[Building Sakai] Job Opening - Indiana University, Developer, Learning Management Systems Team

Watkins, Karen kwatkins at iupui.edu
Sat May 8 07:05:24 PDT 2010


Indiana University has an open position for a developer on the Oncourse/Sakai development team located in Bloomington Indiana.
The Oncourse team is part of the Enterprise Software division of University Information Technology Services (UITS).
Link to description (copied below)
http://www.indiana.edu/~uitshr/services/jobs/SysAnProg_33785.html.html

Apply online at https://jobs.iu.edu/    Refer to job number #1636.

Thanks,
Karen

Systems Analyst/Programmer IV - PA3IT

Description and Responsibilities:

Participates in design, development, and maintenance of application components for Oncourse, IU.s enterprise-wide implementation of Sakai (a community source project). Collaborates with functional business analysts and other technologists in the central computing organization to gather, document, and validate system requirements for complex business processes and other technical challenges. Assists with task definition; establishes, estimates, and designs application solutions; and develops, tests, and deploys complex programs. Assists with management of application releases, provides daily support of production system, and develops interfaces between Oncourse and other applications. Serves as a contributor in the development, enhancement, and maintenance of Sakai community source application components. Application development activities include analyzing existing Oncourse functionality; designing programmatic solutions to fit Sakai functionality to IU's business needs; developing programs using Java and SQL coding, testing both from a functionality and performance perspective using the team's testing methodologies; and troubleshooting and resolution of production issues. Provides training and support to staff; attends meetings.

Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer systems, or related field and three to five years experience in systems analysis, developing and programming, and user application support required. An equivalent combination of work experience and education may be considered. Experience in creating and supporting applications in a Unix environment, Unix scripting languages, SQL, and relational database structures required. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, a customer service attitude, enthusiasm for working in a team-oriented environment, interest in new technologies, and excellent problem-solving skills required. Experience with Java, JSF, JSP, Servlet, Hibernate, Spring, Web Services, XML, JUnit, JavaScript, Eclipse, Maven, Subversion, Tomcat, MySQL, Oracle, and Linux preferred.

Other Information: Oncourse is an online course environment that allows Indiana University faculty and students to create, integrate, use, and maintain Web-based teaching and learning resources. This application is to be a continuous operation/high availability service and is presently used by approximately 100,000 students and 10,000 faculty members. It is one of the most visible, if not critical, applications the department supports in the interest of the university's academic mission.

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