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Senior Full Stack Web Developer, Information Technology, Dell Medical School

The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, us, 78716


Job Posting Title:Senior Full Stack Web Developer, Information Technology, Dell Medical School

----Hiring Department:Dell Medical School

----Position Open To:All Applicants

----Weekly Scheduled Hours:40

----FLSA Status:Exempt

----Earliest Start Date:Immediately

----Position Duration:Expected to Continue

----Location:UT MAIN CAMPUS

----Job Details:General Notes

Your skills will make a difference. You'll be working for a university that is internationally recognized for research and the work you do will make a difference in the lives of our students, faculty and staff. If you're the type of person that wants to know your work has meaning and impact, you'll like working for our campus. The University of Texas at Austin and Dell Medical School provide an outstanding benefits package to our staff. Those benefits include:Competitive health benefits (Employee premiums covered at 100%, family premiums at 50%)

Vision, Dental, Life, and Disability insurance options

Paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays

Teachers Retirement System of Texas (a defined benefit retirement plan)

Additional Voluntary Retirement Programs: Tax Sheltered Annuity 403(b) and a Deferred Compensation program 457(b)

Flexible spending account options for medical and childcare expenses

Training and conference opportunities

Tuition assistance

Athletic ticket discounts

Access to UT Austin's libraries and museums

Free rides on all UT Shuttle and Capital metro buses with staff ID card

For more details, please see: https://hr.utexas.edu/prospective/benefits and https://hr.utexas.edu/current/services/my-total-rewardsMust be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis for any employer without sponsorship.Purpose

The DevOps team is looking for a senior developer to lead implementation and development of web applications and biomedical informatics tools to support clinical, medical education, health care, and health care research enterprise functionality. This key individual will help architect and build robust cloud solutions that directly affect our mission at DMS. This person will collaborate closely with health care providers, web publishers, faculty, marketing/communications professionals, IT staff, and team members to build robust, user-friendly, high-traffic web sites, interactive web apps, and custom application projects. The ideal candidate is hands-on and highly capable of taking initiative for designing, prototyping, implementing, and providing long term support by effectively incorporating user and stakeholder input, and handling projects from database to application layer to effective UI. The candidate should be adept with CI/CD and continuous learning methodologies and able to work across the spectrum of DevOps.Responsibilities

Serve as lead developer and SME with high-profile development projects. Identify and advocate for process improvements with development. Provide direction and/or training to lower-level staff.

Create custom cloud-based applications and web sites to support business needs.

Collaborate with different teams at Dell Med to create secure, reliable, scalable web solutions using a lean and agile approach. Work with other developers on the team for managing and monitoring servers and environments including account creation, server software, security, application deployment, and script creation.

Manage backups and restoration/rebuilding of deployed instances, with a strong emphasis on business continuity and disaster recovery.

Write custom code or scripts to automate infrastructure, monitoring services, and testing scenarios as needed.

Ensure DMS's internal web solutions adhere to industry-standard best practices and comply with all of UT's policies.

Other related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

Relevant experience typically exhibited by a Bachelors degree in Computer Science or a related field. 6 years of related experience. Experience leading development teams and training supporting junior staff. Adept with programming and scripting languages (e.g. Python, PHP and JavaScript.) Expertise developing websites and applications using frameworks. Expertise building and utilizing APIs. Expertise with using data formats such as JSON or XML. Expertise with containerization. Expertise with security standards and best practices. Expertise with content management systems. Knowledge of web accessibility standards. Experience with current development standards and tools, including version control, automated testing, debugging, issue tracking, documentation, code reviews, continuous integration, continuous deployment, and containers. Expertise with agile project management. Awareness of how to properly handle sensitive data, such as Protected Health Information (PHI), and adhere to HIPAA, FERPA, Common Rule, and other regulations.

Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.Preferred Qualifications

Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field. Experience with Terraform, CDK or other Infrastructure as Code (IAC) scripting languages. Cloud certification (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect). Experience with databases such as MS SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, or NoSQL. Expertise with Docker and/or Kubernetes. Expertise with frameworks such as Django, Symfony, Next.js, Bootstrap, Tailwind. Expertise with developing for DXPs like Sitecore or Adobe Experience Manager. Expertise with AWS, GCP, and/or MS Azure management and deployment pipelines. Expertise with HIPAA and FERPA compliance. Experience with managing web server software such as Apache or Nginx. Familiarity with academic, biomedical, clinical, or health research.Salary Range

$90,000 + depending on qualificationsWorking Conditions

May work around standard office conditions.

Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation.

Use of manual dexterity.

Required Materials

Resume/CV

3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor

Letter of interest

Important

for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure thatALLRequired Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.Important for Current university employees and contingent workers: As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questionspresented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.----Employment Eligibility:Regular staff who have been employed in their current position for the last six continuous months are eligible for openings being recruited for through University-Wide or Open Recruiting, to include both promotional opportunities and lateral transfers. Staff who are promotion/transfer eligible may apply for positions without supervisor approval.

----Retirement Plan Eligibility:The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.

----Background Checks:A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position.----Equal Opportunity Employer:The University of Texas at Austin, as an ,complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.----Pay Transparency:The University of Texas at Austin will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.----Employment Eligibility Verification:If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form. You will be required to present acceptable and original to prove your identity and authorization to work in the United States. Documents need to be presented no later than the third day of employment. Failure to do so will result in loss of employment at the university.----E-Verify:The University of Texas at Austin use E-Verify to check the work authorization of all new hires effective May 2015. The university's company ID number for purposes of E-Verify is 854197. For more information about E-Verify, please see the following:[PDF][PDF][PDF][PDF]----Compliance:Employees may be required to report violations of law under Title IX and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act). If this position is identified a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified and provided resources for reporting. Responsible employees under Title IX are defined and outlined in .The Clery Act requires all prospective employees be notified of the availability of the Annual Security and Fire Safety report. You may or obtain a copy at University Compliance Services, 1616 Guadalupe Street, UTA 2.206, Austin, Texas 78701.