Suffolk County Community College is an open admissions institution committed to serving a diverse student population in a variety of degree and career programs. It is the largest community college in the State University of New York (SUNY) system, enrolling more than 21,000 students at its three campuses in Selden, Brentwood, and Riverhead, as well as a Culinary Arts and Hospitality Center in Riverhead.

SUNY Suffolk is searching for a  full-time, 12-month, Professional Assistant position in the Office of Information Technology Services located on the Ammerman Campus in Selden.   Suffolk County Community College is an open admissions institution committed to serving a diverse student population in a variety of degree and career programs.

This position will report to the College Assistant Director of Enterprise Applications and will primarily support the analysis, development, integration, ongoing maintenance and operation of the college’s Administrative Information Systems comprised of database management systems; Ellucian’s Banner ERP; Slate CRM and numerous other custom applications and ancillary systems. This position is required to work with a team of professionals to support solutions on both on-premises and hosted environments.

The Professional Assistant is expected to be knowledgeable and proficient in the development of data structures and application solutions based upon detailed specifications and must possess an understanding of relational database systems. This position is responsible for conducting systems research and analysis, developing, testing and assisting in the implementation of application solutions in a heterogeneous environment. The ideal candidate will demonstrate the ability to prioritize their workload with minimum supervision, have experience with object-oriented programming languages & demonstrate working knowledge of systems analysis and design methods.

Job Responsibilities:

• Develop, test and implement solutions based upon specifications to support the College’s student, employee, faculty and financial information systems.
• Support transactional systems and data integrity through the development and documentation of database structures, procedures, scripts, reports and processes.

• Stay current with technology related to the position and research new opportunities as they relate to the College technology landscape.
• Work with other team members to support programming standards and best practices as they relate to existing and emerging systems and technologies.

• Work with College resources, SUNY cohorts and third-party providers to provide IT solutions.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships through communication and interaction with College departments, groups and personnel for whom tasks and assignments are assigned.
• Provide periodic status to college administration and other stakeholders with regard to assigned projects, tasks and other designated responsibilities.

Minimum Qualifications:

Required:

• An Associate’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• One year of technical work experience supporting an organizational Information Technology service, including components of system design; development; testing; implementation; end-user support; analysis; research and resolution. 

Preferred:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Working knowledge of remote API services and/or SQL.
• Working knowledge with transforming data to and from file formats such as CSV, XML/XSLT, JSON.
• Experience in source control tools such as Git or Maven.
• Experience with an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems.
• Experience with CRM systems.
• Experience with data warehousing concepts and applications.
• Experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript.
• Proficiency in Microsoft SharePoint.

About Suffolk County Community College

Suffolk County Community College is the largest community college in the State University of New York (SUNY) system and primarily serves an audience of more than 1.5 million residents of Suffolk County. The region benefits from an exceptionally high quality of life, with access to world-class arts, sports, New York City, and the natural resources of Long Island.

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