Web Applications Developer II

Job Details

Job Title: Web Applications Developer II

Agency: Texas A&M Engineering

Department: Engineering Communications Group

Proposed Minimum Salary: Commensurate

Job Location: College Station, Texas

Job Type: Staff

Why work for Texas A&M Engineering?

Engineering has been part of Texas A&M University since its opening in 1876 as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. Today, the College of Engineering is the largest college on the College Station campus with more than 25,000 engineering students enrolled in 15 departments. Its mission is to serve Texas, the nation and the global community by providing engineering graduates who are well-founded in engineering fundamentals, instilled with the highest standards of professional and ethical behavior, and prepared to meet the complex technical challenges of society.

As the research arm of Engineering, the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) is a state agency within the Texas A&M University System with a mission to improve lives through basic and applied engineering research, workforce development and technology transition. Our collaborations with industry, academia and government provide cutting-edge solutions to global technical challenges.

We are deeply committed to recruiting and retaining a talented workforce that embraces our core values of Respect, Excellence, Leadership, Loyalty, Integrity, and Service, by offering competitive salaries, an array of benefits, an extensive support network, and above all, an enriching and highly collaborative working community that is deeply passionate about our vision for higher education, research, and public service.

• Plans and develops new web functionality/applications: gathers and analyzes requirements from university departments, faculty, and staff; develops locally-created tools that facilitate the use of the university website, including plan, research, code, test, and deploy; provides support and maintenance on the new applications; serves as point for new application and/or update launches; ensures all new web functions are accessibility compliant;
  Incorporates responsive web design and technology into all site development.
• Maintains current web functionality/applications: corrects arising issues within web functionality/applications as needed; enhances web functionality/applications through regular communication with university personnel; provides support and maintenance on all current functionality/applications; periodically audits current web functions to ensure accessibility compliance; performs debugging as necessary; manages web development using revision control software.
• Researches and recommends emerging application development technologies and tools for possible implementation in Web Services projects.
• Provides instruction and troubleshooting to faculty, staff, and students; performs usability and user-experience development and testing.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, or closely related field, or, an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience;
• Four years of related experience.

• Experience with content management systems (CMS) such as Word Press, Drupal, or Cascade, including core development, theme and plugin design and development, and support and testing.
• Experience with ASP/ASP.NET (or similar language), SQL Server (or similar), MS Server 2008/IIS 7, JavaScript, AJAX, JQuery, JSON, XML, HTML, CSS, SCSS.
• Experience with debugging web including Chrome/Android and mobile Safari.

• Main Campus – College Station, TX.

• Competitive medical insurance benefits through Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas and Prescription coverage by Express Scripts.
• Options for Vision, Dental, Life, and Long-Term Disability insurance.
• A defined benefit retirement plan with the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) with 8.25% employer contribution.
• Additional Voluntary Retirement Programs:
  Tax Deferred Account 403(b) and a Deferred Compensation Program 457(b).
• Flexible spending account options for medical and childcare expenses
• Generous…