Description

Description

Salary is competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience, while also considering internal equity.

SIU Carbondale's Office of Information Technology is growing its capabilities! We support the business needs of Higher Education at SIU, our President's Office, and our Foundation and Alumni Association offices, as well as our other system campuses at Springfield (SIU School of Medicine) and Edwardsville. To achieve this, we manage a variety of legacy and contemporary tools and services and are committed to upgrading our delivery of services through continuous improvement.
The Application Developer III plays a critical role in designing, building, and maintaining university business solutions that power administrative and academic operations. This position spans full lifecycle application development—from custom ERP programming (Python, SQL, PL/SQL) to low-code solutions using Microsoft Power Platform and SharePoint. The developer partners closely with business stakeholders to analyze needs, translate requirements into technical designs, and deliver secure, integrated, and efficient applications. Responsibilities include system maintenance, software integration, documentation, training, and end-user support, ensuring that SIU's technology ecosystem remains reliable, scalable, and aligned with institutional goals.
Carbondale is nestled in the southernmost region of Illinois, just outside the Shawnee National Forest. Southern Illinois University, the largest employer in the area, is the flagship of the public SIU System and a Carnegie high research activity (R1) institution. SIU consistently ranks highly in U.S. News & World Report and is recognized for excellence in programs such as journalism, debate, physical rehabilitation, automotive and aeronautical technologies, zoology, agriculture, and criminology. Our online MBA program has been #1 in Illinois for the past three years. SIU offers over 200 academic degree programs across all levels, including professional programs in architecture, business, law, and medicine. We are also proud to be ranked as a Green College and have been named a Tree Campus USA by the Arbor Day Foundation since 2015. Learn more about SIU at https://news.siu.edu/points-of-pride/ or visit http://www.siu.edu/.

Examples of Duties

The Application Developer builds and maintains university business solutions using both modern ERP programming languages and the Microsoft Power Platform.

Full Lifecycle Application Development:
• New Development & Enhancement: Designs, develops, configures, and deploys new technical solutions to address specific university needs. This work spans the full spectrum of development, from writing custom code for ERP systems (e.g., Python, SQL, PL/SQL) to building business applications and automations on low-code platforms (e.g., Microsoft Power Apps, SharePoint).
• System Maintenance & Administration: Maintains and enhances the full portfolio of university applications. This work ranges from debugging and optimizing custom-coded ERP software to troubleshooting low-code Power Platform solutions and administering related SharePoint Online sites and permissions.
• Software Integration: Develops, configures, and tests new or third-party software releases, custom connectors, and APIs to ensure seamless integration and data integrity between systems.

Business Analysis & Stakeholder Partnership:
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Partners with university business offices and IT teams to identify and analyze administrative pain points and opportunities for improvement.
• Requirements Analysis: Translates complex business challenges into clear, actionable functional requirements and technical solution designs.
• Project Estimation: Develops and communicates realistic estimates for project scope, effort, and timelines to support effective planning and resource allocation.

Documentation, Training, & Support:
• Documentation: Authors and maintains clear, comprehensive technical documentation for all developed applications, workflows, and integrations.
• Training: Develops and delivers training materials to university staff to promote the effective use of new technical solutions.
• Support: Provides timely technical and production support to end-users, troubleshooting and resolving complex application issues to ensure business continuity.

Core Professional Competencies: Applies excellent communication skills and proficiency with office productivity tools to support daily operations and team collaboration.

Other Duties: Performs other duties as assigned to support the team and organizational goals.

