Senior Applications Programmer (Contract) - 135614

University of California San Diego; San Diego (CA); Remote; USD 94,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of California San Diego is seeking a Senior Applications Programmer for a remote 100% contract position. This role involves developing and maintaining enterprise applications and collaborating with IT Services to enhance UCSD's IT infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have extensive software development experience, advanced problem-solving skills, and a strong background in database management.

Benefits

Health/Dental/Vision Insurance

15 vacation days & 13 paid holidays/year

Work/Life Balance

UC Retirement Plan

Pet insurance

Qualifications

• Experience in software development for large-scale projects.
• Knowledge of various programming languages and frameworks.
• Strong ability to analyze and solve complex application issues.

Responsibilities

• Research, design, develop, and maintain applications.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define project plans.
• Resolve complex issues related to application performance and security.

Skills

Software specification

Design and implementation

Complex problem-solving

Database management

Secure software development

Education

Bachelor's degree in related area

Tools

JavaEE

Spring MVC

JPA/Hibernate

Maven

Git

Job description

Payroll Title:

APPLICATIONS PROGR 4

Department:

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SVCS

Hiring Pay Scale

$94,400 - $125,000 / Year

Worksite:

Remote

Appointment Type:

Contract

Appointment Percent:

100%

Union:

Uncovered

Total Openings:

1

Work Schedule:

8 hrs/day

#135614 Senior Applications Programmer (Contract)

Filing Deadline: Fri 6/27/2025

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UC San Diego values equity, diversity, and inclusion. If you are interested in being part of our team, possess the needed licensure and certifications, and feel that you have most of the qualifications and/or transferable skills for a job opening, we strongly encourage you to apply.

This is a 100% Contract position for 1 year with the possibility of extension or conversion to career status.

DESCRIPTION

UC San Diego is ranked the 9th best public university in the nation by U.S. News and World Report and is the largest employer based in San Diego County.

Reporting to the VC-CFO, Information Technology Services (ITS) delivers Enterprise information technology services to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) under the leadership of the campus Chief Information Officer (CIO). Information Technology Services (IT Services) uses world-class services and technologies to empower UC San Diego's mission to transform California and the world as a student-centered, research-focused, service-oriented public university. As a strategic member of the UC San Diego community, IT Services embraces innovation in their delivery of IT services, infrastructure, applications, and support. IT Services is customer-focused and committed to collaboration, continuous improvement, and accountability.

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion are core values at UC San Diego and within Information Technology Services. Crafting a culture around these values allows us to more deeply connect with and appreciate our employees, students, and campus partners. Information Technology Services is continuously working to build a community where we all feel safe, empowered, and encouraged to bring our authentic selves to work. We do this not only because it is what’s right, but because we know that diversity drives insight and innovation. We are proud to partner closely UC San Diego’s Office for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, as their dedication to this mission helps us all to drive change.

The Application Development & Integration Services (ADIS) team provides enterprise solutions for the UC San Diego community. We strive to consistently deliver quality and reliable services that help our campus achieve its administrative goals. Our combined technical resources allow us to build, integrate, host, and deliver enterprise services for both our campus and collaboratively with other campuses within the UC system. Additionally, the team offers custom integration and application development services, business analysis services and data management services for a variety of departments on the campus.

You will be a technical leader and integral team member, applying advanced software and database concepts to large-scale projects of broad scope and complexity. You will dive deep into the Telecom Management Systems (TMS) suite of web applications and services, working with front-end frameworks, databases, APIs, and industry-standard SDLC processes.

Responsibilities:

* Research, design, develop, and maintain existing and new services

* Collaborate with stakeholders, process owners, and ITS colleagues to define and execute strategically-aligned project plans

* Resolve highly complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors, and selecting tools, methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria to obtain results

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training.

• Highly advanced skills associated with software specification, design, modification, implementation and deployment of large-scale scope. Ability to create technical designs and estimates for implementing complex software applications that span multiple environments and platforms: Linux, Cloud, RESTful and SOAP services.

• The knowledge and ability to implement authentication and authorization methods, object/entities and relationships. Ability to implement or consult other team members on Test-Driven Development process on complex projects. Software framework, platform and tools including: JavaEE, Spring MVC, JPA/Hibernate, JTA, JMS, Apache, Tomcat, ESB, WSO2. Familiar with the software management process: build, package, and release product software.

• Demonstrated experience with the following tools on complex and large projects: Maven archetypes, subversion, bamboo and git.

• Demonstrated complex problem- solving skills. Ability to investigate and diagnose all aspects of application issues, including security, business logic, database connection, entities, queries, performance, memory management and load issues. Make recommendations to the department on tools and problem-solving techniques.

• Advanced database knowledge and skills. Advanced database knowledge and design concepts, including tables and data types, stored procedures, views and security. Ability to write highly complex queries, define relationships, create objects: tables, views, stored procedures and design indexes. Capable of configuring and monitoring connection pools; SQL optimization, manage database changes and deployments with respect to application lifecycle.

• Advanced knowledge of secure software development

SPECIAL CONDITIONS

• Employee must be available to work evenings and weekends.

• Employee must be available to travel as required.

• Job offer is contingent upon satisfactory clearance based on background check results.

This position is eligible for full benefits first day of hire:
a) Health/Dental/Vision Insurance.
b) Vacation/holidays (15 vacation days & 13 paid holidays a year).
c) Work/Life Balance.
d) UC Retirement Plan
e) Pet insurance.

For more information about UCSD Benefits and Work/Life.

To calculate an approximate value of the UC Total Compensation package, please click: http://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/compensation-and-benefits/total-compensation-calculator.php

Pay Transparency Act

Annual Full Pay Range: $94,400 - $176,800 (will be prorated if the appointment percentage is less than 100%)

Hourly Equivalent: $45.21 - $84.67

Factors in determining the appropriate compensation for a role include experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. The Hiring Pay Scale referenced in the job posting is the budgeted salary or hourly range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position. The Annual Full Pay Range may be broader than what the University anticipates to pay for this position, based on internal equity, budget, and collective bargaining agreements (when applicable).

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