APPLICATION ENGINEER III

Moffitt Cancer Center; Tampa (FL); Hybrid; USD 91,000 - 139,000; Full time

Job summary

Moffitt Cancer Center is seeking an Application Engineer III to maintain and enhance enterprise apps. This hybrid role requires leading technical discussions, troubleshooting, and refining solutions using cloud-native tech and low-code platforms.

You will mentor junior engineers, coordinate with vendors and stakeholders, and support large projects while ensuring performance, scalability, and reliability across critical applications in a cancer research and care environment in Florida.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/Engineering.
• 10 years developing and supporting custom apps.
• Experience with UiPath, Pega, Appian, Power Apps.
• Proficient in Python, Java, JavaScript, or SQL.
• Experience with AWS and Azure cloud services.
• Experience with cloud architectures and deploying at scale.
• Experience with microservices, APIs, Docker, Kubernetes.
• Familiar with Agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and support a portfolio of apps for high availability.
• Troubleshoot issues with internal teams and vendors.
• Investigate root cause analysis and long-term fixes.
• Collaborate with cloud, infrastructure, and developers.
• Maintain incident and change records per ITSM.
• Provide deployment support and documentation.
• Translate user stories into enhancements.

Skills

Python

Java

JavaScript

SQL

AWS

Azure

APIs

Docker

Kubernetes

UiPath

Pega

Appian

Power Apps

Power Automate

Power Platform

Jenkins

Git Actions

Azure DevOps

FHIR

Agile

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Jenkins

Git Actions

Azure DevOps

UiPath

Pega

Appian

Power Platform

Docker

Kubernetes

FHIR

Job description

Working at Moffitt is both a career and a mission: to contribute to the prevention and cure of cancer. As the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center based in Florida, Moffitt employs some of the best and brightest minds from around the world. Join a dedicated team of nearly 11,000 who are shaping the future we envision. Moffitt has been recognized as a Best and Brightest Company to Work For in the Nation and is continually named one of the Tampa Bay Times’ Top Workplaces.

Summary

The Application Engineer III is responsible for maintaining and enhancing existing custom-built and low-code applications across the enterprise. This hybrid role ensures stable day-to-day operation of key applications while contributing to the design and development of new and enhanced solutions. The Engineer III partners with vendors, internal stakeholders, and technical teams to lead technical discussions, troubleshoot issues, improve system performance, and implement moderate-complexity solutions using current cloud platforms and tools. Positions at this level oversee large projects consecutively and support the most complex applications. Serves as a mentor to junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Production Support & Issue Resolution:
  • Monitor and support a portfolio of custom and low-code applications to ensure high availability and performance.
  • Resolve complex technical issues, including coordination of other IT teams and vendor resources to quickly resolve high-impact production issues.
  • Investigate, triage, and resolve application issues reported by users or monitoring tools; perform root cause analysis and implement long-term fixes.
  • Collaborate with cloud and infrastructure teams and application developers for performance tuning, deployment issues, and systems monitoring.
  • Maintain incident and change management records in accordance with ITSM standards.
  • Participate in an on-call support rotation for after-hours or critical production issues.
  • Provide deployment support to the development team for assigned applications. Familiarity with Jenkins, Git Actions, Azure DevOps a plus.
  • Monitor application performance and identify areas for improvement.
  • Implement solutions to enhance application scalability, reliability, and user experience.
• Vendor Coordination & Collaboration:
  • Function as liaison between delivery teams and PaaS and SaaS vendors for issue resolution, service escalations, and platform maintenance.
  • Coordinate and validate vendor-delivered changes, patches, and upgrades to ensure system integrity and business continuity.
  • Maintain current knowledge of platform capabilities across supported releases.
• Development & Enhancement:
  • Develop new application features or entire applications of moderate complexity using cloud-native technologies (e.g., AWS, Azure) and low-code platforms (e.g., Pega, UiPath, Appian, Microsoft Power Platform).
  • Enhance and refactor existing solutions to improve performance, usability, and maintainability.
  • Write and maintain technical documentation including solution design, configurations, and deployment procedures.
  • Collaborate with business analysts and stakeholders to gather and refine requirements, ensuring solutions align with business objectives.
  • Working knowledge of emerging AI concepts, tools, and capabilities available within current assigned application stacks and platforms.
• Documentation & Reporting:
  • Maintain comprehensive documentation of application architectures, integration processes, and system configurations.
  • Provide regular updates and reports to stakeholders on project progress and technical challenges.
• Analysis and Design:
  • Translate documented user stories and requirements into small enhancements or new application features for assigned applications and projects.
  • Interact with analysts and product owners to refine requirements to ensure business needs are met.
  • May provide technical training to end-users.

Credentials and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree – field of study: Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related discipline
• 10 years of experience developing and supporting custom built configured application solutions within platforms
• Extensive experience implementing solutions with low code platforms (e.g. UiPath, Pega, Appian, Power Apps, Power Automate)
• Proficiency in at least one programming or scripting language (e.g. Python, Java, JavaScript, SQL)
• Experience with cloud services (e.g AWS, Azure)
• Proficiency creating and supporting SQL and Oracle databases related to assigned applications
• Experience with cloud architectures and deploying solutions at scale
• Experience with microservices architecture, APIs and containerization (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes, FHIR)
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and project management tools.

Salary Range

$91,354 - $139,443 Salary Range Salary ranges posted for this position represent the expected base pay range for the role. Actual compensation may vary based on location and a variety of job-related factors, including experience, skills, education, and internal equity among Team Members in similar positions. We are committed to maintaining fair and equitable pay practices and regularly review compensation to ensure alignment across our workforce.

1. Equal Employment Opportunity

Moffitt Cancer Center is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, or protected veteran or disabled status. We seek candidates whose skills, and personal and professional experience, have prepared them to contribute to our commitment to diversity and excellence.

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