Inside Higher Ed · 18 hours ago
IT Manager
Athens, GA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$90K/yr - $90K/yr
8+ years expInside Higher Ed is associated with the University of Georgia, a prestigious institution committed to higher education. The IT Manager will provide technical management and leadership for the implementation, enhancement, and support of the Connect UGA Banner student system, overseeing application development and maintenance services for various academic departments.
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Responsibilities
Manage and facilitate the technical planning, development, integration, and implementation of application development services for Student Application Services (SAS) team within Student Information Services (SIS) under the direction of the Associate CIO for Student Information and Services
Provide technical and managerial leadership for application development services for the SAS team
Provide technical oversight and enhancement of the Banner student system that includes new and existing integration and components for Student, Curriculum, Admissions, Student Financial Aid, and Bursars Accounts Receivables and other modules as required
Cultivate effective working relationships between SaaS vendors, IT, and client community. Recommend technologies and propose solutions to meet customer requirements
Coordinate with functional offices and key stakeholders on IT projects and prioritization processes utilizing appropriate project management techniques
Provide technical leadership and planning to support Strategic and Operational plans for SIS
Develop innovative enhancements to improve customer experience and self-service
Identify and develop necessary skills that support integration and configuration of SaaS applications
Provide leadership and oversight to SIS application development and integration projects and application system operations
Lead efforts to research and identify tools that support integration and configuration of SaaS applications to understand APIs, data structures, and integration capabilities
Interview and consult with clients; gather data. Provide system design services to clients; scope is not limited to individual department needs, but to enterprise-wide needs
Define, develop, and implement applications systems for computing needs that reflect client requests or approved projects
Direct, supervise, and coordinate efforts of application analysts and programmers in planning, designing, testing, documenting and installing information systems and SaaS solutions
Review completed projects for accuracy and adherence to established standards, security
Guide the team in acquiring technical expertise for applicable programming languages, APIs, and integration capabilities
Be on call for critical/core systems/application support 24/7. The duties and responsibilities of this position require home or off campus internet service as a job requirement
Manages and oversees solution management approval workflows, software development lifecycle (SDLC) processes, and SaaS solutions and integrations within SIS
Provide leadership of the to improve SLDC processes by maintain secure operations performance, automation, and gathering/reporting relevant metrics
Ensures security and audit processes and procedures follows all policies and guidelines from UGA, BOR, State and Federal entities
Monitor the performance of integrated systems and SaaS solutions to confirm they work cohesively to meet business objectives
Oversee SIS solution request approval workflow and deployment systems for code approval, delivery, and audit compliance
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent and 8 years of professional experience
Preferred
Experience with SLDC, ReactJS, NodeJS, RESTful API, version control systems
2 years supervisory experience
3+ years software development experience
Higher Education IT experience
Enterprise database systems experience
Benefits
Retirement Plan: TRS or ORP
Benefits Eligibility: Benefits Eligible
Company
Inside Higher Ed
Inside Higher Ed is the online source for news, opinion, and jobs related to higher education.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
unknown2022-01-10Acquired
2006-08-31Series Unknown
Leadership Team
Stephanie Shweiki
Director, Foundation Partnerships
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