Senior Applications Software Developer

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Join our Digital Solutions team on a 12 month fixed-term, full-time contract.

• Would you like to work in the ever-growing education industry by developing high quality IT solutions?
• Are you an excellent problem-solver with strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively?
• Have you got experience in complex software application development, implementation, and support in a medium to large IT environment?

Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the role

Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington is currently recruiting a Senior Applications Software Developer to join the Digital Solutions on a 12-month fixed-term, full-time contract.

Key responsibilities include the following:

• Provide functional and technical consultation, investigation and analysis of requirements and issues. Consult on all aspects of relevant technologies and develop towards being a subject matter expert (SME) in at least four other key Digital Solutions system areas
• Develop, maintain and troubleshoot, and provide high quality solutions in multi-platform IT environments within an Agile (scrum) framework
• Undertake unit and peer testing including the creation of testing scripts and/or facilities
• Maintain and develop technical currency (by actively participating in user group, vendor and technology forums and availing themselves of other resources)
• Contribute to Digital Solutions projects in accordance with the project methodology guidelines as outlined by the Digital Solutions Programme Management Office
• Create documentation as required, including technical specification and deployment steps, and ensure it is maintained according to Digital Solutions standards

Ō pūmanawa - About you

Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington's Te Tai Matihiko - Digital Solutions delivers and supports IT services to a diverse student body of over 20,000 and a staff of 2,500 located over three campuses.

Bring your technical expertise to maintain and develop our student administration systems. This role is busy, challenging, extremely rewarding and interesting for the individual with the right temperament. If you have the experience, skills, and attitude we are after, let's talk.

Your ability to communicate with other members of the team including business analysts, testers and system administrators will also be fully utilised in this role.

To be successful in this role you will need to have the following:

• Proven experience in complex software application development, implementation, and support in medium to large IT environment
• Three to four recent years of experience in complex application development using Oracle SQL, and PL/SQL
• Excellent problem-solving and the ability to work collaboratively
• Strong communication skills; must be able to communicate difficult technical concepts to a wide audience

Additionally, any of the following skills would be a bonus:

• Experience with Reporting Framework Jasper Reports
• Experience with applying and using a variety of web tools and technologies such as CGI scripts, JavaScript, JSON, JQuery, MVC, DOM, AJAX, REST, and Web Services
• Exposure to an Agile software development methodology.
• Exposure to source control processes and tools (e.g. SVN, JIRA, Git)
• Experience with application integration

There are many benefits to working at Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington, including being part of New Zealand's top research University.

Role description - Click here to see further information, including salary information

Close date for vacancy: Tuesday, 28 January 2025.

We can only consider applicants who are citizens or residents of New Zealand or Australia or on a current working visa. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and we may progress with suitable applicants prior to the application closing date. Applications from recruitment agencies are not accepted.

Contact details for vacancy

If you have any questions regarding this role please get in touch with Thaya (0224279382, Shanmuganathan.Thayaparan@vuw.ac.nz)

Click "apply" and follow the process to enter your contact details, answer pre-screening questions then you will need to attach a resume and cover letter along with any supporting documents.

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