Job Description

Description
Salary is competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience, while also considering internal equity.

SIU Carbondale’s Office of Information Technology is growing its capabilities! We support the business needs of Higher Education at SIU, our President’s Office, and our Foundation and Alumni Association offices, as well as our other system campuses at Springfield (SIU School of Medicine) and Edwardsville. To achieve this, we manage a variety of legacy and contemporary tools and services and are committed to upgrading our delivery of services through continuous improvement.
The Analyst II will play a key role in supporting SIU’s Student Information System (SIS) by researching and resolving issues reported by campus administrative offices, collaborating with development teams and software support to meet business objectives. This position is responsible for performing unit and regression testing on new and existing applications, providing training and documentation during implementations, and working closely with project coordinators, IT, and business offices to design efficient technological solutions. The Analyst II ensures consistent practices to maintain system integrity and supports other duties as assigned, contributing to the reliability and effectiveness of SIS in meeting university needs.
Carbondale is nestled in the southernmost region of Illinois, just outside the Shawnee National Forest. Southern Illinois University, the largest employer in the area, is the flagship of the public SIU System and a Carnegie high research activity (R1) institution. SIU consistently ranks highly in U.S. News & World Report and is recognized for excellence in programs such as journalism, debate, physical rehabilitation, automotive and aeronautical technologies, zoology, agriculture, and criminology. Our online MBA program has been #1 in Illinois for the past three years. SIU offers over 200 academic degree programs across all levels, including professional programs in architecture, business, law, and medicine. We are also proud to be ranked as a Green College and have been named a Tree Campus USA by the Arbor Day Foundation since 2015. Learn more about SIU at https://news.siu.edu/points-of-pride/ or visit http://www.siu.edu/.

Examples of Duties
This person will be required to perform the following duties and responsibilities:
a. (30%) Researches problems reported by the campus administrative offices and identify
solutions. Works closely with the development team and software support as required to meet
the business objectives;
b. (25%) Performs unit and/or regression testing of new and/or existing applications and
solutions;
c. (25%) Provides training and documentation to business offices during implementation of
new applications and/or solutions;
d. (10%) Collaborates with Project Coordinators, Information Technology, and business
offices to design technological solutions that efficiently and effectively support the
University’s business objectives;
e. (5%) Ensures that consistent practices are followed to maintain the integrity of the system;
f. (5%) Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications
High school diploma or equivalent.
Any one or any combination totaling two (2) years (24 months) from the following categories:
College course work which includes Information Systems Technologies (IST), Information Technology (IT), Computer Science (CS), Programming, IT Management, or business-related discipline, including coursework in application development, programming, or database technologies, as measured by the following conversion table or its proportional equivalent:
30 semester hours equals one (1) year (12 months)
Associate's Degree (60 semester hours) equals eighteen months (18 months)
90 semester hours equals two (2) years (24 months)
Bachelor's Degree (120 semester hours) equals three (3) years (36 months)
Work experience in application development, application support, or business analysis.
This experience can be concurrent with the qualifications listed above and concurrent with one another.
Must possess 6 months or more of experience in SQL (Oracle, Microsoft, Sybase, and/or MySQL).
Must possess knowledge of SQL Database Administration, application development, or ERP configuration (Banner, EBS, Colleague, PeopleSoft, SAP, Workday, Jenzabar, etc).