The role involves enhancing, migrating, and integrating Colleague systems for higher education clients, providing technical support and training, and engaging in various related projects.
CampusWorks is seeking an experienced Colleague Programmer/Technical Consultant to work with our higher education clients on enhancing, migrating, and integrating their Colleague instance to ensure optimal performance and data accuracy. Bring your strong communication skills, passion for higher education, and Ellucian Colleague programming/system administration expertise to assist on various projects. As a CampusWork consultant, you will enjoy the flexibility of remote work while contributing to the success of leading institutions.
CampusWorks consultants engage with our clients in higher education to assist them in fully leveraging their people, processes, policies, and technologies. We work collaboratively with clients’ functional and technical teams and our CampusWorks colleagues to evaluate current processes, design future-state optimal processes, and to architect, develop, test, train, and rollout process and technical solutions that delight our clients.
Depending on the client needs, key responsibilities may include:
- Develop Colleague integrations following best practices and using tools like Ethos APIs, Ethos Integration, Ellucian Experience Cards, Data Connect, Colleague SDK for .NET, SFTP, Elf Imports, etc.
- Complete programming/analysis and/or testing using Colleague Studio
- Participate in Colleague/Ellucian module project implementation and/or Unidata to SQL migration for Colleague
- Patching, Cloning, and Installation of base Colleague Applications
- Provide technical support for the Colleague software suite
- Provide Colleague system administration and monitoring
- Manage system backups/updates/releases
- Provide end user training
Depending on the client needs, key qualifications may include:
- 7+ years of experience working with Colleague at higher education institutions
- Report Writing (including SQL Reporting Services, CROA, ODS, Informer, and/or other reporting tools)
- Experience with all Colleague Modules
- Experience with installation and setup of Colleague Self-Service, WebAPI, and Ethos
- Experience installing SSL Certificates
- Experience installing application and database patches
- Experience using Colleague Studio
- SQL Server, Unidata, and Oracle (as needed) relational databases
- Data migrations (ETL) experience
- Experience with Colleague Self-Service / Ellucian Experience
- SQL Proficiency
- API Integrations experience
- Colleague SaaS migration experience
- Unidata to SQL migration experience
Benefits of a CampusWorks Contract Consultancy:
CampusWorks contract consultants partner with our clients to provide solutions that promote positive change for campuses to reach their full potential. If you are looking to expand your experience and impact, grow a portfolio of projects, or leverage your expertise and experience in a new way, CampusWorks contractor projects could be your best career move.
CampusWorks contracted consultants experience:
· Collaboration: CampusWorks fosters a collaborative environment where you can work with other talented professionals on projects that align with your interests and expertise.
· Flexibility: Whether you have your own business, prefer selective work periods, or seek work-from-home opportunities, we offer flexible assignments to suit your needs and goals.
· Impactful Projects: As a partner in our HappyCampus community, you will have access to dynamic and challenging projects, making positive changes for the clients we serve.
· Variety: The needs of our clients are likely to vary, adding some diversity to your daily tasks while allowing you to grow a variety of different skills.
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