API/SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Job no: 101000-AS
Work type: Staff-Full Time
Department:ATH/GENERAL OPERATNS/TECHSERV
Location: Madison
Categories: Athletics, Information Systems/Technology

Position Summary:

Under the direct supervision of the Digital Platforms, Data, and Cloud Team Lead, this position performs professional IS work within the UW-Madison Athletic Department's Technical Services unit responsible for development and technical projects related to the Division's digital platforms (web, mobile, data, and cloud), applications, services, and systems. The incumbent will utilize various programming languages and frameworks, as assigned by the Team Lead. The position provides technical support, assistance, and training to staff members affiliated with the Division and its partners. As assigned by the Team Lead, this position will create applications, databases, micro-services, and systems that support student athletes, coaches, volunteers, the public, and staff which are connected to various data systems and APIs. This position also works to support assigned third-party applications, systems, and data integrations.

Position Duties:

List of Duties

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: Diversity and Inclusion

Degree and Area of Specialization:

Bachelor's degree strongly preferred; ideally in information systems, computer science, information technology, business information systems, computer engineering or related fields with experience in software development. Consideration will be given to candidates with a degree in another field who have relevant work experience.

Minimum Years and Type of Relevant Work Experience:
Required Qualifications Include:

Two or more years of experience with Microsoft .Net (C#, ASP.net, .NET Core, Visual Studio) development

Experience with, and developing, RESTFul based API backend services and micro-service software and services

Experience Relevant Web / Internet Technologies

HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, Angular, Bootstrap, MVC, and TypeScript

Experience with Entity Framework and SQL or T-SQL

Preferred Work Experiences and Technologies With/On:

Git and Azure DevOps / Visual Studio Team Services

Microsoft Azure and or Amazon Web Services

SASS, LESS, WebPack, NPM, Node.js.

Java/Kotlin, Swift, Objective C

Windows Forms, Universal Windows Platform, or XAML

.NET Core, Xamarin, and Xamarin.Forms

Knowledge of or experience with Document Databases

Material and Responsive Design Concepts and methodologies

RESTFul API Development and Documentation

Postman, Fiddler, Swagger, Swashbuckle, etc.

Other Skills and Experiences:

Attention to detail, organization, and planning.

Technical documentation writing and editing

Ability to develop and work collaboratively with other Team members (developers)

Clear and effective verbal and written communication with technical and non-technical team members.

Effective task management and business analysis.

Department(s):

A420220-INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS/GENERAL OPERATNS/TECHSERV

Work Type:

Full Time: 100%

Appointment Type, Duration:

Ongoing/Renewable

Salary:

Minimum $60,000 ANNUAL (12 months)
Depending on Qualifications

Instructions to Applicants:

Conditions of Appointment: This is 100% Academic Staff appointment. Salary will be assigned within the appropriate range, commensurate with the candidate's qualifications and experience. An excellent benefits package is also included. Successful applicants are responsible for ensuring their eligibility to work in the United States (i.e. a citizen or national of the United States, a lawful permanent resident, a foreign national authorized to work in the United States without need of employer sponsorship) on or before the effective date of appointment.

University sponsorship is not available for this position.

To ensure consideration, complete applications must be received 11:55 p.m. CST, on the assured consideration date. To apply, please complete the online application and attach a cover letter referencing your qualifications and experience, a comprehensive resume as well as the current contact information for three professional references. All application materials will be reviewed by our search committee. Applicants selected to participate further in the selection process will be notified directly. All applicants will be notified once a final selection has been made and the search has been completed.

NOTE: Unless confidentiality is requested in your online application, information regarding the names of applicants must be released upon request. Finalists cannot be guaranteed confidentiality.
Special Note: UW-Madison conducts criminal background checks final candidate(s).
UW-Madison is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. We promote excellence through diversity and encourage all qualified individuals to apply.

Contact:

Molly Rae
mjr@athletics.wisc.edu
608-265-4138
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1 (out-of-state: TTY: 800.947.3529, STS: 800.833.7637) and above Phone number (See RELAY_SERVICE for further information. )

Official Title:

SR INFORM PROC CONSLT(S44BN) or INFORM PROCESS CONSLT(S44DN)

Employment Class:

Academic Staff-Renewable

Job Number:

101000-AS

The University of Wisconsin is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We promote excellence through diversity and encourage all qualified individuals to apply.

If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website: https://oed.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is engaged in a Title and Total Compensation (TTC) project to redesign job titles and compensation structures. As a result of the TTC project, official job titles on current job postings may change in Spring 2020. Job duties and responsibilities will remain the same. For more information please visit: https://hr.wisc.edu/title-and-total-compensation-study/.

Employment will require a criminal background check. It will also require you and your references to answer questions regarding sexual violence and sexual harassment.

The University of Wisconsin System will not reveal the identities of applicants who request confidentiality in writing, except that the identity of the successful candidate will be released. See Wis. Stat. sec. 19.36(7).

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Applications Open: Oct 15 2019 Central Daylight Time
Applications Close:Nov 15 2019 11:55 PM Central Standard Time