Application Developer

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Work type: Administrative & Professional
Senior management: Vice President-Info Technology
Department: Enterprise Systems
Location: Blacksburg, Virginia
Categories: Information Systems / Technology

Reporting to the Senior Director of Learning Systems in Virginia Tech’s Division of Information Technology, the person filling this position will be an application developer in support of all technology platforms provided by the ITLS team, including, but not limited to:
Canvas, Zoom, Kaltura, and our data analytics infrastructure. The person will serve primarily as a programmer, with the expectation that they will spend the majority of their time on heads‑down coding activities. Team interaction will be important in terms of understanding requirements, following our best practices for development, testing, and in terms of providing tier‑3 support for our systems.

• Perform software development efforts for ITLS meeting deadlines for deliverables
• Tests and troubleshoot solutions developed within the team
• Provide maintenance code changes for developer production applications
• Provide end‑user support as part of the ITLS Tier 3 support team
• Document all work thoroughly in a way that others can rely upon

• Master’s degree in Computer Science or Information Technology
• 1 year of work experience using Python
• 1 year of work experience with an object‑oriented language like Java
• 1 year of front‑end development experience in PHP or equivalent
• 1 year of scripting in bash
• 1 year of work experience in AWS - with skill using several of these tools:
  Lambda, S3, IAM, Glue, Athena, EC2, Step Functions, and Cloud9
• 1 year of experience with SQL and demonstrated understanding of database fundamentals
• 1 year using software testing frameworks like JUnit or pyTest
• 1 year of experience with Git Lab or Git Hub
• 1 year of experience providing production support in a high availability environment (24x7x365)
• 1 year working with networking to include TCP/IP, DNS, firewalls, and security
• Communications skills that provide us confidence the candidate can work effectively with our team and our partners

Exempt:
Not eligible for overtime

Regular

$80,975 - $99,360

12/22/2025

The successful candidate will be required to have a criminal conviction check.

Virginia Tech does not discriminate against employees, students, or applicants on the basis of age, color, disability, sex (including pregnancy), gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, ethnicity or national origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, or military status, or otherwise discriminate against employees or applicants who inquire about, discuss, or disclose their compensation or the compensation of other employees or applicants, or on any other basis protected by law.

If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please contact IT Human Resources at ithr during regular business hours at least 10 business days prior to the event.

Advertised: November 21, 2025
Applications close: January 20, 2026 Eastern Standard Time