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Vacancy Type SHRA Is Internal Transfer Only No Time Limited? Yes Time-Limited Appointment Length 1 year with possible renewal contingent upon grant funding Title Business & Technology Applications Analyst Band Level Advanced Working Title Full-Stack Developer (Software Engineer) for Digital Learning Environments Salary Range $43,590 - $113,228 Anticipated Hiring Range Commensurate with Education and Experience Salary Grade Equivalency 75 Position Number 00105867 Work Schedule Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM (Flexible as needed) Does the regular and recurring schedule of this position result in the employee working more than ½ of their hours between 4 pm and 8 am? (Meal periods do not count). No Full Time Equivalent (FTE) 1.00 FTE Department 131301 - Sci, Tech, Engr & Math (STEM) Department Sci, Tech, Engr & Math (STEM) Job City & State Raleigh, NC Primary Function of Organizational Unit

The College of Education at NC State leads the way in North Carolina in transforming lives, schools, and communities through the professionals we prepare, the research we conduct, and the communities we engage. Driven by its land-grant mission, the College’s purpose is to improve educational outcomes for all learners across the state and beyond. With approximately 1,500 undergraduate and graduate students and a student-faculty ratio of 15:1, the College offers an ideal educational setting where students are involved in a highly-engaged and personalized academic experience within a large research university.

The rich multicultural mix of students enrolled in the College of Education has higher SAT scores than national and state averages for education students. Teacher education graduates have been recognized for showing the highest documented positive effects on student learning across the state, and the college is known for its use of innovative technologies as well as for developing a leadership pipeline for K-12 schools and community college. The college is composed of three academic departments: Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development; Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education; and Teacher Education and Learning Sciences, with approximately 100 faculty members and 75 support and professional staff.

The SUDDS (Scaling Up Digital Design Studies) team seeks to create a unique partnership among practitioners, publishers, technological producers, and university researchers to produce illustrative cutting-edge materials while simultaneously preparing the next generation of digital educational authors and inventors.

Essential Job Duties

This is a Time Limited Position – Contingent Upon Grant Funding

The SUDDS research group, under the direction of Dr. Jere Confrey, is building a digital learning system consisting of a learning map, a work-space with open resources, a set of diagnostic and other assessments, and an underlying analytic system. The team is collaborating with middle grades teachers and administrators to create a tool for middle grades that can tell what a student needs to learn, ways they can learn it and evaluate if they have learned it. The software must be delivered on schedule to serve the needs of the partner research-site schools. The team is conducting federally-funded research with users to understand how they see and interpret user interfaces, how they use and interpret the information gained from the tool, and how they use and interpret data reports to students, teachers and others.
Primary duties include:
•Design and implementation of backend and frontend components and services to meet the needs of the research objectives
•Developing solutions that account for scalability and optimize performance
•Producing high quality production ready code in an agile environment
•Advocating programming best practices and standards
•Staying current on mobile and other technologies students’ and teachers’ use and implement responsive designs
•Monitoring and repurposing new technologies as need to meet research goals and stay technologically current
•Developing features across multiple subsystems within our applications, including collaboration in requirements definition, prototyping, design, coding, testing and deployment
•Working collaboratively with research team consisting of learning scientists, psychometricians and UX/UI designers to design and implement specified or revised designs in a timely and valid way
•Conducting unit-testing for code robustness, fixing bugs and improving performance
•Ensuring data from all forms of testing is rapidly accessible by research team for joint analysis

Other Work/Responsibilities

Other special projects as assigned.

Minimum Experience/Education

Bachelor’s degree with nine credit hours in programming and one year of experience in business application consulting or development; or equivalent combination of training and experience.
All degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.

Departmental Required Skills

In-depth understanding of Python and JavaScript

Experience with MV* frameworks like Backbone, AngularJS, Ember, Knockout or similar

Data visualization experience using D3, SVG, Canvas, WebGL, Three.js and/or other technologies

Highly skilled, well versed in OOD, OOP and TDD

Very strong SQL skills and MySQL / Relational DB Experience

Expertise in Linux / Unix environments

Deep understanding in RESTful web services

Experience in architecting scalable enterprise solutions and delivering easy-to-use APIs

Experience implementing RESTful APIs, content distribution, and integration with third-party services such as OAuth, social networks, LTI, Clever and others

Build front and backend components of an evolving real-time web application

Must have strong knowledge in computer science and software engineering fundamentals e.g. algorithm, data structure and design patterns

Knowledge of browser capabilities, limitations, and site performance

Experience with modern front end tools such as NPM, Grunt, Bower, and/or Gulp

Experience with distributed source control system such as Git, Mercurial and/or Perforce

Preferred Experience, Skills, Training/Education

M.S. in Computer Science

Proven 5+ years experience as a software engineer developing interactive applications, preferably with experience in an agile environment

Required License or Certification

N/A

Special Instructions

Please attach resume, cover letter, and contact information for at least three professional references.

Job Open Date 11/30/2018 Must Be Open Until---- (Positions will be posted until 5:00 PM ET on this date. Positions remaining posted after this date are still accepting applications but may close at any time.) 12/07/2018 Is this position partially or fully funded on ARRA stimulus monies? No Proposed Hire Date 12/17/2018 Alternate Option

If no applicants apply who meet the required competency level and training & experience requirements, then management may consider other applicants. Salary would be determined based on competencies, equity, budget, and market considerations.

AA/EOE

NC State University is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, genetic information, status as an individual with a disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Individuals with disabilities requiring disability-related accommodations in the application and interview process, please call 919-515-3148.
Final candidates are subject to criminal & sex offender background checks. Some vacancies also require credit or motor vehicle checks. If highest degree is from an institution outside of the U.S., final candidates are required to have their degree verified at www.wes.org. Degree must be obtained prior to start date.

NC State University participates in E-Verify. Federal law requires all employers to verify the identity and employment eligibility of all persons hired to work in the United States.

Supplemental Questions

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

1. How did you learn of this opportunity?
   • NCSU Website
   • NCSU Executive Search Services
   • Monster.com
   • CareerBuilder.com
   • InsideHigherEd.com
   • HigherEdJobs.com
   • Other Online Job Board
   • Carolina Job Finder / Employment Guide
   • Job / Career Fair
   • The Chronicle of Higher Education
   • Professional Journal
   • Print Advertisement (Newspaper / Periodical)
   • Professional Organization
   • Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC)
   • Direct Contact from NCSU HR Representative / Recruiter
   • NCSU Employee Referral
   • Social Media (LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Other)
   • Other
2. If you learned about this vacancy from "other source" or "other website", please provide the source.

   (Open Ended Question)

3. * Do you have a Bachelor’s degree with nine credit hours in programming and one year of experience in business application consulting or development; OR equivalent combination of training and experience?
   • Yes
   • No

Application Materials Required Required Documents

1. Cover Letter
2. Resume
3. Contact Information for References

Optional Documents