Programmer/Analyst

Company Description:

Founded in 1971 as the innovative campus of the State University of New York (SUNY), Empire State University empowers learners from diverse backgrounds to achieve their educational goals. We have decades of experience providing educational access through online teaching and learning, individualized instruction, mentoring, and prior learning assessment. We build on our students' experiences to promote their growth and drive upward mobility and economic development in New York state and beyond. SUNY Empire's 95,000 alumni are teachers, nurses, entrepreneurs, and leaders in their communities and their fields. Visit www.sunyempire.edu and follow us on social media @SUNYEmpire.

SUNY Empire is committed to creating a multicultural, inclusive academic and work environment. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We believe that having diverse faculty and staff is critical to academic excellence and prepares students to live and work in an increasingly global world.

Job Description:

Empire State University seeks a skilled full-time Programmer/Analyst (State Title: Programmer-Analyst) in Information Technology Services to support the university's enterprise administrative systems. The Programmer/Analyst performs analysis, programming, testing, documentation and assists with the support of the Ellucian Banner student information system in a higher education environment using project management methodology.

Responsibilities Include:

• Support and maintain the student information system modules
• Diagnose and resolve problems in the maintenance and support of administrative applications
• Analyze existing business processes to realize efficiencies while providing excellent student and staff support
• Excellent customer service and communication skills a must
• Ability to work in rapidly changing technological and team-oriented environment is essential

Requirements:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 1-year relevant job experience or an Associate degree with a minimum of 3 years' relevant job experience
• Demonstrated experience working with relational databases including complex SQL statements and schemas
• Ability to analyze the business processes of the functional areas of the university
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in (Information Systems) or related field
• Experience supporting student information systems (Ellucian Banner, Colleague, etc.) or customer relations management system
• Experience with one or more of the following:
  • Reporting tools such as ARGOS, COGNOS, etc.
  • Oracle RDBMS, Microsoft SQL Server or MySQL
  • PL/SQL, Java, Groovy, Grails Framework, OOP, XML, JSON
  • Some knowledge of Unix/Linux
  • Web development tools (Drupal, JavaScript, jQuery, CSS, HTML)

Special Information:

• May involve occasional travel
• VISA sponsorship is not available for this position
• Occasional weekend and evening work
• This position will be located in Saratoga Springs, NY

Additional Information:

Rank/Salary: SL2, $48,000-$55,000, commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Empire State University is an EOE employer.

We are pleased to offer our employees an excellent benefit package which includes; NYS health insurance, free dental and vision, competitive retirement options, and generous vacation, sick and holiday accruals; and a strong emphasis on work-life balance.  We also offer professional-development activities for professionals and support staff.

IF YOU NEED A DISABILITY-RELATED ACCOMMODATION, PLEASE CALL THE ADA COORDINATOR AT (518) 587-2100, ext. 2240. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TITLE II CRIME AWARENESS AND SECURITY ACT, A COPY OF OUR CRIME STATISTICS IS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST BY CALLING (518) 587-2100, ext. 2800. IT CAN ALSO BE VIEWED ON-LINE AT THE SAFETY AND SECURITY WEBSITE AT www.sunyempire.edu/safety-security/.

Application Instructions:

Applications Due By: Applications accepted until position is filled.

If you are interested in applying for this position, please submit the following documents, which are required for consideration by clicking on the APPLY NOW button:

• Resume
• Cover letter
• Name and contact information of three references

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