Enterprise Software Engineer III

Dartmouth College; Hanover, Northern (NH, KY); Hybrid; USD 107,000 - 133,000; Full time

Job summary

Dartmouth College is seeking an Enterprise Software Engineer III in Hanover, NH, to lead large-scale software projects, guide teams, and upgrade stack components in a DevOps environment.

The role requires deep experience across databases, application development, and security, with strong problem-solving and collaboration skills. This hybrid position offers a 40-hour week and a competitive salary range.

Qualifications

• At least five years of experience in design, development, and implementation of software systems.
• Three years’ experience with databases, hosted applications, or similar enterprise environments.
• Programming experience in a multi-tier, cross-platform environment.
• Ability to manage or work on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Familiarity with security systems, source control, and cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP, or OCI).
• Experience in relational databases, software administration in development environments.
• Ability to learn most programming languages and operating systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced system-level support to customers, software, and infrastructure engineers.
• Offer technical leadership and guidance within Agile teams.
• Maintain software files, builds, and deployments in development environments.
• Develop designs from technical specs and perform unit, integration, and acceptance tests.
• Diagnose, debug, and resolve defects, improving processes across a domain area.
• Lead multiple projects using Agile principles and communicate risks early.

Skills

Five+ years experience

Strong analytical skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Database administration skills

Security and cloud knowledge

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

OCI

Job description

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Position Information

Posting date 10/08/2026

Open Until Filled Yes

Position Number

Position Number 1128441

Position Title

Position Title Enterprise Software Engineer III

Hiring Range Minimum

Hiring Range Minimum $106,600

Hiring Range Maximum

Hiring Range Maximum $133,200

Union Type

Union Type Not a Union Position

SEIU Level

SEIU Level Not an SEIU Position

FLSA Status

FLSA Status Exempt

Employment Category

Employment Category Regular Full Time

Scheduled Months per Year

Scheduled Months per Year 12

Scheduled Hours per Week

Scheduled Hours per Week 40

Schedule

M-F, 8 AM – 5 PM

Location of Position

Hanover, NH

Remote Work Eligibility? Hybrid

Is this a term position?

Is this a term position? No

If yes, length of term in months.

If yes, length of term in months. NA

Is this a grant funded position?

Is this a grant funded position? No

Position Purpose The Enterprise Staff Software Engineer III ( ESEIII ) leads large-scale, multi-domain software engineering projects encompassing system architecture design, application software development, implementation, and testing. Aligned with the team’s adoption of full stack development, the ESEIII assumes responsibility for upgrading commercial off the shelf applications ( COTS ), cloning and patching databases, and automating routine support tasks through shell scripting, ensuring optimal resource utilization. The ESEIII provides technical direction to less experienced team members, actively fostering growth and technical acumen. As part of a cohesive DevOps team, the ESEIII upgrades all technology stack components to improve the delivery of technology services and enhance overall customer satisfaction.

Description

Required Qualifications - Education and Yrs Exp

Required Qualifications - Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

• At least five years of experience in the design, development, and implementation of software systems.
• Three years’ experience with a variety of databases, hosted applications, or similar enterprise application environments.
• Programming experience in a multi-tier and cross-platform systems environment.
• Ability to manage or work on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Familiarity with computer security systems, demonstrated skill in utilizing source code control systems, Apache and Tomcat, and cloud technologies such as AWS , Azure, or GCP or OCI .
• Experience should include application design and maintenance in relational databases, software administration in an applications development environment.
• A working knowledge of or ability to learn most of the programming languages and operating systems.
• A working knowledge of DBA tasks.
• Application upgrade, cloning, and installation skills.
• Experience installing and maintaining vendor-provided software.
• Experience supporting a large system implementation.
• Experience scoping, designing, and developing a software project.
• Experience resolving complex problems (Front-end, Back-end, Platform).
• Strong analytical skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.

• Proficient in Database Administration ( DBA ) tasks.
• Demonstrated experience in supporting large-scale system implementations.
• Skilled in automation techniques for deploying and maintaining complex systems.

