Developer II
The Pathology Department is seeking a Developer II who will participate in the creation, implementation, maintenance, performance, production support and documentation of various departmental and enterprise-wide application systems. This includes but is not limited to the installation, modification, and testing of new and/or upgraded applications (packages or homegrown), operating systems, file structures, hardware, communication devices, and productivity tools. Applies analysis techniques and procedures to gather and then translate business requirements into functional/technical specifications and designs. Using functional specifications and designs, produces all or part of the deliverables. Maintains databases and application system code.
Job Scope/Complexity
Typically understands project life cycle and has responsibility for sections of life cycle. Under guidance, responsible for full life cycle of small and/or parts of a large project. Once priorities are set, perform tasks independently with regular process updates. Examples can easily be found in existing code, methods or online. Typically, concepts used are simple and standard.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities
- The responsibilities listed below are typical examples of the work performed by this position. Not all duties assigned to this position are included, nor is it expected that everyone in this position will be assigned every job responsibility.
- Under guidance define business/clinical/education problems by meeting with clients to observe and understand current processes and the issues related to those processes. Provide written documentation of findings to share with the client and other IT colleagues.
- Gather system requirements by meeting with clients and researching existing technology to understand the business requirements for new applications.
- Develop detailed tasks by analyzing project scope and milestones for projects to ensure product is delivered quickly according to software lifecycle standards.
- Write functional/technical specifications by taking the provided system requirements, putting them into functional and technical descriptions for use by programmers and business analysts to develop technical solutions.
- Develop/change data input, files/database structures, data transformation, algorithms, and data output by using appropriate computer language/tools to provide technical solution for application development tasks. (Verify if this statement means programming)
- Document code and associated processes by adhering to development methodologies, adding code comments and appropriate documentation to various knowledge-based system (s) to simplify code maintenance and to improve the support.
- Create and document test scenarios using the appropriate testing tools to validate and verify application functionality.
- Test all changes by using the appropriate test scenarios to ensure all delivered solutions work as expected and errors are handled in a meaningful way.
- Author and maintain documentation by writing audience-appropriate materials to serve as technical and/or end-user references.
- Implement changes by adhering to the change management policies and procedures for any given project to communicate to all parties the nature, significance, and risk factors of the solution.
- Monitor changes and resolve problems by responding to problems as they occur, by reviewing all processing and output of the newly implemented solution, and by proactively ensuring the solution works successfully to satisfy the customer requirements and to provide a smooth transition to the new solution.
- Provide support by triaging and resolving issues to ensure prompt, effective service.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree.
- One year of related work experience with computer systems and applications.
- Additional experience may be substituted for education and additional education may substitute for experience, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge in the assigned application as well as the platform on which it runs.
Classified Title: Developer II
Role/Level/Range: ATP/03/PC
Starting Salary Range: $53,800 - $94,400 HRLY ($64,000 targeted; Commensurate w/exp.)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5:00pm
FLSA Status: Exempt
Location: Hybrid/School of Medicine Campus
Department name: SOM Pat Molecular Diagnostics Lab
Personnel area: School of Medicine