Senior Application Developer (Drupal/ PHP Developer)
Atlanta, GA 
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Job Description
Job ID
269228
Location
Atlanta, Georgia
Full/Part Time
Full-Time
Regular/Temporary
Regular
About Us

Overview
Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our Strategic Plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values
Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:
1. Students are our top priority.
2. We strive for excellence.
3. We thrive on diversity.
4. We celebrate collaboration.
5. We champion innovation.
6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.
8. We act ethically.
9. We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

Location

Atlanta, GA

Job Summary

Perform advanced level system analysis, definition and design activities usually of a complex nature. Maintains existing applications. This position will interact on a consistent basis with: other software developers and analysts, project managers, database administrators, customers and department management. This position typically will advise and counsel: other software developers and analysts, project managers database administrators, customers and department management. This position will supervise: NA.

Responsibilities

Job Duty 1 -
Analyze user requirements, determine technical level of effort required and prepare technical design and specifications.

Job Duty 2 -
Develop, test and implement technical solutions. Prepare application test plans and conduct unit, integration and system testing.

Job Duty 3 -
Analyze, modify and maintain existing applications.

Job Duty 4 -
Prepare technical, operational and user related documentation in support of applications.

Job Duty 5 -
Provide technical support to functional users, determining and solving systems and programming issues.

Job Duty 6 -
Assist in conducting informal and formal end user training.

Job Duty 7 -
Advise on and review work of other analysts as needed.

Job Duty 8 -
Perform other duties as assigned

Responsibilities

Analyze user requirements, determine technical level of effort required and prepare technical design and specifications.
Develop, test and implement technical solutions. Prepare application test plans and conduct unit, integration and system testing.
Analyze, modify and maintain existing applications.
Prepare technical, operational and user related documentation in support of applications.
Provide technical support to functional users, determining and solving systems and programming issues.
Assist in conducting informal and formal end user training.
Advise on and review work of other analysts as needed.
Serve on campus committees and working groups within college and campus-wide
Manage web servers.
Attend on-line team and one on one meetings with supervisor.
Collaborate with college communications team and advise on usability guidelines and accessibility compliance.
Work with Cyber Security to address security incidents on manages web services

Required Qualifications

Educational Requirements
Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience

Required Experience
Four to five years of job related experience

Preferred Qualifications

Additional Preferred Qualifications
University experience, application security methodologies, service oriented architecture

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred skills include:

  • Application security methodologies and service-oriented architecture.
  • Working knowledge of and experience in building website information architectures, managing websites using content management systems (Drupal, WordPress, etc.), understanding of usability guidelines and accessibility compliance (Section 508),
  • Experience with software development lifecycle, experience with responsive design and project management.
  • Experience with a PHP framework such as Symfony or Laravel is preferred.
  • May require applicable computer skills including standards-based XHTML and CSS coding
  • Extensive experience with PHP and Javascript
  • Experience with databases such as MySQL or Oracle;
  • Experience with UNIX terminal, SSH, and Apache configurations
  • Experience with Drupal
  • Experience with RedHat Linux
  • Familiarity with LAMP stack and experience with open-source projects.
Proposed Salary

Salary Range: $71,035.00 - 122,180.00 (Based on experience)

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

SKILLS
This job requires advanced knowledge and skills in application of query language, web development tools, procedural development tools, relational databases, structured programming and understanding of the software development life cycle.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The University is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and University policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.

Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, on the basis of race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status in its programs, activities, employment, and admissions. This prohibition applies to faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including affiliates, invitees, and guests. Further, Georgia Tech prohibits citizenship status, immigration status, and national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, and recruitment, except where such restrictions are required in order to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or Attorney General directive, or where they are required by Federal, State, or local government contract.

All members of the USG community must adhere to the USG Statement of Core Values, which consists of Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values shape and fundamentally support our Universitys work. Additionally, all faculty, staff, and administrators must also be aware of and comply with the Board of Regents and Georgia Institute of Technology's policies on Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom. More information on these policies can be found here: .

Other Information

This is not a supervisory position.
This position does not have any financial responsibilities.
No, this position will not be required to drive.
This role is not considered a position of trust.
This position does not require a purchasing card (P-Card).
This position will not travel
This position does not require security clearance.


Georgia Tech is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, marital status, disability, genetics (including testing and characteristics), or protected veteran status, uniformed service-member status, political affiliation or any classification protected by federal, state, or local law. Consistent with its obligations under federal law, each company that is a federal contractor or subcontractor is committed to taking affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified women, minorities, disabled individuals and veterans.

Georgia Institute of Technology is committed to making our online job application as accessible as possible. In the event you require accessibility assistance applying for open positions, please contact us at employee-relations@ohr.gatech.edu.

 

Job Summary
Company
Start Date
As soon as possible
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full or Part Time
Required Education
Bachelor's Degree
Required Experience
4 to 5 years
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