Applications Systems Analyst/Developer

The University of Arizona Libraries is seeking a creative, enthusiastic, and dedicated professional with strong proficiencies in software development to help our highly collaborative team deliver valuable functionality to library staff and end users more regularly.

We are a large academic library providing a broad range of collections and services while supporting diverse audience segments, including undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, staff, community users, and donors. We strive to build elegant, intuitive products that help users achieve their academic and personal goals. As we continue to move our strategic plan forward, you’ll get to contribute to a wide range of challenging projects involving stakeholders from across the organization.

We value diverse viewpoints and the learning that comes from challenging our assumptions. We have fun with our work, take some risks, and foster a transparent, supportive culture where we celebrate in our successes and learn together from our failures. Though your work will be focused on applications support and development, you’ll be working closely with colleagues who have expertise in systems administration, application delivery, user interface design, user experience design, project management, content strategy, and front end and back end web development. We learn new things every day, and share our knowledge with others to encourage one another’s growth and development. In addition, you will be working with stakeholders outside our department.

We value open and frequent communication, so we use in-person standups to talk about the work on a day-to-day basis and focused meetings to work on planning and process improvement.

We value using the best tools and approaches to support our work, which currently means we use Redmine for issue tracking and Slack and email for asynchronous communication. This includes having the best tools for the platform we’re working with, from integrated development environments to automated testing tools.

Visit the University Libraries website to learn more about us.

Why UA? The University of Arizona has been recognized on Forbes 2015 list of America’s Best Employers and has been awarded the 2015 Work-Life Seal of Distinction by the Alliance for Work-Life Progress. Outstanding UA benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance plans; life insurance and disability programs; paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays; UA/ ASU / NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; state and optional retirement plans; access to UA recreation and cultural activities; and more!

Because we seek a workforce with diverse perspectives and experiences, we encourage applications from individuals with demonstrated knowledge of and relevant abilities working with culturally diverse communities. As an Employer of National Service, we also welcome alumni of AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, and other national service programs.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Investigates and resolves software bugs and support requests related to in-house, open-source, and vendor-provided applications

• Participates in analyzing user needs and designing, implementing, and maintaining solutions, especially in relation to scripting and metadata transformation

• Performs automated and manual testing of applications and communicates results accurately

• Performs application maintenance

• Additional duties as assigned

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Ability to work independently and exercise independent judgment and decision-making

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal

• Familiarity with JavaScript and DOM manipulation

• Familiarity with library standards, especially Dublin Core, METS , MARC

• Familiarity with application frameworks, especially MVC frameworks

• Ability to work in a highly collaborative and inclusive environment, one that values and leverages the benefits of diverse perspectives

• Positive attitude and strong demonstration of Our Values: Collaboration, Continuous Learning, Diversity, Innovation, and Integrity

Minimum Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience with and interest in programming and web application development

• Demonstrated experience communicating effectively with non-technical stakeholders

• Experience or interest in working with a team of developers

Arizona Board of Regents Minimum Qualifications

• Five years of experience in programming applications systems using relevant technologies and programming languages;

• OR, an Associate’s degree in Computer Science or related field AND four years of experience in programming applications systems using relevant technologies and programming languages;

• OR, Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field AND two years of experience in programming applications systems using relevant technologies and programming languages;

• OR, Any equivalent combination of experience, training and/or education.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with library systems, especially EZproxy

• Experience with one or more high-level programming languages, especially Java, PHP , Python, or Ruby

• Demonstrated willingness to learn other programming languages and technologies

• Experience with the Linux command line

• Experience with issue tracking systems, especially Redmine, JIRA , or GitHub Issues

• Experience with version control systems, especially Git

• Experience with automated testing tools, especially Selenium, Behat, and xUnit unit testing tools

• Experience with HTML and CSS

Full Time/Part Time

Full Time

Number of Hours Worked per Week

40

Job Category

Computer, Engineering and Technical

Benefits Eligible

Yes – Full Benefits

FLSA

Exempt

Posted Rate of Pay

$29,443 – $40,371

Type of criminal background check required:

Name-based criminal background check (non-security sensitive)