Enterprise Application Manager

Metropolitan-Community-College; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Metropolitan Community College seeks an experienced professional to oversee, design, develop, implement, test, maintain and administer complex information systems.

The role requires leading project teams, applying SDLC, coordinating with vendors, and mentoring staff to deliver high-quality solutions for campus users.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in a related field.
• Five to ten years of relevant experience in information systems or software development.

Responsibilities

• Oversee, design, develop, test, maintain, enhance and administer college systems.
• Prioritize and assign development tasks to team members; utilize SDLC and version control.
• Lead district-wide meetings to gather requirements and communicate updates to stakeholders.
• Mentor team members and create documentation on processes and systems.
• Coordinate with vendors and service reps to resolve issues and evaluate new features.
• Plan and implement agile/scrum practices; manage project timelines and retrospectives.

Skills

Supervisory principles

Application development

Project planning

Programmer analyst management

Staff evaluation

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Azure DevOps

Job description

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.

• 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

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 is 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.