[Remote] DATABASE PROGRAMMER ANALYST - REMOTE
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The University of Missouri-Columbia is seeking a Database Programmer Analyst to support student administration offices across the University of Missouri System. The role focuses on troubleshooting, analyzing, developing, maintaining, and upgrading software applications, including PeopleSoft Campus Solutions and other student administration systems, while supporting requirements analysis, Oracle SQL data analysis, enhancements, reports, interfaces, data conversions, testing, and user training.
Responsibilities
- Troubleshooting, analyzing, and developing software application solutions to support student administration business operation needs
- Maintaining and upgrading software delivered by vendors during their release cycle
- Addressing service requests submitted by the four campus functional user groups
- Requirements analysis
- Data analysis using Oracle SQL
- Design activities for enhancements, reports, interfaces and data conversions
- Prepare technical specifications for modifications to software applications
- Independently analyze complex problems
- Identify critical elements and alternatives for successful and improved efficiencies of business operation procedures
- Learn, understand and/or develop processes in conjunction with customer needs
- Design, code, and implement appropriate solutions
- Coordinate end user testing
- Conducting end user training may be required
Skills
- Working knowledge of or proven capability to quickly learn programming languages, data analysis using SQL, operating systems, a text editor, report generators, remote processing and virtual systems to be utilized/supported
- Knowledge of data modeling concepts; design techniques; data integrity; database definitions; testing and debugging programs, reports, and processes; and applying security concepts while designing and maintaining software applications
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to establish and maintain collaborative working relationships with cross-departmental teams
- Time management and organizational skills
- Ability to work under pressure; meet inflexible deadlines; deal with difficult individuals while maintaining composure
- Evening, weekend and call-in work may be required to meet deadlines and correct system failures
- Two years programming experience, knowledge and experience using Oracle SQL, experience supporting PeopleSoft Campus Solutions. Residence within the state of Missouri is preferred
Benefits
- This is a remote position with some in-person aspects at times, based on the needs of the customers within our support structure.
- Medical, dental and vision plans
- Retirement
- Paid time off
- Short- and long-term disability
- Paid parental leave
- Paid caregiver leave
- Educational fee discounts for all four UM System campuses
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