Senior Web Application Engineer

UWC² has an outstanding opportunity for a Senior Web Application Engineer on our Technology and Data Services team!The Senior Web Application Engineer will play a major role in the development and maintenance of applications and technologies that support the educational mission of University of Washington Continuum College through its core applications including curriculum management, registration, grading, financial management, budgeting, and payroll, as well as self-service tools in these areas.This position works with a team to develop, implement and manage enterprise web applications using classic ASP, ASP.NET, Microsoft SQL Server, and Microsoft middleware technologies. The Senior Web Application Engineer coordinates the project team’s efforts through planning, resource allocation, collecting and compiling regular team status reports, and contributing quality code. The position collaborates with other subject matter experts to set the tactical and strategic directions in the realm of Web-based technologies, database and enterprise system architecture.

• Perform initial project analysis and planning, including feasibility studies and documenting end-user requirements
• Determine the scope and duration of projects and coordinate technical requirements with team members
• Provide ongoing systems and user support
• Exercise technical and organizational leadership to initiate, carry out, and complete successful development and maintenance projects
• Implement well-designed custom database structures as required
• Document technical specifications
• Exercise and adhere to team coding standards and development/validation practices to ensure high-quality, maintainable technical deliverables
• Cross-train other team members
• Assist in the development of data validation queries and system monitoring scripts
• Adhere and contribute to system configuration and deployment practices and standards
• Back up the other team members or provide support as projects require additional development resources
• Perform rigorous quality assurance testing through all phases of software development to ensure delivery of high-quality products
• Investigate and handle complaints related to application performance
• Initiate prompt corrective action to identify and resolve production issues

• Development and successful implementation using Microsoft products and tools including classic ASP, ASP.NET, C#, SQL Server Management Studio, and Visual Studio
• Strong database programming experience, including stored procedure, view, and trigger creation, complex query optimization, and performance tuning database design
• Web site programming tools/languages including HTML, jQuery, DHTML, JavaScript, XML, XSLT, and CSS
• Ability to design complex, user-friendly web user interfaces
• Experience with Microsoft Internet Information Services
• Familiarity with object-oriented analysis, design, and programming
• Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills across layers of an application
• Significant experience and knowledge in business and systems analysis, design, project lifecycle methodology, system integration, implementation, and deployment
• Extensive experience with requirements gathering and analysis, including direct work with end-users or customers
• Experience with formal software engineering practices (version control, validation, deployment, maintenance)
• Experience in working in dynamic, creative teams
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to learn and apply new technologies and skills rapidly
• Demonstrated oral and written communication skills and ability to work with personnel of various levels of technical background

• Information systems experience in higher education or a similar field

• Experience working with and integrating data into financial systems
• Understanding of client-server and web application architectures
• Knowledge of standard concepts, practices, and procedures within the .NET, SQL, and web services development frameworks
• Familiarity with ASP.NET MVC
• Experience with best practices around accessibility and usability
• Experience with Salesforce or other customer relationship management (CRM) systems
• Experience developing web-based solutions with .Net-based content management systems, including Kentico
• Experience developing workflow and audit trail functionality
• Experience with SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), and SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)
• Familiarity with Agile methodology
• Understanding of client-server and web application architectures.
• Familiarity with client-side scripting frameworks such as jQuery and Node.js