Senior Engineer Application Systems & Integration

St. Catherine University - Saint Paul, MN

Full-time - Senior

Saint Paul, MN

Educational Services

About the position

The Senior Engineer Application Systems & Integration at St. Catherine University is a senior-level administrative engineer/programmer analyst role focused on supporting mission-critical applications within the institution. This position involves leading project management efforts for software upgrades and new product implementations, designing and developing interfaces between the ERP system and third-party applications, and maintaining administrative databases. The role also includes providing ongoing user support and training for less experienced staff, ensuring effective integration and configuration of systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for the installation, configuration, and implementation of new software and upgrades to existing application software modules used by assigned departments.
• Maintain and enhance existing applications as requested, developing and implementing program code based on design and specifications using accepted standards.
• Design new applications based on provided functional requirements documents.
• Analyze, define, and document technical requirements for workflow, logical processes, and interfaces with other systems.
• Understand and provide ongoing support for Banner ERP systems, particularly the Finance, Advancement, HR, and Student modules.
• Promote the concept of a 'key user' program and provide appropriate training and ongoing consulting assistance.
• Complete maintenance functions assigned such as installation of ERP system and other software patches/updates, user account cleanup, file system cleanup, database maintenance procedures, etc.
• Write programs, data extraction scripts, and report generation requests using appropriate programming and report generation tools.
• Interact with business users across various functional areas to gather and interpret requirements, ensuring that information products satisfy business needs.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree plus a minimum of five years of experience with at least two years at the senior programmer/analyst level or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Experience analyzing the most complex user problems and recommending both short and long-term solutions.
• Experience utilizing database development, maintenance, and report generation tools (SQL, PL/SQL, Oracle), programming experience (Java, Javascript, WebServices, etc.), and capability and willingness to learn additional tools are required.
• Experience installing and maintaining ERP application software for colleges is highly desirable.
• Programming experience in a Web environment (HTML, CSS, etc.) is desirable.
• Ability to provide work direction and coordinate implementation projects.
• Strong communication and organizational skills, with a proven ability to work successfully with end-user teams and be self-directed.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in a Higher Education environment.
• Experience with Ellucian Banner is a plus.

Benefits

• Equal Opportunity Employer
• Drug Free Workplace
• Tobacco Free Workplace