Programmer Analyst

Staff - Non Union

Job Category

M&P - AAPS

Job Profile

AAPS Salaried - Information Systems and Technology Level D

Job Title

Programmer Analyst

Department

OCIO Automation Solution Delivery

Compensation Range

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Posting End Date

December 4 2025

Note : Applications will be accepted until 11 : 59 PM on the Posting End Date.

Job End Date

Ongoing

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Job Summary

The Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) Program Delivery group is seeking a Programmer Analyst with expertise in Appian to join our team.

The Programmer Analyst designs computer application solutions for existing complex or campus wide computer systems. The incumbent will work collaboratively with the Senior Programmer Analysts.

The incumbent plays an important role in all aspects of the planning implementation and operation of an enterprise-scale business process management solution for the University of British Columbia that transforms the processes and systems by which business processes are managed and how the data is exchanged between major and minor systems at the university.

Working closely with analysts technical leads managers and developers from IRP Student and UBC IT from the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) program and sustainment teams and from the broader IT community the incumbent working in concert with the Senior Programmer Analysts will develop technical solutions including aspects of the complete development stack including front end development database APIs as necessary to satisfy the ongoing solution needs of the University and of the Universitys major ERP programs.

This is a hands-on delivery role within a multi-disciplinary technical and business team.

Organizational Status

The Programmer Analyst works within the sustainment team that consists of Analysts developers functional experts and other project specialists and reports directly to the BPM Manager.

Work Performed

Specific Duties :

• Work with team leads to create software solutions
• Manage software development process from conception to deployment
• Oversee analysis writing building and deployment of software
• Build automated testing and provide feedback to management during the development process
• Troubleshoot and triage post production issues found in code.
• Modify and test changes to previously developed programs
• Develop visually appealing solutions including architecture designer mock-ups and wireframes into front-end code
• Develop functional databases applications and servers to support solutions on the back end
• Develop and design RESTful services and APIs
• Stay abreast of developments in web applications 4GL BPME rule engines and programming languages
• Stay current and provide insight on cutting edge software approaches architectures and vendors
• Write technical documentation
• Ensure that non-functional requirements such as security performance maintainability scalability usability and reliability are being considered when developing solutions.
• Keep job knowledge up-to-date by studying new development tools programming techniques and computing equipment; highlight educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal and professional networks; participating in professional organizations.

Core Duties :

Consequence of Error / Judgement

Supervision Received

The Developer II works under the general direction of the Associate Director IRP Student Technical Lead but will report to a Technical Project Manager within the SDC.

Supervision Given

May provide guidance coaching and technical leadership to and provide feedback on performance of less experienced Programmer Analysts.

In a project leader role the Developer II may direct and supervises work of other Programmer Analysts Business Analysts QAs users and other staff assigned to projects.

May provide input / recommendations into the hiring and evaluation of staff.

Minimum Qualifications

Undergraduate degree in a relevant -depth knowledge of applications and the business requirements supporting them. Minimum of five years of related experience or the equivalent combination of education and experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Top Skills

Core Competencies

Collaboration - Consistently fosters collaboration and respect among team members by addressing elements of the group process that impedes or could impede the group from reaching its goal. Engages the right people within and beyond organizational boundaries by matching individual capabilities and skills to the teams goals. Works with a wide range of teams and readily shares lessons learned and credit for team accomplishments.

Communication for Results - Converses with writes reports for and creates / delivers presentations to all levels of colleagues and peer groups in ways that support problem solving and planning. Seeks a consensus with business partners. Debates opinions tests understanding and clarifies judgments. Brings conflict into the open empathetically. Explains the context of multiple interrelated situations asks searching probing questions and solicits expert advice prior to taking action and making recommendations.

Problem Solving - Diagnoses problems using formal problem-solving tools and techniques from multiple angles and probes underlying issues to generate multiple potential solutions. Proactively anticipates and prevents problems. Devises facilitates buy-in makes recommendations and guides implementation of corrective and / or preventive actions for complex issues that cross organizational boundaries and are unclear in nature. Identifies potential consequences and risk levels. Seeks support and buy-in for problem definition methods of resolution and accountability.

Role Based Competencies

Accountability - Sets enhanced objectives for self and others. Monitors performance trends and identifies opportunities to improve standards. Provides regular feedback and suggests alternative approaches necessary to ensure that organizational objectives and superior standards are achieved. Delegates responsibility and reallocates resources as needed to ensure that priorities are met for initiatives within area of responsibility.

Required Experience :

IC

Key Skills

Mainframe Development,Cobol,SQL,.NET,ASP.NET,Microsoft SQL Server,ssrs,C#,Visual Studio,Visual Basic,Db2,Oracle

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1