Application Developer

Job Description

Reporting to the Senior Director of Learning Systems in Virginia Techs Division of Information Technology the person filling this position will be an application developer in support of all technology platforms provided by the ITLS team including but not limited to: Canvas Zoom Kaltura and our data analytics infrastructure. The person will serve primarily as a programmer with the expectation that they will spend the majority of their time on heads-down coding activities. Team interaction will be important in terms of understanding requirements following our best practices for development testing and in terms of providing tier-3 support for our systems.

Core Responsibilities:
Perform software development efforts for ITLS meeting deadlines for deliverables
Tests and troubleshoot solutions developed within the team
Provide maintenance code changes for developer production applications
Provide end-user support as part of the ITLS Tier 3 support team
Document all work thoroughly in a way that others can rely upon

Required Qualifications

Masters degree in Computer Science or Information Technology
1 year of work experience using Python
1 year of work experience with an object-oriented language like Java
1 year of front-end development experience in PHP or equivalent
1 year of scripting in bash
1 year of work experience in AWS - with skill using several of these tools: Lambda S3 IAM Glue Athena EC2 Step Functions and Cloud9
1 year of experience with SQL and demonstrated understanding of database fundamentals
1 year using software testing frameworks like JUnit or pyTest
1 year of experience with GitLab or GitHub
1 year of experience providing production support in a high availability environment (24x7x365)
1 year working with networking to include TCP/IP DNS firewalls and security
Communications skills that provide us confidence the candidate can work effectively with our team and our partners

Preferred Qualifications

Overtime Status

Exempt: Not eligible for overtime

Appointment Type

Regular

Salary Information

$80975 - $99360

Hours per week

40

Review Date

12/22/2025

Additional Information

The successful candidate will be required to have a criminal conviction check.

About Virginia Tech

Dedicated to its motto Ut Prosim (That I May Serve) Virginia Tech pushes the boundaries of knowledge by taking a hands-on transdisciplinary approach to preparing scholars to be leaders and problem-solvers. A comprehensive land-grant institution that enhances the quality of life in Virginia and throughout the world Virginia Tech is an inclusive communitydedicated to knowledge discovery and creativity. The university offers more than 280 majors to a diverse enrollment of more than 36000 undergraduate graduate and professional students in eight undergraduate colleges a school of medicine a veterinary medicinecollege Graduate School and Honors College. The university has a significant presence across Virginia including Blacksburg the greater Washington D.C. area the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke sites in Newport News and Richmond and numerous Extension officesand research institutes. A leading global research institution Virginia Tech conducts more than $650 million in research annually.

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