Software Engineer III; UTRGV

Office Location
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
1201 W. University Drive
Human Resources
MASS Building 2 nd Floor
Edinburg, TX 78539

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Posting Number: SRGV
8748

Working Title:

SOFTWARE ENGINEER III (UTRGV Employees Only)

Number of Vacancies : 1

Location:

Edinburg, Texas
Department:
Application & Data Services
FTE: 1.0
FLSA:
Exempt

Perform upper level duties in the Analysis, Design, Development, and Implementation for the computer-based Information Systems to ensure efficiency, accuracy, and support the business processes of the University, including the Student, Finance, Human Resources (ERP systems) and all associated third party software applications.

• Displays strong to expert requirement analysis skills that includes the various tasks of gathering, analyzing, documenting, validating and managing software requirements.
• Displays strong to expert level coding skills that involve the creation of a technical design document to provide a technical solution using abstract concepts and adhering to standards developed by the department, primarily to procedures relating to Software Development Lifecycle.
• Displays strong to expert level skills for effectively communicating with the customer (in most cases a business analyst or equivalent) to obtain information for creating technical documentation and providing the details for code development with emphasis in ingenuity and creativity to design and create new, functional software programs and complete applications.
• Displays strong to expert level testing skills to validate the code before releasing to customer for integrated testing.
• Displays strong to expert level debugging/troubleshooting skills necessary to investigate a technical issue to determine cause and required modifications.
• Problem Solver Duty – Responsible for investigating and resolving problem issues occurring during scheduled week at a strong to expert level pace with the rare need for assistance.
• Responsible for technical research to keep job knowledge up-to-date and in most cases self-teach new languages and new development tools to ensure the most feasible technical solution is proposed.
• Takes a leading/proactive role in the participation and coordination of contributing ideas and suggestions during team and/or functional meetings.
• Engages in the technical aspect of a project proposal with the customer in the initial stages of planning as a technical lead for mid to large sized projects.
• Applies extensive latitude to execute judgment/decisions that pertain to the scope of the assignment or project and support the software lifecycle.
• Conducts business process review on mid to large sized projects to recommend seeded options before custom development.
• Acts as authorized project lead of mid to large sized projects that involve various resources from multiple areas to ensure deadlines are met.
• Task Assignment/Coordination –…