Senior ERP Developer Analyst/Team Leader
Colorado State University
Remote in Fort Collins, Colorado
Job Description
Position Location
Fort Collins, CO
Work Location
Position is fully remote
Research Professional Position
No
Posting Number
202300283AP
Position Type
Admin Professional/ Research Professional
Classification Title
Prof/Indiv Contrib III
Number of Vacancies
Work Hours/Week
40
Proposed Annual Salary Range
95000 - 105000
Employee Benefits
Colorado State University (CSU) is committed to providing employees with a strong and competitive benefits package that supports you, your health, and your family. Visit CSU’s Human Resources website for detailed benefit plan information for permanent full-time and part-time faculty and administrative professional employees in the following University benefit areas:
https://hr.colostate.edu/hr-community-and-supervisors/benefits/benefits-eligibility/ &
https://hr.colostate.edu/prospective-employees/our-perks/.
Desired Start Date
Position End Date (if temporary)
To ensure full consideration, applications must be received by 11:59pm (MT) on
02/26/2023
Description of Work Unit
The Division of Information Technology, the central IT organization for Colorado State University-Ft. Collins, supports the land-grant heritage of the institution as well as the university’s missions of teaching and learning, research, and service. The Division of IT is responsible for delivering enterprise and campus focused IT services for the Ft. Collins campus as well as throughout the CSU-System. Areas of responsibility include Research IT, Application Development and User Support Services, Academic Technology, Cybersecurity & Privacy, Networking and Telecommunications, Infrastructure and Databases, Business Intelligence and Data Integrations, Administrative Applications, and Student Applications.
Driven by its purpose statement: Innovating IT, Empowering CSU and its values of Community, Collegiality, Reliability, Service, and Simplicity, its team members work across the division and in collaboration with university stakeholders. Reporting to the Vice President of Information Technology/CIO, our dedicated 120-person team delivers dynamic and innovative solutions to meet the diverse needs of our students, faculty, and staff. Our work supports CSU’s Principles of Community and we are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion as we help others discover and meet their potential while aiming to set the standard for IT throughout higher education.
Driven by its purpose statement: Innovating IT, Empowering CSU and its values of Community, Collegiality, Reliability, Service, and Simplicity, its team members work across the division and in collaboration with university stakeholders. Reporting to the Vice President of Information Technology/CIO, our dedicated 120-person team delivers dynamic and innovative solutions to meet the diverse needs of our students, faculty, and staff. Our work supports CSU’s Principles of Community and we are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion as we help others discover and meet their potential while aiming to set the standard for IT throughout higher education.
Position Summary
Senior level developer analyst and team leader/technical lead position located in CSU’s Division of IT. This position supports the University’s financial system (Kuali Finance) and related systems by providing production support and designing, implementing, and maintaining integrations and automated processing. Job duties include: assessment and prioritization of incoming work items and constantly shifting priorities; assigning and communicating work to team; analyzing business needs to determine technical solutions; researching emerging computer hardware and software technologies to determine their applicability to current and future systems; providing financial system modification and enhancement plans, documenting technical designs and business processes; working closely with and providing expert advice to Division of IT management, CSU Business and Financial Services stakeholders, Kuali Research stakeholders, 3rd party vendors such as Kuali, and peer institutions.
Required Job Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems or related degree plus three years’ of professional level experience.
- Candidates with a High School Diploma (or GED) plus a minimum 7 years related professional experience will be considered for employment (without the required bachelors or other post-secondary education).
- 5 or more years’ experience with enterprise-level application development in a project or lead developer capacity
- 2 or more years’ experience designing and developing integrations in an enterprise iPaaS platform.
- Excellent communication and problem solving skills to support customer’s enterprise level business requirements.
Preferred Job Qualifications
- Prior professional IT experience in a higher education environment.
- Prior application development experience in any Kuali application (such as Kuali Financial System, Kuali Coeus, Kuali Rice, etc.) is desirable.
- Experience with web application supporting infrastructure such as Apache Tomcat, Oracle WebLogic and JVM environments.
Diversity Statement
Personal and professional commitment to diversity and inclusion as demonstrated by involvement in teaching, research, creative activity, service to the profession and/or diversity/inclusion activities.
Essential Duties
Job Duty Category
Team Leadership for Assigned Unit
Duty/Responsibility
- Attendance at weekly Division of IT meetings to plan, communicate, collaborate and coordinate work activities with management team and other team leaders.
- Scheduling and leading regular team meetings.
- Mentoring team members.
- Oversight and management of service requests using IT Service Management tool such as TeamDynamix, including ticket and project task prioritization, scheduling, assignment to other team members, and approval for changes to be implemented in production.
- Attendance and participation in appropriate, regularly-scheduled stakeholder meetings.
- Collaborates with manager(s) on resource needs and assignments.
- Meets with other Division of IT teams such as DBA or Systems Support for the purpose of communicating and coordinating team requests.
- Works closely with Business and Financial Services and the Kuali vendor to support the Kuali Financial System
- Serves as primary contact and liaison with Research Services technical unit to plan and coordinate related work activities for the Kuali research system.
Percentage Of Time
40
Job Duty Category
Technical Lead/Top Level Contributor
Duty/Responsibility
- Technical lead and top level contributor in areas of Kuali systems planning, requirements/analysis/design, code development, testing, implementation and operational support.
