Jr. Developer

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Phoenix, AZ
3-5 Years Experience
Edtech
The Role
Assist in developing and customizing .Net applications, design efficient and reliable code, ensure application performance and quality, work with third-party vendors, and maintain programming documentation. Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field required. Must have strong troubleshooting skills and the ability to learn new technologies.
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Come Grow with Us

Grand Canyon Education (GCE) is a rapidly growing educational service company that has long been an industry leader in providing educational, operational and technological support services to the post-secondary education sector. Formerly part of Grand Canyon University (GCU), GCE still works closely with GCU to benefit thousands of students, families and the local inner-city community. We put people first, drive innovation, and do good in the community that we live and work in.

What you will do:

  • Assist in development and customization of .Net Applications which may involve SharePoint solutions: Web Part Development, Business Intelligence solutions, PerformancePint, SQL Server Reporting Services, Event Receivers, Microsoft CRM, Workflow, InfoPath Forms services, SharePoint Designer,

  • Metadata and Content Type Configuration, user interface development.

  •  Design, build and maintain efficient, resuable and reliable code for assigned projects.

  • Ensure the best possible performance, quality and responsiveness of applications

  • Installation and configuration of assigned application environments

  • Ability to work with third party vendors/applications, and other industry tools as needed.

  • Able to interface and effectively integrate Microsoft Office product suite.

  • Confer with users and team members to develop, understand and update requirements for configuration and development of software.

  • Write and maintain programming documentation on subjects including code, API functionality, and software issue creation/resolution.

  • Maintain confidentiality with regard to information being processed, stored or accessed.

  • Maintain, support and troubleshoot Web applications hosted on a software as a service platform.

  • Identify opportunities for application scalability, sustainability & improvement

  • Evaluate customer or internally drive functionality change requests for technical feasibility and level of effort

  • Prepare database schema for review and deployment

  • Execute programming updates for application updates or enhancements per project.

  • Conduct application software testing, prototype review, and quality assurance for stage and production release and post release monitoring and follow up.

What you will have:

  • Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline (computer science, information technology, etc.) from a regionally accredited institution.

  • Ability to troubleshoot and investigate problems, bugs in application and maintain focus until resolved; understand when to escalate and seek help in ensuring application is sound and robust.

  • Ability to withstand sustained periods of concentrated focus on developing code

  • Ability to work as part of a team and actively contribute to success of entire team

  • Strong desire to learn new technologies; be adaptive to new tools

  • Basic technical knowledge of current software protocols, business platforms, middleware, internet standards, and database software.

  • Demonstrated ability to use and understand:

    • Internet Information Server, Component Services and Index Server, SQL Server (stored procedures constraints and triggers)

    • Visual Studio.NET using C#, ASP.NET, ADO.NET

    • Active Server Pages (Classic ASP) using VBScript and ActiveX Data Objects, Visual Studio 6.0, XML, HTML, JavaScript, DHTML, ODBC and Microsoft Office

  • Knowledge of all basic Object Oriented Concept and programming

  • Experience with scripting (Python, Perl, or Bash)

  • SQL experience and basic understanding of relational databases

  • Understanding of TCP/IP networking

  • Experience with version control software

  • Experience with multiple architectures, particularly PowerPC or ARM, Linux

Why work at GCE:

  • Exceptional workplace benefits include medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, flexible spending accounts, a 401K savings plan

  • Generous time off plan and 11 paid holidays

  • Paid time off to volunteer in the community or at GCU sponsored events

  • We also offer full-time employees, their spouses and dependent children an Education Tuition Discount Program

Top Skills

C#
The Company
HQ: Phoenix, AZ
1,584 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1983

What We Do

Grand Canyon Education (GCE) is an educational service company that provides an array of support services in the post-secondary education sector. Formerly part of Grand Canyon University (GCU), GCE still supports and works closely with GCU. GCE designs and develops educational programs for GCU and other traditional campus institutions, as well as online partner institutions at the undergraduate, graduate and doctoral levels.

At Grand Canyon Education, we value our employees and support a unique and diverse workplace culture designed to help you thrive. We offer a wide variety of career opportunities across various departments. For job opportunities, please visit https://jobs.gce.com/



In addition Grand Canyon Education has been recognized as one of America’s Most Trusted Companies 2022 by Newsweek and Statista. We have also been identified as a leader in remote work as we have been named to FlexJobs' 9th annual list of the Top 100 Companies to Watch for Remote Jobs! Finally, we have been praised for our commitment to cultivating an engaging and attractive workplace by Top Workplaces USA.

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