Job Summary
The Department of Information Technology Services ( ITS ) is seeking applications for a Senior Software Engineer . ITS strives to provide the highest quality technology services to students, faculty, and staff and delivers technologies that advance the University’s academic, research, and administrative goals. The Software Engineering role will involve serving as a technical project lead for an assigned ERP module and associated services. Some software engineering duties will involve: assisting functional users in a business analyst capacity, extracting and manipulating ERP data, serving as a subject-matter-expert in IT practice, gathering requirements, designing, implementing, testing, and maintaining programming requests. This position demands extensive ethical, leadership, and pursuit of excellence qualities; and adherence to established policies and procedures for secure data management. The Senior Software Engineer needs to have the ability to learn new skills and create innovative solutions and work collaboratively within the internal team and provide excellent customer service to customers. East Tennessee State University pursues its mission based on core values. An employee’s job performance must support and exhibit the university’s core values: PEOPLE come first, are treated with dignity and respect, and are encouraged to achieve their full potential; RELATIONSHIPS are built on honesty, integrity, and trust; DIVERSITY of people and thought is respected; EXCELLENCE is achieved through teamwork, leadership, creativity, and a strong work ethic; EFFICIENCY is achieved through wise use of human and financial resources, and COMMITMENT to intellectual achievement is embraced. The value of employment at ETSU goes far beyond salary. The official workday is 7.5 hours, which includes a one-hour lunch/meal break. Regular benefited ETSU employees enjoy a full range of benefits, services, and programs including: Paid time off & leave 17 paid holidays Educational Assistance Health and life insurance Retirement Access to University facilities and services and much more! Check out the ETSU Human Resources Benefits page for additional information at: https://www.etsu.edu/human-resources/benefits/ . ETSU is committed to ensuring that our students, faculty, and staff are valued and work in an environment of openness and acceptance. ETSU is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Disclaimer: The Job Summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals in this classification. It is not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required. Management reserves the right to revise the job or require different tasks to be performed as assigned to reflect changes in the position. Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the position satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodations.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. Three (3)+ years of software development experience. OR Master’s degree in Computer Science or Information Technology. One (1) – Two (2) years of experience in Object-Oriented Development, Web-Based Development, or Database Development Technologies.
Preferred Qualifications
Demonstrated experience using or supporting Banner Student module and related systems in a higher education institution. 3 years of ERP programming experience in a higher education environment. Object-Oriented Development and Web-Based Development. SQL Experience.