Senior Applications Engineer #011930

Kamehameha Schools has a Senior Applications Engineer position available at the Kawaiaha'o Plaza on O'ahu.

Educational Requirements:

Bachelors Degree in Management Information Systems, Computer Science, or Engineering, or related field.

OR

High School Diploma or GED equivalent AND 10 years of experience in applications development.

Minimum Requirements:

• At least five years in IT field, to include four years of applications design, development, implementation, and integration
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and written, with technical and non-technical users, managers, vendors, and consultants
• Ability to gather and analyze complex business and programming requirements and to come up with application designs that fulfill those needs while preserving enterprise architecture, protecting KS data and information, and facilitating IT strategies and goals.
• Ability to analyze and code efficient applications using a variety of programming languages (C#, .Net, SQL, HTML, XML, etc.)
• Demonstrated ability analyzing and troubleshooting software systems and correcting logic and design flaws.
• Ability to manage software releases.
• Ability and willingness to self-improve via active reading and learning.
• Knowledge and management skills employing AGILE/RAD/Waterfall Systems Development Life Cycle
• Ability to supervise and assist less experienced application engineers and/or developers.
• Occasional off hour and weekend operational and project support.

Duties:

• Design application based on user requirements while observing enterprise architectural requirements.
• Design application database based on user requirements while observing enterprise data standard and enterprise data labeling and handling provisions.
• Design user interface based on user requirements while incorporating service oriented architecture to enable non-user interactivity.
• Design application integration based on user requirements and system needs while following enterprise integration strategies and standards.
• Design application security based on user requirements and information security office guidelines.
• Perform programming task based on design specifications.
• Suggest and design coding standard. Supervise coding effort, conduct code review and critique. Perform change management tasks (check out, check in, document, release management, pre-staging/pre-production migration).
• Perform application (vendor-based) patch management (monitor patch release, evaluate impact, create and coordinate implementation plan, and follow general SDLC).
• Provide Level 3 production support (development level issues).
• Conduct research and diagnosis on problems (including program debugging).
• Resolve application support issues.
• Perform software installation and configuration (including all software, including OS, database engines, middleware, etc.).
• Provide effort estimate.
• Engage application users and other personnel to set expectations.
• Construct test cases based on business requirements.
• Construct test plan based on test cases.
• Support IT operational staging alongside IT Operations.
• Perform various testing on various modules and applications,
• Write and maintain user guide for applications, programming documentation, technical support guides, application installation guides, and technical design documentation.

Visit our Careers website (www.ksbe.edu/careers) to view the full job requirements and duties and to APPLY ONLINE.

HOW TO APPLY:

Interested applicants must apply online. Visit our website at http://www.ksbe.edu/careers & search Requisition Number 011930 for full job description, & to apply for this position. *Sorry, no resumes accepted via email, mail or fax.