and advising).

* Proven ability to define and develop solutions based on business requirements.

* Excellent written and verbal communications skills and experience with the demands of a challenging application environment.

* Superb customer service, excellent written and verbal communications skills and experience

* Experience developing and supporting interfaces to external applications.

* Experience delivering and supporting student serving applications with Oracle/PeopleSoft ERPs and other third-party systems like Gideon Taylor eForms and Salesforce.

* Ability to work with the team in addressing issues during all emergencies, including weekend maintenance.

* Familiarity with hardware load balancers and optimization of application delivery.

* Experience in deploying software on multiple systems and be able to undertake these activities during late night, due to high availability requirements.

* Strong problem-solving, analytical, and troubleshooting skills.

* Ability to balance multiple assignments in a fast-paced, mission-critical environment.

* Must be available on call 24/7, to support critical system maintenance and outage resolution.

* Work independently and collaboratively within a distributed ITS team.

* Deliver high-quality technical solutions that enhance student services.

* To learn new things and to apply them when and where appropriate: new tools, coding languages, and vendor technologies as needed.

* Provide 24O7 on-call support during planned outages or emergency situations.

*Detail-oriented.

* To work on multiple tasks simultaneously.

* To apply general work experience to a task

.*To work independently or as part of a team.

* To work in stressful situations.

* To use logic to resolve complex problems.

* To communicate and work well with everyone from the highest levels of technical Management to staff level.

* Ability to understand a technical environment, and plan accordingly

* To find creative solutions to problems.

* To analyze user needs and solve problems.

Education:
A combination of completed coursework and experience in Information Systems, Computer Science or a related field providing the skills necessary to be successful in the position.

Experience:
Experience in supporting the development and implementation of large-scale, complex, commercial off-the-shelf software systems.

Working knowledge of higher education setting preferred.

Travel as required.

In support of the Commonwealth's commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth's Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly called a Certificate of Disability) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services ( DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired ( DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans may also apply via the AHP if they also provide an AHP Letter. To request an AHP Letter, use this link: https://www.dars.virginia.gov/drs/cpid/PWContact.aspx or call DARS at 800-552-5019, or DBVI at 800-622-2155

This position is a state classified position. All classified employees new to the Commonwealth of Virginia will serve a 12-month probationary period. The VCCS offers competitive compensation along with excellent benefits and opportunity for career development.

The Virginia Community College System ( VCCS) provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, political affiliation, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or other non-merit factors.

The Virginia Community College System ( VCCS) is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and complies with the Americans with Disabilities Acts ( ADA and ADAAA), to provide, reasonable accommodation to applicants in need of access to the application, interviewing, and selection processes when requested.