Senior Software Engineer​/Architect

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Harvard University Information Technology (HUIT) is a community of Information Technology professionals committed to understanding our users and devoted to making it easier for faculty, students, and staff to teach, research, learn, and work through the effective use of information technology. We are recruiting an IT workforce that has both breadth in their ability to collaborate and innovate across disciplines – and depth in specific areas of expertise.

HUIT offers opportunities for IT professionals to learn and work in a unique technology landscape and service-focused environment. If you are a technically proficient, nimble, user-focused and accountable IT professional who also connects with the importance of collaborating well in a team environment we are looking for you!

We empower the Harvard community with essential and transformative technologies to advance education, knowledge, and discovery.

• Human-centered
• University-focused
• Innovation-driven
• Team-oriented

HUIT’s IT Academy aims to enable each IT staff person to grow professionally and become a trusted partner to her or his team. The IT Academy is built on the belief that every IT staff member across the University (including technology employees at each school and campus) can grow in her or his area of expertise as well as building strong people and project management skills.

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The Senior Software Engineer / Architect will contribute to the strategic direction of the University's financial management systems, with a primary responsibility supporting the enterprise Oracle EBS and EPM environments.

This position will report to the Director of Administrative Systems, as a part of the university central IT unit, HUIT.

Lead comprehensive applications/web development for highly complex projects; typically work as part of a team to implement complex business solutions. Deliver strategic and expert coding; focus on overarching development strategy for a large, complex, multi-faceted application. May manage a number of projects simultaneously.

• Participatefullyinsoftwaredevelopmentlife cycle
• Leaddevelopmentoftechnicalsolutionstodeliverbusinessrequirements
• Participateinlongtermstrategicplanningfortheapplicationportfolio(s)
• Establishandmaintaininternal/externalstakeholderrelationships
• Abidebyandfollowthe Harvard University ITtechnicalstandards,policies and
  
  Codeof Conduct
• Develop using Oracle PL/SQL, shell scripting and Groovy
• Extend Amazon infrastructure using Python, AWS ECS, AWS Secrets Manager and Docker containers
• Oracle APEX, BI Publisher, Oracle SQL
  * Plus, SQL Loader
• Leverage GIT and SPLUNK
• Develop and support APIGEE solutions and restful services
• Support and develop extensions to Oracle EBS and EPM PBCS

Basic Qualifications are the minimum threshold a candidate must meet in order to be considered for this role.

• Minimum of seven years’ post-secondary education or relevant work experience

The following Additional Qualifications are strongly preferred. If you meet some, but not all, you are still encouraged to apply; we value employees with a willingness to learn.

• Knowledge of information technology applications, processes, software and equipment
• Highly specialized knowledge of a specific technology
• Demonstrated team…