Manager, Applications & Data Systems

utaustin; Utah; On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

CCCSE seeks a Manager, Applications & Data Systems to provide hands-on technical leadership for web applications, survey systems, and data platforms on a Python/Django stack.

You will own the application platform, guide modernization efforts, and supervise a junior IT staff member while coordinating with AWS and University infra teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field and at least five years of software-development experience.
• Professional expertise developing, maintaining, testing, and supporting production Python and Django applications.
• Experience with relational databases such as SQL Server, MySQL, or PostgreSQL and secure web applications.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, testing, documentation, and deployment of Python/Django applications and APIs.
• Provide technical leadership across applications, databases, surveys, integrations, and data workflows.
• Drive modernization, improve data consistency, and reduce manual processes through automation.
• Collaborate with staff to analyze requirements and deliver solutions for surveys, events, analytics, and operations.
• Supervise and mentor a junior IT staff member and establish standards for development and testing.

Skills

Python

Django

SQL

APIs

Git

Testing

AWS

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, software engineering, or a related field

Tools

Microsoft SQL Server

MySQL

PostgreSQL

AWS CI/CD tooling

Job description

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.

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

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