Senior Software Developer - Tufts Technology Services
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- Tufts University
- Location
- Medford, MA
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- Technology, Analysts & Programming, Web, Mobile & Application Development
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- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
Across our diverse and creative teams, we engage and focus our collective talent to strengthen Tufts’ strategic IT capabilities. To keep pace with our community’s emerging needs, we continue to evolve our competencies across four main families of practice, including Planning and Design, Service Delivery and Operations, Data Strategy, and Academic Technology.
Thinking and acting strategically with technology occurs through strong partnerships and an engaged community. Additionally, for technologies to take on integral meaning to our work, we also need reliable and consistent support in using them. With staff across all of Tufts’ campuses, as well as a 24x7 IT Service Desk, we collaborate with schools and divisions to meet the demands of a global, mobile community and to enable the broadest possible access.
Come join our collaborative, flexible work environment, where leadership is valued at all levels of the organization, and opportunities abound to work with leading technologies and learn new skills.
Reporting directly to the Team Lead of Application Support, the Senior Software Developer position requires an experienced, senior-level Java programmer to work on a nationally recognized community source development project, the Kuali Coeus (KC) Research Administration System. In this capacity, the programmer under minimal supervision will develop, create, and modify general computer applications software or specialized utility programs according to standards and best practices. This position will also be responsible for analyzing user needs and for designing, developing, customizing, and maintaining Java programs within an application area, working individually or coordinating development across TTS directorates, as part of a team or acting as the technical project manager. In addition, they will be responsible for translating requirements gathered from clients into use case scenarios, functional specifications, and application architecture designs.
QualificationsBasic Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field and 5+ years’ experience in developing and modifying Java-centric enterprise systems.
- Strong foundational knowledge of and experience with open source projects, technologies and tools.
- Demonstrated experience building loosely-coupled, service-oriented distributed systems in an agile development environment.
- Languages/Platforms/Frameworks: Java EE and related frameworks such as JSP, Spring, JPA, and log4j.
- Web Services: SOAP or REST services, XML/XSL/XSD
- Web Development: HTML, basic JavaScript
- Middleware: Tomcat, Apache HTTP Server or other major application server
- Database solutions: Oracle/MySQL or other relational database, experience writing and maintaining SQL scripts
- Development Tools: Apache Maven, distributed version control systems such as Git
- Environment: Experience with Linux/RHEL and Bash scripting
- Testing: experience with continuous integration and writing unit tests.
- Understanding of secure design and coding practices.
- Experience working with Kuali/Kuali Coeus software or other Research Administration software.
- Master’s Degree.
- Application systems development experience in a major research university setting.
- Experience integrating enterprise middleware with existing applications.
- Oracle Java certification.
- Knowledge and experience with enterprise workflow solutions.
Special Work Schedule Requirements:Occasional evening or weekend work, as well as the ability to participate in a 24x7 on call rotation for major incident support activities.
An employee in this position must complete all appropriate background checks at the time of hire, promotion, or transfer.
Equal Opportunity Employer – minority/females/veterans/disability/sexual orientation/gender identity.
Primary Location: United States-Massachusetts-Medford/Somerville
Job: IT (Information Technology)
Organization: Tufts Technology Services
Employee Status: Regular
Schedule: Full-time
Job Posting: Jul 15, 2019, 10:18:37 AM
Organization
Tufts University is a leader in American higher education – distinctive for its success as a moderately-sized teaching and research university. Our ‘university on a hill‘ is a collection of colleges and academic departments independently recognized for their public service in our local communities, across the country, and around the world.
Working at Tufts University
Across the university you’ll discover talented and committed members of our staff and faculty who share an enthusiasm and a deep commitment to Tufts. We are collectively bound by our pursuit of knowledge and truth, and driven by our common values and aspirations. The strength of these values is reflected in our willingness to look at problems from new perspectives and challenge the status quo.
T10 strategic initiatives
An organization’s priorities can tell you a great deal about the culture. The T10 Strategic Plan provides a window into how our values impact our work as a university and how we work with each other as people. The plan’s initiatives are deliberately ambitious and far reaching – including our Foundational Initiatives that address each employee’s stewardship of limited resources and our plan to engage with and celebrate both our commonalities and differences. These strategic commitments represent who we are and guide what we will become.
Our culture
At the heart of Tufts’ distinctive culture is a commitment to diversity of thought, openness, and the inclusion of people who represent differing experiences and points of view. Our staff, students and faculty represent over 100 countries of origin but with shared values that make us more alike than we are different.
What we value:
Making an impact – We seek out new innovative ways to improve the quality of life of individuals and societies around the world, and at home.
Personal worth – The individual human being must be at the heart of every interaction in which individual differences are understood, valued, and cultivated.
Mindful leadership – Leadership brings with it tremendous possibilities and equally important responsibilities. Our leadership is visible in our words and actions, and the impact we have on the lives of those we serve.
Community – Our connection to each other through learning, arts, culture, sports, and through making an impact, brings us together and enhances our collective well-being.
Progressive learning – Our preparation for complex challenges and changes requires a commitment to lifelong learning, a willingness to challenge accepted thinking, and a sense of urgency in implementing new practices.
What matters?
A university setting provides employees the opportunity to contribute to the well-being of their colleagues, our global community, and their individual professional development. Staff, faculty and researchers embrace the responsibility, and privilege, that working at Tufts provides. While not every employee will have the opportunity to connect personally with the individuals who benefit from Tufts’ research and outreach initiatives, at the end of the day, we all understand just how much our day-to-day work matters.
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