Developer, Integration

St. Louis Community College; Bridgeton (MO); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Louis Community College is seeking a data integration specialist to plan, design, and implement application integrations across the college system.

The role involves documenting software specifications and producing technical designs for data exchanges between applications and external systems. The position requires a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field and at least three years of experience with data integration in hybrid cloud and on-premises environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field.

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, and implement integration of applications and technologies within the college system environment.
• Design, document, and modify software specifications through the production lifecycle.
• Prepare technical specifications for electronic interfaces and data exchanges with internal and external systems.
• Develop processes to optimize data integration platforms for performance with increasing data volumes.
• Provide support for complex operational activities and troubleshoot escalated software issues.

Skills

Programming languages

Data structures

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Under general direction, this position is responsible participates in the planning, coordination, and solution development and implementation activities related to the integration of applications and technologies within the college system environment. This includes researching, designing, documenting, and modifying software specifications throughout the production lifecycle. Proven communication skills, problem solving skills, proficiency in programming languages and data structures, and knowledge of integration best practices are critical.

• Perform application lifecycle activities, including: Code, monitor, maintain, test, and debug software applications; follow established change management processes and guidelines for programming and documentation; participate in code reviews and enforce code standards; develop and execute test plan development; research and evaluate new technology, products, specialized hardware, and tools to optimize development and functionality of applications; make recommendations to management and customers.
• Prepare detailed technical specifications for electronic interfaces and data exchanges with internal and external applications and systems and maintains accurate, translate functional specifications into technical designs, and complete and current documentation of these solutions, and convert data integration models and other design specifications to source codes.
• Develop processes and logic to optimize data integration platform to provide optimal performance under increasing data volumes according to the organization’s information services policies as well as best practices; and conduct review of other integration developers’ development efforts to ensure consistent methodologies are followed and to make recommendations where necessary.
• Provide support to complex operational activities and recoveries; coordinate with software vendors and external service providers; troubleshoot escalated software bugs and provide fixes.
• Contribute to project documentation, including internal documentation related to development/support, is maintained in a standard format that is easily accessible; provide support for application integrations across all lines of business, including external customer and employee facing applications.
• Stay up to date on emerging technology solutions in the data integration platforms and associated technologies to meet the changing needs of the enterprise portfolio and expectations.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Minimum of three (3) years of direct involvement with the design, development and execution of data integration and solutions in a hybrid cloud and on-premises environment.
• Experience with Ellucian Banner SIS and ERP systems is preferred.
• Experience in higher education is preferred.

• May be on call during non-working hours. Regular travel within the district with occasional travel to outside locations.

Physical Requirements:

• Negligible