Software Engineer

Indiana University

$80K — $95K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, business systems, or related field required
  • 2 years of software development or related experience
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to manage time and set priorities effectively
  • Demonstrated commitment to high-quality work
  • Flexibility to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
  • Dependability and accuracy under pressure.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, test, and configure software systems
  • Troubleshoot and tune existing software for improved performance
  • Consult with stakeholders on software solutions and functionality
  • Develop test procedures and generate test data for program modules
  • Collaborate with technical teams to enhance software functionality and security
  • Document development processes and resolve issues
  • Contribute to project planning and feasibility studies.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
  • Generous contributions to health savings accounts
  • Flexible spending accounts for healthcare and dependent care
  • Group life insurance paid by Indiana University
  • Voluntary supplemental insurance options available
  • Generous retirement plan with contributions from IU
  • Tuition subsidy for employees and family members
  • Paid holidays plus a paid winter break
  • Generous paid time off plans and parental leave
  • Employee assistance program (EAP)
Full Job Description
GlobalNOC's Software and Systems engineering group provides a full suite of tools and services related to network measurement, monitoring, visualization, provisioning, and IT service management for some of the most advanced research and education networks in the world. Established in 1998, The GlobalNOC at Indiana University provides services to over 20 networks across the country that operate at local, metro, national, and international scale.

We are looking for motivated people to join our team and make a difference. Why work here?
  • Work in the always evolving and growing field of advanced high speed computer networking, frequently taking on new challenges and opportunities.
  • GlobalNOC is committed to a culture of positive work / life balance and progress over perfection. Work with a group of people passionate about their field, but who aren't defined solely by it.
  • Make a difference. Our teams collaboratively provide full stack design, development, and management of applications that directly support thousands of servers and network devices at the campus, regional, country, and world scale.
  • Bring your skills and learn new ones. With our full stack development there is always a place to jump in and learn something new. Whether it's new development of applications, automating changes on the network, building out visualizations to help end users understand their data, and countless other opportunities.
Job Summary
  • Provides experienced design, development, testing, and configuration of software systems and computer programs.
  • Performs experienced analysis, programming, troubleshooting, bug-fixing, and tuning of new and existing software.
  • Consults with stakeholders/clients to review existing software solutions; develops new functionality and/or writes new code as needed; advises clients on critical decisions regarding information technology to improve overall business process efficiency.
  • Determines program module test procedures, generates required test data, and executes testing procedures.
  • Collaborates with other technical staff and stakeholders/clients to ensure optimum functionality, performance, accessibility, scalability, and security of supported software.
  • Documents software development efforts (changes, new functionality, issue/problem resolution).
  • Provides documentation, information, and training through formal and informal communications to end users, departments, and internal staff.
  • Contributes to project planning, formulating objectives, estimating tasks; performs studies to include feasibility, conceptual design, cost/benefit analysis, development and implementation planning.
  • Ensures that all protocols used in the development and maintenance of software is up to date and compliant with university policies and standards; researches and stays up-to-date on new industry software development standards, emerging technology, UX/UI design/philosophy, and accessibility standards.
Qualifications

Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.

EDUCATION

Required
  • Bachelor's degree (preferably in computer science, business systems, or related field.)
WORK EXPERIENCE

Required
  • 2 years of software development or related experience.
SKILLS

Required
  • Proficient written and verbal communication skills.
  • Maintains a high degree of professionalism.
  • Demonstrates time management and priority setting skills.
  • Demonstrates a high commitment to quality.
  • Possesses flexibility to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment.
  • Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty.
  • Highly thorough and dependable.
  • Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure.
Preferred
  • Experience with programmatic use of LLMs, AI, and related systems. Integration of data sources into LLMs via MCP or similar protocols.
  • Familiarity with deploying and operating OpenStack, Ceph, or other private cloud infrastructure.
  • Experience with application containerization platforms such as docker and podman.
  • Experience with kubernetes application deployment methods such as helm or kustomize.
Working Conditions / Demands

This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and to operate a computer and other standard office productivity equipment. The position involves sedentary work as well as periods of time moving around an office environment and the campus. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.

Background Check: GlobalNOC's customers include Federal Government agencies. The successful candidate will be required to undergo a background investigation to establish their eligibility for a position of public trust, and to maintain that eligibility. More information can be found in the following documents: Background Investigation/Evaluation and Questionnaire for Public Trust Positions

Work Location

Indiana University's Global Network Operations Center maintains office space in both Indianapolis, Indiana and Bloomington, Indiana.

This position is eligible for remote work or to work a hybrid schedule (mix between remote and in-person work), subject to change in the future based on university policy and business needs.

Benefits Overview

For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:
  • Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
  • Health savings account with generous IU contributions
  • Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
  • Basic group life insurance paid by IU
  • Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, critical illness, and supplemental accidental death & dismemberment insurance
  • Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject to vesting
  • Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
  • Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IU courses
  • 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
  • Generous paid time off plans
  • Paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteer events
  • Employee assistance program (EAP)
Learn more about our benefits by reviewing the IU Benefit Programs Brochure .

Job Classification

Career Level: Career

FLSA: Exempt

Job Function: Information Technology

Job Family: Software/App Design, Dev & Eng

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Posting Disclaimer

This posting is scheduled to close at 11:59 pm EST on the advertised Close Date. This posting may be closed at any time at the discretion of the University, but will remain open for a minimum of 5 business days. To guarantee full consideration, please submit your application within 5 business days of the Posted Date.

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