Developer Associate (Hybrid)

Department: IT AS App Dev & Ops
Salary/Grade: ITS/78

*Please note: this position is hybrid with onsite presence 2 days a week.

Job Summary

Completes maintenance and support tasks for existing software products. Assists in developing, testing, and debugging new software or making enhancements to existing software. Writes programs according to specifications from analysts and senior developers. Perform basic system integration tasks.

Strategic Planning

• Collaborates with analysts to develop workflows and features.
• Assists in all stages of the project, starting from the initial planning stages.

Administration

• Responds to inquiries and adheres to Northwestern's ITSM.
• Creates and maintains software, process, and support documentation.
• Routes more complex requests for features/upgrades/changes to appropriate senior staff/management.
• Participates in team and project meetings.
• Identifies database and software performance issues and makes adjustments

Development

• Assists with all phases of the SDLC.
• Writes programs according to specifications from analysts and senior developers.
• Develops applications adhering to designs that support internal business requirements or external user.
• Completes tier 3 troubleshooting.
• Prioritizes assigned tasks.
• Meets with business analysts and stakeholders to determine requirements.
• Escalates issues with vendors as appropriate.

Minimum Qualifications

• Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree in a major such as computer science, information technology, or related; OR appropriate combination of education and experience.
• No professional experience required.
• Please see information highlighted below:
  • Code Repositories (Git, Subversion)
  • Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access, Outlook)
  • SQL/MySQL/Postgres
  • Java
  • JavaScript
  • Node.js
  • PHP
  • Laravel

Minimum Competencies:

• Knowledgeable in a modern programming language such as PHP, Python, Java, JavaScript, etc.
• Conceptual understanding of REST APIs and JSON.
• Experience using Git version control system.
• Experience developing a CRUD web application using a SQL or NoSQL database.
• Experience learning a new technology independently.
• Strong verbal and written communication abilities.
• Ability to critically think and ability to understand projects from business, customer and technical perspectives.
• Excellent analytic, problem-solving, and collaborative skills.
• Ability to prioritize and multi-task.
• Proactively identifies, communicates, and addresses application problems and opportunities.
• Proficient in collaboration tools such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of higher education.
• Experience working as part of an Agile software development team and/or as part of diverse information systems project teams is highly desired
• Knowledge of current industry best practices in software design and software development implementation, methodology, including structured testing

Preferred Competencies:

• Experience developing full-stack applications on an application framework such as Laravel, CakePHP, Drupal, Symfony, CodeIgniter, .NET MVC, Django, Ruby on Rails, Spring, etc. Laravel preferred.
• Experience with relational database development.
• Experience writing automated tests for an application.
• Experience creating technical documentation.
• Familiarity with GitHub Actions.
• Familiarity with Terraform.
• Familiarity with cloud (AWS) services.
• Self-starter able to work in a hybrid environment

Target hiring amount for this position will be $73,000 per year. Offered salary will be determined by the applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

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