IT Developer

Educational Credential Evaluators has posted a new Engineering role: IT Developer. The position offers deep exposure to modern cloud architectures and production environments. Candidates with Engineering experience and a growth mindset are encouraged to apply. Description: **About ECE** Celebrating over 40 years of success, ECE is one of the most well\-known and respected names in comparative international education. Our main product, an educational credential evaluation, is a report used by counselors, recruiters, registrars, and admissions officers in the U.S. and elsewhere to determine how the academic history of a foreign\-educated individual matches up to American grading scales and standards. As the demand for talented professionals has increased around the world, hiring managers have increasingly relied on the expertise of ECE to review the credentials of employees. ECE is a medium\-sized nonprofit organization with just over 100 employees. **\*\*Location:** Remote position for Southeastern Wisconsin\-based individuals. Some tasks may require the individual to work in the office 1\-2 days a week, depending on business needs. ECE's office is located in Downtown Milwaukee (Schlitz Park \- 101 W. Pleasant Street). **Summary:** The IT Developer is responsible for performing development tasks using Java web application frameworks and providing support and administration of applications. This position requires involvement in the entire development life cycle including gathering requirements, estimating, designing, developing, managing, testing, maintaining, and documenting applications. **Essential Duties and Responsibilities** Responsible for system design, coding, testing, debugging and documentation. Works with staff members, vendors, programmers, and other team members to develop technical solutions for complex business problems. Prepares detailed specifications from which complex systems will be created. Develops and executes test plans, test specifications, and test cases. Conducts trial runs of systems to ensure documented requirements are met. Works with quality assurance/testing groups to resolve issues and to ensure software quality. Performs revision, repair, or expansion of existing systems to increase operating efficiency or adapt to new requirements. Works with stakeholders to develop features and requirements for new and existing systems. Works with these stakeholders to break down system features and requirements into user stories and record those stories in the engineering system. Works within the engineering system to accurately represent development. Works with the IT support staff to support ECE systems when necessary. Works with IT team to develop data models that support business processes \& ensure changes adhere to best practices \& are properly prioritized/scheduled. Participates in the weekly IT technical meeting. Serves as an on\-call IT support when needed. Requirements: **Competencies** To perform this job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies: Functional Expertise *Analytical*\- Collects and researches data, uses intuition and experience to complement data. *Technical Skills*\- Pursues training and development opportunities; ability to quickly learn and use new skills and knowledge brought about by rapidly changing information and/or technology. Delivers Results *Change Management*\- Develops workable implementation plans, communicates changes effectively, prepares and supports those affected by change. *Quality*\- Demonstrates accuracy, thoroughness, and attention to detail, looks for ways to improve and promote quality. *Innovation*\- Meets challenges with resourcefulness; generates suggestions for improving work; develops innovative approaches and ideas. *Problem Solving*\- Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; develops alternative solutions; works well in group problem solving situations; changes approach or method to best fit the situation. *Time Management*\- Prioritizes and plans work activities; uses time efficiently; manages competing demands; Able to work with change, delays, or unexpected events. *Project Management* \- Coordinates and assists with projects, delivers clear, accurate depiction of status, develops realistic action plans, maintains an orderly and logical organizational system for work. Organizational Focus *Dependability\-* Follows instructions, responds to management direction, takes responsibility for own actions; commits to long hours of work when necessary to reach goals.; completes tasks on time or notifies appropriate person with an alternate plan; consistently at work and on time; ensures work responsibilities are covered when absent. *Motivation*\- Sets and achieves challenging goals, demonstrates persistence and overcomes obstacles. **Qualifications** To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Education and/or Experience High school diploma or general education degree (GED) or completion of certified coding camp or coding certificate required, or 2\+ years professional coding experience. Technical Experience Experience in the following: * Full\-live\-cycle software development * Object Oriented Design patterns * Java application development * Agile software development * MYSQL database with JPA and Hibernate * Experience working with the following web application frameworks; Tag libraries, Spring Boot, VUE, NUXT, HTML, HTML5, JSON, CSS, jQuery JavaScript, AJAX, restful web services, Junit, Microsoft SQL Server Foreign Language Skills No foreign language skills are required for this position, however, experience supporting an organization with a global scope is ideal. ECE serves individuals, institutions, and other key stakeholders from all over the world. **Supervisory Responsibilities** This position has no supervisory responsibilities and reports to the Manager of Application Development. **What does ECE offer?** We consider skills, experience, and organizational needs when determining compensation. The stated range is an estimate and may be adjusted based on these factors, with most new hires typically starting below the top of the range. The current pay range for this role is $65,250 to $80,00 annually. We believe balancing personal life and work life leads to engaged, productive, and satisfied employees. Many positions include flexible scheduling and remote work options. Our benefits package includes: * Employer\-sponsored life insurance * A generous 403(b) retirement plan contribution match * Health, dental, and vision coverage * Flexible spending accounts * Additional voluntary insurance options We also provide: * Eleven paid holidays annually * Generous paid time off and medical time * Opportunities for professional development through internal and external training ECE is a qualifying employer for the *Public Service Loan Forgiveness* program. **Work Location** This is a remote position for Southeastern Wisconsin\-based individuals. Some tasks may require the individual to work in the office 1\-2 days a week, depending on business needs. ECE’s office is located in Downtown Milwaukee (Schlitz Park – 101 W. Pleasant Street). **Physical Demands \& Work Environment** The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit. The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk and stoop, crouch. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 35 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision. Listing compiled for ITJobNotify. 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