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A Glimpse of the job: 

The Software Application Developer IV provides technical leadership and oversees the deployment and delivery of enterprise-wide software development projects or services. Participates in mentoring, training, and developing other employees.

Essential Duties/Tasks:

Code Development, Data Architecture, Evaluation, and Recommendation

• Provides technical guidance for data architecture design.
• Oversees the process for the evaluation of software products and programming languages.
• Makes technical recommendations to executive leadership.
• Authors new or revised applications according to well-defined user specifications.
• Revises code based on bug lists generated by users and/or the testing process.
• Troubleshoots custom application and data handling problems.

Lead Technical Liaison

• Serves as the enterprise’s lead technical liaison to clients, vendors, and executive management.
• Develops specifications based on input from stakeholders.

Standards and Oversight of Enterprise-wide Applications

• Provides technical oversight for the design of and establishes design standards for enterprise-wide applications.
• Establishes system and programming standards for enterprise-level applications.
• Provides technical oversight for the coding of enterprise-wide applications.
• Establishes standards and processes used to review and analyze software documentation and production results to facilitate problem resolution of enterprise-wide applications.
• Establishes testing standards and procedures. Provides technical oversight for the testing of enterprise-wide applications.
• Mentors, trains and develops junior technical staff.

Other Duties

Performs other duties as assigned.

What you need to know

Salary Range: $90,000 - $93,000* annually

Special Instructions: A cover letter and resume are strongly recommended. You may upload these in the CV/Resume section.

Other Factors: This role is onsite in College Station, TX

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Eight years of software applications developer experience.

*Compensation is based on the analyses of the above qualifications during the recruitment process.

Required Licenses and Certifications

• Obtain and hold a passport and appropriate travel visas on a continuing basis.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ten years related work experience including at least three years of experience working on a research vessel.
• Demonstrated proficiency in one or more programing languages and developing environments used in the analytical services: Java, C#, Angular/HTML/JavaScript, LabVIEW.
• Experience with Oracle or other relational databases; analyzing, designing and developing applications for multi-tiered or web-based architectures.
• Development of graphical user interfaces (GUI).
• Use of tools for code versioning, debugging/profiling, test automation and/or integrated development.
• Experience with scientific ocean drilling.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to multitask and work cooperatively with others.

Machines or equipment used in the performance of essential duties

• Computer: 25 hrs.
• Research support equipment, tools, and instrumentation: 2 hrs

Physical Requirements

• While at sea, the position requires physical tolerance to maintaining balance on a moving ship;
• Working under confined condition in a 24/7 work place with 12-h shifts;
• Exposure to low-mid level noise and vibration, potential allergens and occasional odors;
• Fine motor skills as well as strenuous physical activity including moving, lifting and carrying objects of medium to heavy weight using proper lifting techniques; reaching and bending, commonly in extreme environments.

Other Requirements and Factors

• This position is required to sail, which will require passing a routine medical exam (typically every two years).
• This position is funded from grant and/or contract funding, which is renewed through provisions of the grantor of the contract. Therefore, this position is contingent upon continuation of funding from these grants and/or contracts, as well as satisfactory job performance.
• This position is required to be on call, work weekends and holidays, and times outside regular business hours as warranted by business necessity.
• This position is security sensitive.
• This position requires compliance with state and federal laws/codes and Texas A&M University System/TAMU policies, regulations, rules and procedures.
• All tasks and job responsibilities must be performed safely without injury to self or others in compliance with System and University safety requirements.

Instructions to Applicants: Applications received by Texas A&M University must either have all job application data entered or a resume attached. Failure to provide all job application data or a complete resume could result in an invalid submission and a rejected application. We encourage all applicants to upload a resume or use a LinkedIn profile to pre-populate the online application.

All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.

Equal Opportunity/Veterans/Disability Employer.