Visiting Information System Analyst (3 year term)

Description

Visiting Information System Analyst (3 year term) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library IT - Infrastructure Management and Support (IMS)

Position Available: This is a 12 month, full-time Academic Professional position with the University Library's IT Infrastructure Management and Support team. It is a visiting, three-year appointment in the first instance, but there is a possibility of extension.

Duties and Responsibilities: Supporting commercial, open-source, and locally developed Library applications; Managing service and application life-cycles: Working with project stakeholders and senior programming staff to gather and analyze requirements for projects, and design approaches to meeting project requirements; Working independently or as a member of a small team, responsibility for implementing the approved recommendations, especially for in-house development, but also for customization or integration of purchased and open source software; Applying best practices in various software development methodologies, including version control, automated testing and code refactoring, and leveraging appropriate programming frameworks and technical architectures to the requirements and proposed solutions;

Required Qualifications:

3 years of experience in the field and a Bachelor's Degree; or 1 year of experience in the field with a Computer Science Bachelor's Degree; Ability to work in a diverse environment; Demonstrable experience documenting systems and procedures; Programming and software development experience in scripting and client-side applications languages, including one or more of Perl, Python, PHP, Visual Basic, and Java; Current and working knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript; Familiarity with programming web applications; Working knowledge of relational database design principles; Ability to work independently or under only general direction; Strong communication skills. See https://jobs.illinois.edu for Preferred Qualifications

Apply: To ensure full consideration, please complete your candidate profile at https://jobs.illinois.edu and upload a letter of interest, resume, and contact information including email addresses for three professional references. Applications not submitted through this website will not be considered. The University of Illinois conducts criminal background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer. For questions, please call: 217-333-8169.

DEADLINE: in order to ensure full consideration, applications must be received by November 16, 2015. The U of I is an EEO Employer/Vet/Disabled www.inclusiveillinois.illnois.edu