- Acts as a technical and data expert and analyst, and provides system architectural guidance in areas of responsibility.
- Represents the University by participating with other Kuali institutions on the KFS Technical Implementation Council.
- Plans for both major upgrades to Kuali financial system and related systems, and significant enhancements to existing systems by interviewing administrative management, assessing client requirements, evaluating alternative options, recommending plans of action to Information Systems management, and creating implementation schedules for approved projects.
- Designs information systems solutions by conferring with clients, analyzing system requirements, reviewing technical constraints, and documenting system specifications.
- Implements computer information systems by defining system acceptance standards, confirming system test results with administrative clients, creating a transition strategy when appropriate, training client and technical operational staff, and performing post-implementation reviews.
- Analyzes system functionality problems by investigating reported problems, recommending and prioritizing corrective actions, defining test plans to assure the quality of the system changes, and scheduling production control changes with client and operational staff.
- Designs, develops and supports the process development of integrations in an enterprise iPaaS solution.
- Provide support of scheduled production job processes, sometimes outside of the scheduled work hours. Identify and correct the cause of job failures and implement the most appropriate solution to expedite the completion of the production schedules. Advise other staff members in solving complex production issues
Percentage Of Time
35
Job Duty Category
Project Management
Duty/Responsibility
- Functions as technical lead for key projects in the Kuali financial system area. Includes responsibility for all phases of project lifecycle including project initiation, defining the project, executing/managing, implementing, and post-project review. Utilizes department methodologies and tools to assist in managing projects.
Percentage Of Time
15
Job Duty Category
Personal and Professional Development and Other Duties as Assigned
Duty/Responsibility
- Stays up to date on technical skills needed by team to support systems in area of responsibility. Researches emerging computer hardware and software technologies for their applicability to current and future systems by reviewing professional publications, manuals, and texts, attending vendor and Kuali community meetings, presentations, conferences, seminars, and training classes, evaluating the presented material, and proposing courses of action to client and the Division of IT.
- Reflecting departmental and institutional values, participate in diversity initiatives to advance the Department’s commitment to diversity and inclusion.
Percentage Of Time
10
Application Details
Special Instructions to Applicants
For full consideration, please apply by 2/26/2023, 11:59 pm (MT). Interested applicants must submit a cover letter and current resume that address how professional experiences align with identified required and preferred qualifications of the position, and contact information for three professional references. References will not be contacted without prior notification of candidates. Applicants needing assistance or accommodations may contact Emily Claffey at emily.claffey@colostate.edu.
References will not be contacted without prior notification of candidates.
References will not be contacted without prior notification of candidates.
Conditions of Employment
Pre-employment Criminal Background Check (required for new hires), Travel - Ocassional travel for training, conferences, and other professional development
Search Contact
Emily Claffey, emily.claffey@colostate.edu.
EEO Statement
Colorado State University is committed to providing an environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based on race, age, creed, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, gender, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, or pregnancy in its employment, programs, services and activities, and admissions, and, in certain circumstances, marriage to a co-worker. The University will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. Colorado State University is an equal opportunity and equal access institution and affirmative action employer fully committed to achieving a diverse workforce and complies with all Federal and Colorado State laws, regulations, and executive orders regarding non-discrimination and affirmative action. The
Office of Equal Opportunity is located in 101 Student Services.
The Title IX Coordinator is the Director of the Office of Title IX Programs and Gender Equity, 123 Student Services Building, Fort Collins, CO 80523-0160, (970) 491-1715, titleix@colostate.edu.
The Section 504 and ADA Coordinator is the Director of the Office of Equal Opportunity, 101 Student Services Building, Fort Collins, CO 80523-0160, (970) 491-5836, oeo@colostate.edu.
The Coordinator for any other forms of misconduct prohibited by the University’s Policy on Discrimination and Harassment is the Vice President for Equity, Equal Opportunity and Title IX, 101 Student Services Building, Fort Collins, Co. 80523-0160, (970) 491-5836, oeo@colostate.edu.
Any person may report sex discrimination under Title IX to the Office of Civil Rights, Department of Education.
The Title IX Coordinator is the Director of the Office of Title IX Programs and Gender Equity, 123 Student Services Building, Fort Collins, CO 80523-0160, (970) 491-1715, titleix@colostate.edu.
The Section 504 and ADA Coordinator is the Director of the Office of Equal Opportunity, 101 Student Services Building, Fort Collins, CO 80523-0160, (970) 491-5836, oeo@colostate.edu.
The Coordinator for any other forms of misconduct prohibited by the University’s Policy on Discrimination and Harassment is the Vice President for Equity, Equal Opportunity and Title IX, 101 Student Services Building, Fort Collins, Co. 80523-0160, (970) 491-5836, oeo@colostate.edu.
Any person may report sex discrimination under Title IX to the Office of Civil Rights, Department of Education.
Background Check Policy Statement
Colorado State University strives to provide a safe study, work, and living environment for its faculty, staff, volunteers and students. To support this environment and comply with applicable laws and regulations, CSU conducts background checks for the finalist before a final offer. The type of background check conducted varies by position and can include, but is not limited to, criminal history, sex offender registry, motor vehicle history, financial history, and/or education verification. Background checks will also be conducted when required by law or contract and when, in the discretion of the University, it is reasonable and prudent to do so.
