Location: Albany, NY Category: Promotional Posted On: Wed Oct 16 2024 Job Description:

Information Technology Services (ITS), the central IT provider at the University at Albany, seeks applicants for an Integration Developer to support the academic, research, and business needs of this R1 institution. The University's constantly evolving, and increasingly complex technical environment encompasses more than 250 applications, including the student information system which supports over 17,000 students. The Integration Developer is responsible for the design, development, testing, deployment, and operational support of integration solutions for the University's enterprise applications and for providing a robust and performant network of consumable APIs. They are comfortable analyzing complex requirements to implement highly effective solutions.
The Integration Developer works as a core member of a highly collaborative team of IT professionals, a group with wide-ranging responsibilities who work closely to ensure the integration, interoperability, and availability of campus technology resources. They enjoy collaborating with other technology professionals to provide solutions and have the technical skill to evaluate, implement, and maintain technology that meets the evolving needs of a wide variety of disciplines and departments. They understand the importance of assessing functionality, performance, risk, and security. The Integration Developer has intellectual curiosity, keen analytical skills, and quickly grasps new concepts. They are confident in their knowledge and ability to make recommendations and work across ITS and business units to provide input and expertise to a range of services.
The successful candidate has excellent interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills, the ability to cultivate relationships with a wide range of constituents, proven API design and development skills, and previous experience using application integration platforms such as Mule Soft's Anypoint i Paa S platform. The Integration Developer is expected to work well with limited supervision and within a team environment.
Primary Responsibilities:
Provide day-to-day operational ownership, including quality assurance activities and documentation, for integration solutions.

• Design, develop, and implement integration solutions using Mule Soft.
• Lead the Mule Soft development and operational activities required to adopt enhancements and refactor solutions for Anypoint platform updates.
• Assist in the migration of legacy integrations, written in a variety of languages, to the Mule Soft platform.
• Define and document integration standards and best practices.
• Coach team members to build knowledge and skills on Mule Soft.
• Work closely with technical staff to ensure integration solution designs meet customer business needs and requirements.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Effectively and proactively communicate and collaborate in person with peers and management.
• Effectively participate and contribute when meeting, interacting, and collaborating remotely, including staying focused on the subject, and keeping your camera on.
• Actively contribute and participate in project and service teams.
• Actively contribute and participate on search committees as assigned.
• Be available to provide scheduled support and consultation outside University business hours, including occasional evenings, holidays, or weekends, within reasonable professional obligation and expectation.

Job Requirements:
Minimum Qualifications:

• A bachelor's degree from a college or university accredited by a U.S. Department of Education (DOE) or internationally recognized accrediting organization.
• Two or more years of experience working as a developer with an application integration platform.
• Proven programming skills and a deep understanding of REST/SOAP API protocols.
• Experience working with version control solutions such as Git and a solid understanding of continuous integration concepts and technologies.
• Knowledge and experience in the utilization of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Ability to independently organize work, prioritize tasks, and manage multiple and changing priorities.
• Applicants must demonstrate excellent interpersonal and oral and written communication skills.
• Applicants must demonstrate an ability to develop inclusive and equitable relationships within our diverse campus community.
• Applicants must demonstrate an ability to support diversity, equity, access, inclusion, and belonging, relative to their role.
• Applicants must be eligible to work legally in the United States without employee sponsorship now or in the future.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in higher education and/or familiarity with the unique needs of an academic institution.
• Experience with Mule Soft API Manager, Runtime Manager, RAML, Exchange and Design Center.
• Mule Soft Developer certification.
• Two or more years of Java development experience.
• Experience utilizing Maven for build management.
• Experience integrating with People Soft.
• Experience with modern Java Script frameworks like Angular, React, Node, and j Query to assist in troubleshooting client consumption of APIs.
• Experience in creating custom Mule Soft connectors.
• Experience with Git Hub Action Development
• Experience with Acquia Cloud.

Additional Information:
This is a promotional opportunity for current UAlbany employees.
Eligibility for Consideration:

• You must be employed at the University at Albany campus.
• You must be in a State-funded UUP professional position (MC employees are not eligible).
• You must have a permanent, term, or probationary appointment (temporary employees are not eligible).

For details concerning the University's Promotion Policy for Professional Employees, please see HR Memorandum 88-4.
Professional Rank and Salary Grade: Senior Programmer Analyst, LS-4, $105,000-$110,000
Special Note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. If you currently need sponsorship or will need it in the future to maintain employment authorization, you do not meet eligibility requirements.
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