Qualifications

1. High school diploma or equivalent.
2. Any one or any combination totaling two (2) years (24 months) from the following categories:
A. College course work which includes Information Systems Technologies (IST), Information Technology (IT), Computer Science (CS), Programming, IT Management, or business-related discipline, including coursework in application development, programming, or database technologies, as measured by the following conversion table or its proportional equivalent:

• 30 semester hours equals one (1) year (12 months)
• Associate's Degree (60 semester hours) equals eighteen months (18 months)
• 90 semester hours equals two (2) years (24 months)
• Bachelor's Degree (120 semester hours) equals three (3) years (36 months)

B. Work experience in application development.
3. Must possess two (2) year's experience in one or more of the following areas, which may be concurrent with qualifications above:

• Database Development: Experience with relational databases such as Oracle (SQL, PL/SQL) or Microsoft SQL Server.
• Application Development: Experience with one or more modern application development languages and frameworks such as Python, PHP, Java, or Oracle APEX.
• Microsoft Power Platform: Experience designing, developing, and deploying business applications using Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power BI.
• SharePoint Online: Experience managing and maintaining SharePoint Online sites, lists, permissions, and structures.

4. Based on position requirements, additional education, training, and/or work experience in the area of specialization inherent to the position may be required.

Supplemental Information

Illinois Residency Requirement: Pursuant to the State Universities Civil Service System, out-of-state candidates must establish Illinois residency within 180 calendar days of the start date for this position.

Tips for Completing a Civil Service Application:
1. To be eligible for the role, ensure that your application includes a complete and detailed employment history that highlights your relevant full-time and part-time work experience, including start and end dates of employment.
2. Relevant part-time work experience will count towards the qualifications for this position and will be converted to full-time equivalence to calculate the total length of experience.
3. Upload all official transcripts to meet the educational requirements. If the job description specifies a minimum number of college hours, transcripts are mandatory for the successful processing of your application.
4. Veterans who qualify for preference must provide proof of eligibility within ten (10) working days of submitting an application, unless the same proof has already been submitted in a previous application. The required proof of eligibility includes, at a minimum, a copy of the veteran's DD214/DD215 form (Department of Defense), NGB22 form (National Guard), or Discharge Orders or DD256 Discharge Certificate (Reserves).
5. After the position has closed, your application and supporting materials will be reviewed to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications, including any specialty factors associated with this position. Those who qualify will move forward for Civil Service Examination/Testing.
6. Please monitor your e-mail for further information regarding your application. Emails will be generated from info@schooljobs.com.
7. For more information on Civil Service classifications, please visit the SUCSS web site at sucss.illinois.gov

About Civil Service Examination/Testing: The Civil Service examination for this classification is based on your application materials and responses to the supplemental questions. No participation other than submission of application materials is required from applicants that qualify to take the exam. If you meet the minimum required qualifications for this position, your application will move forward for examination/testing in which you will receive a score calculated based on your education and experience, and your name will be placed on the active employment register by exam score. This score will be emailed to the email address noted on your application. After the application deadline, the names within the top three scores will be referred to the department for interview.

This position is not eligible for employer-sponsored work authorization. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future university sponsorship to be considered for this role. For more information visit https://policies.siu.edu/policies/employment-non-us-citizens.php

Benefits

University employees may be eligible for a variety of State of Illinois benefits. These benefits are administered through the Illinois Department of Central Management Service (CMS). These benefits include: Health Insurance plans (HMOs, OAPs, QCHP and CDHP), Dental Insurance, Vision Plan, Life Insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D), Supplemental Long Term Disability (LTD), Flex Spending Accounts, MCAP and DCAP, and 457(b) Deferred Compensation Plan.

Eligible employees are required to participate in the State Universities Retirement System (SURS). SURS is the retirement administrator for employees in public higher education in the State of Illinois.

Other benefits available to eligible employees include: Generous paid time-off, 403(b) Supplemental Retirement Plans, and Employee Assistance Program.
SIUC also provides extensive tuition benefits for its employees and their families such as: tuition waiver/application fee waiver for the employee and their dependents , a Legacy tuition rate for children of SIU Alumni , and Civil Service Employee Counsel (CSEC) Education Assistance Program (EAP) .

For more information please visit: https://hr.siu.edu/benefits/