Department Contact for Recruitment Inquiries

Department Contact Phone Number

Department Contact for Cover Letter and Title

Department Contact for Cover Letter and Title Sam Cavallaro, Director of Student and Academic Systems

Department Contact's Phone Number

Department Contact's Phone Number NA

Equal Opportunity Employer

Dartmouth College is an equal opportunity employer under federal law. We prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other legally protected status. Applications are welcome from all.

Employment in this position is contingent upon consent to and successful completion of a pre-employment background check, which may include a criminal background check, reference checks, verification of work history, conduct review, and verification of any required academic credentials, licenses, and/or certifications, with results acceptable to Dartmouth College. A criminal conviction will not automatically disqualify an applicant from employment. Background check information will be used in a confidential, non-discriminatory manner consistent with state and federal law.

Is driving a vehicle (e.g. Dartmouth vehicle or off road vehicle, rental car, personal car) an essential function of this job?

Is driving a vehicle (e.g. Dartmouth vehicle or off road vehicle, rental car, personal car) an essential function of this job? Not an essential function

• Provides advanced system level support to customers, other software, and infrastructure engineers, by executing tests, reproducing defects, documenting defect analysis in defect tracking system(s)
• Provides technical leadership and guidance to development teams, facilitates and guides the timely completion of software modules and subsystems within a domain area, and provides leadership within tiger and scrum teams within a single domain area.
• Utilizes and enhances the software configuration management system to correctly maintain SW files, build SW and install SW in a development and application environment.
• Writes technical requirements, creates designs from technical specifications, develops system architectures and prototypes, and performs software module unit tests, integration, and user acceptance tests to ensure correct application operation and quality
• Independently diagnoses, debugs, and resolves defects and troubleshoots system issues, and identifies gaps between software functionality and business requirements to develop technical process improvements across a complete domain area.
• Execute and troubleshoot an application across a domain.
• Manages and leads multiple projects simultaneously using Agile principles, and raises issues, risks, and options to multiple and cross-domain management early in the process when obstacles occur.
• Develops technical process improvement across a complete domain area.
• Contributes strategic technical insight and expertise to program planning, domain area planning, and department-wide process improvement initiatives, and maintains software files using configuration management system, builds and installs software in development and application environments, and administers research and teaching systems with responsibility for hardware, operating system, networking, security, file systems, and application software.
• Provide 24/7 on-call support for critical production systems, ensuring rapid response and resolution to any issues that arise, including weekends and holidays.

Percentage Of Time

Percentage Of Time 40%

Description

Collaboration and Relationship Management

• Collaborates with clients to determine business requirements and understands the business processes of a single domain area.
• Designs, engineers, deploys, and supports computing systems and software to meet the research and teaching needs of Dartmouth faculty.
• Administers research and teaching systems with responsibility for hardware, operating system, networking, security, file systems, and application software, including software and hardware installation, maintenance, upgrades, documentation, performance monitoring, and user support.
• Provides system-level support to customers, software, and infrastructure engineers by executing tests, reproducing defects, and documenting analysis in tracking systems.
• Advises Cross Domain Leadership on opportunities and ramifications of using existing systems.
• Is responsible for full contract and RFP with a vendor and serves as a vendor liaison.

Percentage Of Time

Percentage Of Time 40%

Description

Training and Development

• Leads and shares expertise in domain architectural software design, software development, data design, systems analysis techniques, and business functions.
• Actively engages in professional development by attending relevant conferences, workshops, and courses to stay up-to-date with industry advancements and trends.
• Stays informed and connected within the field by participating in meetings, teleconferences, and keeping current with technology trends and development tools/techniques.
• Mentors others to ensure that best testing practices are used consistently and evolve with changing technical specifications.
• Assists in team building and mentors software engineering portfolio.

Percentage Of Time

Percentage Of Time 15%

Description

Other duties as assigned.

Percentage Of Time

Percentage Of Time 5%

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-- Demonstrates professionalism and collegiality through actions, interactions, and communications with others appropriate to an environment that is welcoming to all.

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-- Performs other duties as assigned.

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