Developer II (Radiation Oncology & Molecular Radiation Sciences)

The Chronicle Of Higher Education, Inc.; United States; Hybrid; USD 53,800 - 94,400; Full time

Job summary

Johns Hopkins University seeks a Developer II to participate in creating, implementing, maintaining, and supporting various departmental and enterprise‑wide application systems. This role involves installing, modifying, and testing new and upgraded applications, operating systems, and data structures, translating business requirements into functional/technical designs.

The candidate will write specifications, develop code, document processes, test changes, and provide ongoing support while

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required; one year of related experience desired.
• Additional education may substitute for required experience per policy.
• Healthcare/academic environment experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define business/clinical/education problems by meeting with clients; document findings.
• Gather system requirements by meeting with clients and researching existing tech.
• Develop tasks from project scope and milestones per lifecycle standards.
• Write functional/technical specifications for developers and analysts.
• Develop/change data inputs, structures, transformations, and outputs.
• Document code and processes to facilitate maintenance.

Skills

Agile Methodology

Code Review

Debugging

JIRA

Microservices

MVC

Product Life Cycle Management

Restful API

Secure Coding

Software Design Patterns

Software Development Life Cycle

Unit Testing

HL7 messaging framework

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

JIRA

Job description

Johns Hopkins, founded in 1876, is America's first research university and home to nine world‑class academic divisions working together as one university.

We are seeking a Developer II who will participate in the creation, implementation, maintenance, performance, production support and documentation of various departmental and enterprise‑wide application systems. This includes but is not limited to the installation, modification, and testing of new and/or upgraded applications (packages or home‑grown), operating systems, file structures, hardware, communication devices, and productivity tools. Applies analysis techniques and procedures to gather and then translate business requirements into functional/technical specifications and designs. Using functional specifications and designs, produces all or part of the deliverables. Maintains databases and application system code.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

Analysis & Requirements Gathering

• Under guidance define business/clinical/education problems by meeting with clients to observe and understand current processes and the issues related to those processes. Provide written documentation of findings to share with the client and other IT colleagues.
• Gather system requirements by meeting with clients and researching existing technology to understand the business requirements for new applications.

Design & Development

• Develop detailed tasks by analyzing project scope and milestones for projects to ensure the product is delivered quickly according to software lifecycle standards.
• Write functional/technical specifications by taking the provided system requirements, putting them into functional and technical descriptions for use by programmers and business analysts to develop technical solutions.
• Develop / change data input, files/database structures, data transformation, algorithms, and data output by using appropriate computer language/tools to provide a technical solution for application development tasks.
• Document code and associated processes by adhering to development methodologies, adding code comments and appropriate documentation to various knowledge‑based systems to simplify code maintenance and to improve the support.

Testing & Documentation

• Create and document test scenarios using the appropriate testing tools to validate and verify application functionality.
• Test all changes by using the appropriate test scenarios to ensure all delivered solutions work as expected and errors are handled in a meaningful way.
• Author and maintain documentation by writing audience‑appropriate materials to serve as technical and/or end‑user references.

Implementation & Maintenance

• Implement changes by adhering to the change management policies and procedures for any given project to communicate to all parties the nature, significance, and risk factors of the solution.
• Monitor changes and resolve problems by responding to problems as they occur, by reviewing all processing and output of the newly implemented solution, and by proactively ensuring the solution works successfully to satisfy the customer requirements and to provide a smooth transition to the new solution.
• Provide support by triaging and resolving issues to ensure prompt, effective service.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree.
• One year of related experience with computer systems and applications.
• Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge in the assigned application as well as the platform on which it runs.
• Prior experience in a healthcare environment.
• Ability to adapt to new technologies as needed.
• Understanding of object‑oriented and/or functional programming principles.
• Ability to write clean, maintainable, testable code with comments.
• Familiarity with HL7 messaging framework.
• Strong experience in at least one primary language (e.g., Java, C#, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript).

Expected Skills - Proficiency Level

• Agile Methodology - Developing
• Code Review - Developing
• Debugging - Developing
• JIRA - Developing
• Microservices - Developing
• Model View Controller - Developing
• Product Life Cycle Management - Developing
• Restful API - Developing
• Secure Coding - Developing
• Software Design Patterns - Developing
• Software Development Life Cycle - Developing
• Unit Testing - Developing

Classified Title: Developer II

Role/Level/Range: ATP/03/PC

Starting Salary Range: Min $53,800 – Max $94,400 Annually; Targeted $74,100 (Commensurate w/ exp.)

Employee group: Full Time

Schedule: M–F, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm

FLSA Status: Exempt

Location: Hybrid; Sibley Memorial (Washington D.C.)

Department name: SOM Rad Onc Physics

Personnel area: School of Medicine

The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre‑employment background check.

During the Influenza season, as a condition of employment, The Johns Hopkins Institutions require all employees who provide ongoing services to patients or work in patient care or clinical care areas to have an annual influenza vaccination or possess an approved medical or religious exception. Failure to meet this requirement may result in termination of employment.

The pre‑employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact requires documentation of immune status against rubella (German measles), rubeola (measles), mumps, varicella (chickenpox), hepatitis B and documentation of having received the Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may include documentation of having 2 MMR vaccines; 2 varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory testing. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre‑employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunization documentation from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office.

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