Manager, Applications & Data Systems

The Manager, Applications & Data Systems provides hands-on technical leadership for CCCSE’s web applications, survey and data systems, relational databases, integrations, and operational technology platforms. This position is the primary technical owner of CCCSE’s Python/Django application platform, which is under active development as part of a broader modernization effort, and leads the connected applications, databases, survey-technology, and data-exchange environments., * Application Development and Ownership: Design, develop, maintain, test, document, and deploy secure Python/Django applications, APIs, and integrations that support CCCSE operations and institution-facing services. Responsibilities include front-end development, databases, authentication, authorization, and institution-level data-access controls.

• Technical portfolio leadership: Provide technical leadership across CCCSE’s applications, databases, survey platforms, integrations, and operational technology. Lead application-level data exchanges and resolve complex application, database, authentication, access-control, and integration issues. Coordinate with staff responsible for AWS and University infrastructure rather than directly administering those platforms.
• Modernization and continuity: Improve connections among applications, databases, and workflows to reduce manual work, strengthen data consistency, and improve maintainability. Recommend modernization and migration priorities and implement routine improvements.
• Requirements and solution delivery: Work with CCCSE staff to analyze processes, gather requirements, and deliver usable solutions supporting survey administration, participant and institution management, events, analytics, and other internal operations.
• Supervision and documentation: Supervise and mentor a junior IT staff member; review technical work; establish development and testing standards; and maintain documentation that reduces dependence on individual employees, consultants, and vendors., The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length., Employees may be required to report violations of law under Title IX and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act). If this position is identified a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified and provided resources for reporting. Responsible employees under Title IX are defined and outlined in HOP-3031.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, software engineering, or a related field, plus at least five years of progressively responsible professional software-development experience.
• Demonstrated professional expertise developing, maintaining, testing, troubleshooting, and supporting production Python and Django applications, including secure, database-driven web applications and modern front-end technologies.
• Experience designing, querying, and optimizing applications that use Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, or other relational database platforms.
• Experience integrating systems through APIs, scheduled processes, authentication and role-based access controls, imports and exports, file exchanges, webhooks, or similar methods.
• Experience integrating web applications with analytics, reporting, business-intelligence, or embedded-dashboard platforms, including secure user access and troubleshooting.
• Experience using Git, code review, automated testing, and production release practices, including coordination with infrastructure or cloud administrators.
• Experience assuming ownership of inherited applications, data environments, or integrations; planning their maintenance, modernization, replacement, or integration; and providing sustained technical direction and mentoring.

Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate., * Experience integrating applications with Qualtrics through its APIs and with relational databases such as Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, or comparable platforms.

• Experience working with vendors or managed-service providers, including technical escalation, acceptance review, knowledge transfer, and coordination.
• Experience modernizing or integrating applications within a mixed technology environment.
• Experience maintaining architecture, interface, deployment, and operational documentation; applying web-accessibility standards; and using application monitoring and structured logging., A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position., * E-Verify Poster (English and Spanish) [PDF]
• Right to Work Poster (English) [PDF]
• Right to Work Poster (Spanish) [PDF]

• Typical office environment, use of manual dexterity, repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation, pushing, pulling and moving up to 50 pounds
• This position is not eligible for employer-sponsored work authorization. Applicants requiring current or future visa sponsorship are not eligible for employment in this position.

Work Shift

• Occasional schedule flexibility may be needed to support production releases, time-sensitive survey operations, or critical system issues.

The Clery Act requires all prospective employees be notified of the availability of the Annual Security and Fire Safety report. You may access the most recent report here or obtain a copy at University Compliance Services, 1616 Guadalupe Street, UTA 2.206, Austin, Texas 78701.