Senior Student Portal Developer

If you’re passionate about a high-energy environment and meaningful work, this job is for you! Our group is a fun, hardworking and encouraging team. You won’t be bored, you will find your work valued and the work you do, makes a difference.

The Stanford University Student and HR Systems team is responsible for the support, maintenance, operations and upgrades of the HR and Student applications. Collaborating with the Technical Manager of Campus Solutions and HR Systems group within Enterprise Technology (ET), Senior Portal Developer will be applying a strong combination of technical skills. The developer will be responsible for executing all programming tasks, including programming, analyzing, designing, developing, implementing, modifying, and maintaining computer programs. You should have confirmed a track record of conceptualizing and developing enterprise wide information systems that meets user requirements and is secure, reliable, scalable, and extensible.

Responsibilities:

• Support and development of applications, including (but not limited to) Students and Faculty  Portal
• Propose, conceptualize design, implement, and develop solutions for complex system/programs independently.
• Supervise professional staff, as necessary, working on all phases of application development projects.
• Engage in long-term strategic planning.
• Define complex application development administration and programming standards.
• Oversee the support, maintenance, operation, and upgrades of applications.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical problems.
• Review the physical design of existing systems for optimizing performance.
• Lead projects, as necessary, for special systems and application development in areas of complex problems.
• Work with other technical professionals to develop standards and implement best practices.

Core Duties:

• Propose, conceptualize, design, implement, and develop solutionsfor difficult and complex applications.

• Contribute to all phases of a project, including systemsanalysis, program design, development, and implementation. Serve asproject lead for some projects.

• Oversee testing, debugging, change control, and documentation formajor projects.

• Lead and mentor professional staff, as necessary, working on allphases of application development projects.

• Engage in long-term strategic planning.in collaboration withstaff and project leadership.

• Define complex application development administration andprogramming standards.

• Oversee the support, maintenance, operation, and upgrades ofapplications.

• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical problems.

• Review the physical design of existing systems for optimizingperformance.

• Lead projects, as necessary, for special systems and applicationdevelopment in areas of complex problems.

• Work with other technical professionals to develop standards andimplement best practices.

• Provide innovative programming and analysis.

• May mentor junior software developers.

Minimum Education and Experience:

Bachelor's degree and eight years of relevant experience, or acombination of education and relevant experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies andprogramming tools.

• Demonstrated experience in designing, developing, testing, anddeploying applications.

• Strong understanding of data design, architecture, relationaldatabases, and data modeling.

• Thorough understanding of all aspects of software developmentlife cycle and quality control practices.

• Ability to define and solve logical problems for highly technicalapplications.

• Strong communication skills with both technical and non-technicalclients.

• Demonstrated experience leading activities on structured teamdevelopment projects.

• Ability to select, adapt, and effectively use a variety ofprogramming methods.

• Ability to recognize and recommend needed changes in user and/oroperations procedures.