Job Details

The Department of International Health, at the Johns-Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is seeking a Developer ll.

The Developer II participates 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.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

Analysis & Requirements Gathering

• 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.

Design & Development

• 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.

Testing & Documentation

• 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.

Implementation & Maintenance

• 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.
• Other duties as assigned.

In addition to the duties described above

• Training: Train various team members including field supervisors and data-collectors. This includes preparation and refinement of training materials.
• Capacity Building: Provide technical oversight and direction for programming in partner organizations. Technical sustainability is a high priority for long-term projects.
• Innovation: Provide novel solutions to improve data systems, data quality and timeliness. Work with the team and other staff and partners to identify new approaches for collecting data and monitoring implementation. This includes evaluating and testing candidate applications and systems.
• Technical: Fluency in relational database architecture and full-stack development.
• Travel: Position requires international travel (10-20% time) to research sites in Africa and Asia.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree.
• One year of related experience with computer systems and applications.
• Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Preferred Qualifications

• Python programming frameworks [Django, DjangoORM, Django Ninja API, FastAPI ]

• SQL: PostGresQL, MySQL, MS SQL

• API development

• Front-end technologies, such as React, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS

• Cloud Integration - DigitalOcean, AWS, Azure

• Experience with offline data collection systems--Open Data Kit (ODK) or similar

• Experience working with data systems in low and middle-income countries

• Experience working with scientific research data

• Statistical programming experience, R, Stata, or other statistical software packages.

Technical Skills & Expected Skills Proficiency Level

• Agile Methodology Developing
• Code Review Developing
• Debugging Developing
• JIRA Developing
• Microservices Developing
• Model View Controller Developing
• Product Life Cycle Management Developing
• Restful API Developing
• Secure Coding Developing
• Software Design Patterns Developing
• Software Development Life Cycle Developing
• Unit Testing Developing

The core technical skills listed are most essential; additional technical skills may be required based on specific division or department needs.

Classified Title: Developer II
Role/Level/Range: ATP/03/PC
Starting Salary Range: $53,800 - $94,400 Annually (Commensurate w/exp.)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: Monday to Friday: 8:30am - 5:00pm
FLSA Status: Exempt
Location: Hybrid/School of Public Health
Department name: Institute for International Prgms IIP
Personnel area: School of Public Health