Assistant Director, Application Development

Job Summary

Reporting to the assigned department leader, this role analyzes, develops, and provides oversight for the software needs of the District and manages a staff of programmers.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Performance Requirements

• Works with customers on the feasibility and design of new applications as well as new functionality for existing applications
• Designs, develops, and maintains custom applications, integrations, and modifications
• Leads, supports, manages, supervises, and evaluates the daily workflow of application programming staff; hires, trains, and schedules staff as needed
• Assures that all applications meet security and usability guidelines
• Tests application software for accuracy and completeness based on users' specifications
• Verifies all documentation for accuracy and completeness
• Manages and maintains an application development environment

General Supervision and Management

Leadership of all assigned programming staff

Required Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and seven (7) years' working experience related to the essential performance requirements
• Two (2) years' experience supervising (e.g., managing, evaluating the performance of others)

Preferred Qualifications

• At least one (1) year's working experience programming in C#, .NET, or Java
• At least one (1) year's working experience deploying solutions through Azure and DevOps
• At least one (1) year's working experience manipulating databases using SQL or PL/SQL
• At least one (1) year's working experience in a Higher Education IT environment
• Current Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert, and/or Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate certification