ANNOUNCEMENT OF
Professional Vacancy
UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY, STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
1400 WASHINGTON AVENUE, ALBANY, NEW YORK 12222

Applications are invited for consideration for appointment for the following position:

Budget Title:

Senior Programmer-Analyst

Descriptive Title:

Senior Programmer-Analyst

Department:

University Applications Development

Item Number:

To be determined

Professional Rank
and
Salary Range:

SL-4

Date to be filled:

As soon as possible

Brief description of duties:

The successful candidate will provide analytical and programming support in the University's administrative applications, including the Blackboard Learning System CE Enterprise (WebCT) and the PeopleSoft Campus Solutions /HR system. The University is upgrading WebCT from version 4.1 to Campus Edition 6. In addition, the University is upgrading from PeopleSoft Campus Solutions/HR 8.0 to 8.9. This position will be primarily responsible for the application support of WebCT.  S/he will be responsible for assisting in the data migration from 4.1 to CE 6 as well as providing Tier 2/3 support for the users and coordinating application updates and patches to CE 6. In addition, s/he will be responsible for the integration between WebCT and PeopleSoft Student Records. Secondarily to WebCT support, this position will also provide support for the PeopleSoft Campus Solutions modules and the University’s custom additions to the software, as time permits.

Qualifications:

Required:

·          A Bachelor’s degree from a college or university accredited by a US Dept. of Education or internationally recognized accrediting organization is required.

·          Minimum of 2 years of professional work experience in analysis and programming in large-scale course management and/or student administration systems on a Unix platform.

·          Experience with the use of SQL database such as ORACLE

·          Applicants must demonstrate in their application their ability to work with culturally diverse populations.

·          Excellent interpersonal skills are required, as well as the ability to communicate effectively. 

·          The individual must demonstrate ability to share experiences in the organization and ability of working independently and/or as part of a team with tight deadlines. 

Preferred:

·          Experience with either WebCT or Blackboard

·          Experience with PeopleSoft Campus Solutions and the PeopleSoft programming tools such as SQR and PeopleTools.

Special Notes:

Salary range:  $48,000 - $50,000 commensurate with experience.

Persons interested in the above position should submit a resume along with a letter of application, referencing P07 # below to:

Name and Address:

Kathy Vaccariello
University Applications Development
University
at Albany
1400
Washington Avenue, MSC-100
Albany, NY 12222

P07-9572
Item No:  TBD

Closing date for the receipt of applications:

March 28, 2007

THE UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY IS AN EO/AA/IRCA/ADA EMPLOYER