Manager, Applications & Data Systems

University of Texas; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 77,000 - 94,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Texas on the Austin campus seeks a Manager, Applications & Data Systems to lead the technical direction for CCCSE’s web applications, surveys, data systems, and databases. This role centers on the Python/Django platform, APIs, and integrations with emphasis on security and scalable data access.

Responsibilities include designing and deploying secure applications, providing portfolio leadership, coordinating with AWS/University infrastructure, and mentoring staff.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, software engineering, or a related field, plus at least five years of progressively responsible professional software-development experience.
• Experience developing, maintaining, testing, troubleshooting, and supporting production Python and Django applications, including secure, database-driven web applications and modern front-end technologies.
• Experience designing, querying, and optimizing applications that use relational database platforms (SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL).
• Experience integrating systems through APIs, scheduled processes, authentication and RBAC, imports/exports, file exchanges, webhooks, etc.
• Experience using Git, code review, automated testing, and production release practices, and coordinating with infrastructure or cloud admins.
• Experience owning inherited applications or data environments and providing mentoring.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, maintain, test, document, and deploy secure Python/Django applications, APIs, and integrations for CCCSE operations and services.
• Provide technical portfolio leadership across applications, databases, survey platforms, and data exchanges, resolving complex integration issues.
• Coordinate with AWS and University infrastructure teams and lead modernization, continuity, and data-consistency improvements.
• Supervise and mentor junior staff; establish development/testing standards; maintain documentation to reduce single-point dependency.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Analytical thinking

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Python

Django

Microsoft SQL Server

MySQL

PostgreSQL

APIs

Git

Automated testing

Job description

## Manager, Applications & Data SystemsApply: UT MAIN CAMPUS: Full time: Posted Today: R\\_00048995**Job Posting Title:**Manager, Applications & Data Systems**----****Hiring Department:**Educational Leadership and Policy**----****Position Open To:**All Applicants**----****Weekly Scheduled Hours:**40**----****FLSA Status:**Exempt from FLSA**----****Earliest Start Date:**Immediately**----****Position Duration:**Expected to Continue**----****Location:**UT MAIN CAMPUS**----****Job Details:****Purpose**The Manager, Applications & Data Systems provides hands-on technical leadership for CCCSE’s web applications, survey and data systems, relational databases, integrations, and operational technology platforms. This position is the primary technical owner of CCCSE’s Python/Django application platform, which is under active development as part of a broader modernization effort, and leads the connected applications, databases, survey-technology, and data-exchange environments. **Responsibilities*** Application Development and Ownership: Design, develop, maintain, test, document, and deploy secure Python/Django applications, APIs, and integrations that support CCCSE operations and institution-facing services. Responsibilities include front-end development, databases, authentication, authorization, and institution-level data-access controls.* Technical portfolio leadership: Provide technical leadership across CCCSE’s applications, databases, survey platforms, integrations, and operational technology. Lead application-level data exchanges and resolve complex application, database, authentication, access-control, and integration issues. Coordinate with staff responsible for AWS and University infrastructure rather than directly administering those platforms.* Modernization and continuity: Improve connections among applications, databases, and workflows to reduce manual work, strengthen data consistency, and improve maintainability. Recommend modernization and migration priorities and implement routine improvements.* Requirements and solution delivery: Work with CCCSE staff to analyze processes, gather requirements, and deliver usable solutions supporting survey administration, participant and institution management, events, analytics, and other internal operations.* Supervision and documentation: Supervise and mentor a junior IT staff member; review technical work; establish development and testing standards; and maintain documentation that reduces dependence on individual employees, consultants, and vendors. ## Required Qualifications* Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, software engineering, or a related field, plus at least five years of progressively responsible professional software-development experience.* Demonstrated professional expertise developing, maintaining, testing, troubleshooting, and supporting production Python and Django applications, including secure, database-driven web applications and modern front-end technologies.* Experience designing, querying, and optimizing applications that use Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, or other relational database platforms.* Experience integrating systems through APIs, scheduled processes, authentication and role-based access controls, imports and exports, file exchanges, webhooks, or similar methods.* Experience integrating web applications with analytics, reporting, business-intelligence, or embedded-dashboard platforms, including secure user access and troubleshooting.* Experience using Git, code review, automated testing, and production release practices, including coordination with infrastructure or cloud administrators.* Experience assuming ownership of inherited applications, data environments, or integrations; planning their maintenance, modernization, replacement, or integration; and providing sustained technical direction and mentoring. *Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.* ## Preferred Qualifications* Experience integrating applications with Qualtrics through its APIs and with relational databases such as Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, or comparable platforms.* Experience working with vendors or managed-service providers, including technical escalation, acceptance review, knowledge transfer, and coordination.* Experience modernizing or integrating applications within a mixed technology environment.* Experience maintaining architecture, interface, deployment, and operational documentation; applying web-accessibility standards; and using application monitoring and structured logging. ## Salary Range$85,000 + depending on qualifications ## Working Conditions* Typical office environment, use of manual dexterity, repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation, pushing, pulling and moving up to 50 pounds* This position is not eligible for employer-sponsored work authorization. Applicants requiring current or future visa sponsorship are not eligible for employment in this position. ## Work Shift* Occasional schedule flexibility may be needed to support production releases, time-sensitive survey operations, or critical system issues. ## Required Materials* Resume/CV* Letter of interest* 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor **Important** **for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers:** You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes. **Important for Current university employees and contingent workers:** As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.