Developer II

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:

• Works directly with business partners to develop the technical design of custom applications.
• Defines best practices for application coding and design.
• Works closely with business groups and development team to ensure that technical design and applications satisfy business needs.
• Establishes product roadmaps and schedules with input from business groups and the development team.
• Supports the definition, implementation of architectures, tools and processes to facilitate solution development.
• 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:

• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics (on-premises and online)
• Excellent problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Familiarity with project management techniques including planning, organizing, and time management.
• Highly self-motivated and directed with a keen attention to detail and willingness to learn and be a team player.
• Elevated technical knowledge of current software protocols, business platforms, middleware, internet standards, and database software.
• Demonstrated ability to use and understand: Microsoft development stack, Internet Information Server, Component Services, SQL Server. Knowledge of all basic Object-Oriented Concepts.
• Experience with scripting. SQL experience and basic understanding of relational databases. Understanding of TCP/IP networking.
• Familiarity with project management techniques including planning, organizing, and time management.
• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline (computer science, information technology, etc.) from a regionally accredited institution.
• Minimum of 8 years' experience in software design and implementation; experience leading large projects, mentoring staff and creating problem-solving strategies.
• Minimum of 5 years' experience with Microsoft Dynamics (preferably CRM / CE / Sales)
• Strong understanding of web servers, load-balancing, redundancy and 3-tier architecture; system development lifecycle processes; object-oriented development and principles.
• An equivalent combination of directly related work experience and education may be substituted upon supervisor's approval.
• Must pass background investigation.

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