Medical College of Wisconsin
Enterprise Application Developer II - Office of Research
The Office of Research helps to facilitate life-saving biomedical research at MCW. Nine distinct units provide specialized support to meet the administrative needs of our investigators and research staff, and together we coordinate, regulate, and monitor research studies. Within our Research Systems unit, our development team provides front and back end support for the institutions primary research applications.
The Enterprise Application Developer II directly supports a major enterprise research application used by most research teams at MCW. Under limited supervision, the Developer develops and implements business solutions through the full software life cycle. The Developer is specifically responsible for the design, development, testing, integration, deployment, and maintenance of complex research software applications. The individual in this role can take pride in supporting medical research and innovative discoveries for improving patient health.
This position is fully remote, and all remote work must be performed within one of the MCW registered payroll states, which currently includes: WI, AZ, FL, IL, IN, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, TN,TX, UT, GA, and DE.
Primary Responsibilities
Designs, analyzes, codes, tests, debugs, modifies and documents moderately complex applications requiring thorough knowledge of business applications and processes with little or no supervision.
Mentors and coaches development staff. Provides guidance and training as necessary, ensuring that established standards and best practices are being consistently followed by the development team.
Contributes to the established development standards, guidelines, and processes in a continual cycle of development life cycle process improvement.
Functions as a point of contact to answer questions and provide technical leadership for the development team.
Quickly converts concepts and ideas into solutions through the preparation of detailed specifications consistent with the IS development methodology for business application projects and customizations that will be integrated with existing applications.
Analyzes, designs, and modifies existing business applications and processes, and provides recommendations for system and process improvements.
Diagnoses and resolves problems in the maintenance and support of business applications.
Operates within a complex product and business environment requiring the ability to manage multiple requests. Able to work independently and maintain focus on priority tasks.
Collaborates with the business and management teams to develop efficient plans, processes, timelines and work required for addressing all identified support and upgrade activities.
Partners with end-users and technical staff to diagnose and resolve problems relating to a variety of business processes.
Other duties as assigned.
5 or more years of progressively more responsible development experience
Excellent oral and written communication skills are essential. Strong critical thinking, problem solving, and attentiveness to detail required.
Experience in business process management software: development, validation, testing proper workflow progressions is very desirable.
Ability to convert concepts and ideas into finished solutions, through the collaboration with business users of varying experience.
Ability to manage projects in a full lifecycle environment.
A good understanding of, and some experience with, web services.
Experience with reporting services through SSRS, and experience pulling data from multiple databases (SQL Server, Workday, etc) into dashboards or reports is required.
Prior experience using a software configuration management system, bug-tracking system, and business object frameworks.
Experience working in an SaaS environment is desirable.
Knowledge of the Microsoft Suite of Products.
Customer support, systems analysis, troubleshooting, problem solving, and listening skills.
Excellent oral and written communication skills are essential. Strong critical thinking, problem solving, and attentiveness to detail required.
Appropriate experience may be substituted for education on an equivalent basis.
Minimum Required Education: Bachelor’s degree
Minimum Required Experience: 5 years
Preferred Education: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related area
Preferred Experience: Familiarity with testing or development in business process management software environments.
Work requires occasionally lifting moderate weight materials, standing, or walking continuously.
Occasional exposure to dust, noise, temperature changes, or contact with water or other liquids. Work is performed in an environmentally controlled environment.
Ability to detect and translate speech or other communication required. May occasionally require the ability to distinguish colors and perceive relative distances between objects.
The target salary range for this position is $81,100 - $103,300 annually. The final offered salary will depend on the applicant’s education, experience, skills, and knowledge, as well as considerations of internal equity and market alignment.
Why MCW?
- Outstanding Healthcare Coverage, including but not limited to Health, Vision, and Dental. Along with Flexible Spending options
- 403B Retirement Package
- Competitive Vacation and Paid Holidays offered
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Paid Parental Leave
- Employee & Family Assistance Program (EFAP)
- Pet Insurance
- On campus Fitness Facility, offering onsite classes
- Additional discounted rates on items such as: Select cell phone plans, local fitness facilities, Milwaukee recreation and entertainment etc.
For a brief overview of our benefits see: Benefits Overview
For a full list of positions see: MCW Careers
At MCW all of our endeavors, from our internal operations to our interactions with our partners, are driven by our shared organizational values: Caring – Collaborative – Curiosity – Inclusive – Integrity – Respect. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment that values diversity in backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives through merit-based processes and in alignment with all applicable laws. We believe that embracing human differences is critical to realize our vision of a healthier world, and we recognize that a healthy and thriving community starts from within. Our values define who we are, what we stand for and how we conduct ourselves at MCW. If you believe in embracing individuality and working together according to these principles to improve health for all, then MCW is the place for you. For more information, please visit our institutional website.
MCW as an Equal Opportunity Employer and Commitment to Non-Discrimination:
The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive community of outstanding faculty, staff, and students, as well as ensuring equal educational opportunity, employment, and access to services, programs, and activities, without regard to an individual's race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, sex, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristic, or military status. Employees, students, applicants or other members of the MCW community (including but not limited to vendors, visitors, and guests) may not be subjected to harassment that is prohibited by law or treated adversely or retaliated against based upon a protected characteristic.
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