Senior Developer at Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)

Harvard University Information Technology (HUIT) is a community of Information Technology professionals committed to delivering service and technological solutions in support of teaching, learning, research and administration. Our mission is to make it easier for faculty, students, and staff to teach, research, learn, and work through the effective use of information technology. We are recruiting an IT workforce that has both breadth in their ability to collaborate and innovate across disciplines – and depth in specific areas of expertise. HUIT offers opportunities for IT professionals to learn and work in a unique technology landscape and service-focused environment. If you are a technically proficient, nimble, user-focused and accountable IT professional who also connects with the importance of collaborating well in a team environment we are looking for you!This is a fully benefited, full-time Harvard University position that has been funded until June 30, 2021. There is the possibility of renewal, contingent on funding, university priorities and satisfactory job performance.Special Note: We will be hiring two (2) Senior Developers. The Identity and Access Management Group (IAM) of Harvard University Information Technology (HUIT) is seeking a Senior Developer to be a member of the IAM Product Management Team to support the software development and delivery of identity and access management services. This is a unique opportunity to directly influence the design, development and deployment of emerging IAM technologies that will be consumed by schools and departments throughout Harvard University.Typical Core Duties

• Participate fully in software development life cycle


• Research, design, and implement technical solutions to deliver business requirements


• Identify opportunities to improve and simplify applications portfolio and implement related enhancements


• Contribute to creation and maturing of software development best practices and new technologies


• Draw on relationship and technical skills to act as technical liaison to internal and external clients and to mentor junior staff

 

• Abide by and follow the Harvard University IT technical standards, policies and Code of Conduct

Basic Qualifications

• Minimum of five years' post-secondary education and/or relevant work experience

Additional Qualifications

The following skills are strongly preferred

• Strong knowledge of OOP and Core Java


• Experience with working on spring framework components like: Spring Boot, Spring Core, Spring MVC, JPA, Hibernate, WebServices (REST) and unit testing frameworks like Junit and Mockito


• Strong knowledge of UI technologies and experience in working with Angular, Thymeleaf, JSP, HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, jQuery, TypeScript and JavaScript


• Experience with software design patterns like creational, structural, behavioral patterns


• Experience in DevOps process and tools like Jenkins, build tools like Maven/Gradle and versioning system like Git/Github/Bitbucket etc.


• Ability to write SQL with complex joins on RDBMS, understanding of database functions and procedures

Additional Skills

• Experience in using authentication protocols like SAML2, OIDC/OAuth2, CAS etc.


• Conceptual knowledge of Identity and Access Management (IAM) domain and the software components and technologies used in IAM


• Experience in developing and deploying applications to cloud platforms like AWS


• Ability to quickly learn and deliver on analogous technologies not previously worked on and ability to communicate clearly across teams in the project

Certificates and Licenses

• Completion of Harvard IT Academy specified foundational courses (or external equivalent) preferred

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