Enterprise Application Manager

Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City is seeking an experienced Applications Developer to oversee, design, develop, implement, test, and administer the College’s third‑party and internal systems. You will lead the development team, drive SDLC processes, and collaborate with marketing for public website projects.

The role requires strong OO programming, APIs/microservices experience, database design, and adherence to ADA accessibility standards, with leadership of agile teams and ongoing

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 5–10+ years of relevant experience.
• Strong knowledge of application development and SDLC.
• Experience with agile methodologies and team leadership.

Responsibilities

• Prioritize and assign development tasks to team members.
• Develop, test, and maintain information systems using OO design.
• Lead district-wide meetings to gather requirements for new systems.
• Collaborate with Marketing and IT to support public websites.
• Ensure ADA/508 compliance for internal and public systems.
• Configure databases and web back-ends; manage migrations and tests.
• Guide projects using Azure DevOps and agile practices.

Skills

OO programming

SDLC

APIs

Web services

Microservices

SQL/Database schemas

Azure DevOps

Agile/Scrum

Testing

ADA compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Azure DevOps

Git

SQL tooling

Job description

About MCC

Metropolitan Community College is the oldest public institution of higher learning in Kansas City, Missouri, founded in 1915 as the Kansas City Polytechnic Institute. The Junior College of Kansas City, as it was known starting in 1919, was one of the first schools in the country to award an associate degree. Today, MCC offers 125 associate degree and certificate programs.

Metropolitan Community College comprises five campuses on the Missouri side of the Greater Kansas City area 47 major buildings and about 550 acres in all: MCC-Blue River, located in Independence, Missouri; MCC-Longview located in Lee's Summit, Missouri, MCC-Maple Woods located in the Northland of Kansas City, Missouri; MCC-Online and MCC-Penn Valley, located in Midtown Kansas City, Missouri.

Metropolitan Community College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. In addition, several programs have specific accreditations as well.

***MCC does not provide employer-paid sponsorships.

Job Summary

The individual in this position oversees, designs, develops, implements, tests, maintains, enhances and administers the College’s third‑party and internal systems, and provides advanced technical expertise to system users.

Essential Functions

• Prioritize and assign application development tasks and projects to team members
• Research, analyze, code and troubleshoot new and existing information systems using objectoriented programing and single responsibility principles. Utilize full software development life cycle (SDLC) and version control to keep track and document changes. Develop and consume web services, APIs or micro‑services to be utilized by other information systems utilized by the district
• Lead district‑wide meetings and communications with applicable groups to gather requirements for new systems or enhance existing information systems (i.e. Initial phases of SDLC). Communicate with district employees about system creation, updates, errors and maintenance
• Train and mentor application development as well as marketing team members. Provide leadership and guidance on tasks and advanced projects taken on by the application development team. Create documentation on team processes and information systems
• Contact outside vendors, service reps to elevate or troubleshoot issue tickets, evaluate and recommend new features or components or maintain 3rd party systems
• Lead, plan and implement work sessions to facilitate pair programming and team collaboration on projects and/or new and complex tasks
• Research, plan and design database relational schemas; assign appropriate data types to fields; create tables and queries; stored procedures and packages to support or complement an existing or new information system
• Configure and maintain website and back‑end databases using website management tools
• Remain current on new IT development methodologies and frameworks. Develop rationale and implementation plan for adoption of new technologies
• Manage, plan and schedule projects and timelines using agile methodologies like scrum
• Oversee agile and scrum methodology implementation including the requirements gathering and retrospective meetings. Utilize online tools like Azure DevOps to facilitate planning and execution on scrum methodology
• Oversee and participate in the testing of information systems including the writing of test cases and migration plans of systems from development to production
• Act as liaison between Marketing and Application Development departments to review, discuss and prioritize projects and tasks for the public websites requested by the marketing department
• Implement ADA and 508 compliant features on internal and public information technology system
• Create, design and maintain user friendly, aesthetically pleasing information system user interfaces using image editing, mockup and prototyping software from concept image to final web markup
• Performs other duties of a similar nature or level

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Physical Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree
• Five (5) to ten (10) years of relevant experience

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of supervisory principles
• Knowledge of application development.
• Knowledge of project planning implementations.
• Skilled in managing and completing programmer analyst work without requiring significant oversight or review.
• Skilled in monitoring and evaluating the work of subordinate staff.
• Skilled in utilizing communication and interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, and others sufficient to exchange or convey information.

Physical Requirements

Positions in this class typically require reaching, standing, walking, keyboarding, grasping, talking, hearing, mental acuity, seeing, speaking, and repetitive motions. Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Walking and standing are required only occasionally.

EEO Statement

Metropolitan Community College is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that prohibits discrimination or harassment of any person based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, birth, ancestry, national origin, or disability. EOE/M/F/Vets/Disabled

Accommodations: MCC is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, MCC will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodations in all aspects of employment, including the application process. To request an accommodation and/or a copy of the Americans with Disabilities Act applicant procedures, please contact the Office of Human Resources.