Senior Developer

Grand Canyon Education delivers best in class technology solutions for its faculty, staff and students.  The CRM team builds and manages a number of technology platforms and key integrations across the enterprise.  The technology stack is comprised of Microsoft Dynamics CE / Sales, Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Dataverse etc), Microsoft Fabric, Microsoft BizTalk, Custom Web (.Net) Solutions and other highly specialized, fit for purpose components used to meet GCE demands.  This position requires extensive experience with key technologies where we continually look to build, enhance and support on the broader Grand Canyon mission.

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)
• Minimum of 5 years' experience with Microsoft Dynamics (preferably CRM / CE / Sales)
• Minimum of 8 years’ experience in software design and implementation; experience leading large projects, mentoring staff and creating problem-solving strategies.
• Excellent problem solving and decision-making skills
• 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: Modern Microsoft development stack, Power Platform, Azure Cloud Services
• SQL experience and proficient understanding of relational databases
• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline (computer science, information technology, etc.) from a regionally accredited institution
• Strong understanding of web servers, load-balancing, redundancy and n-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

Physical Demands:  The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The following physical demands are estimated by the amount of time spent.  Usually, the amount of time spent will be estimated on a daily basis, but depending on the position could be estimated on a weekly basis or a monthly basis.

Constantly:  60%+ or 5-8 hrs/shift  Occasionally:  10%-25% or 1-2 hrs/shift

Frequently:  25%-60% or 4-5 hrs/shift  Rarely:  <10% or less than 2 hrs/shift

• Work is characterized as more than 50% sedentary at a desk.
• Work and tasks constantly involve the use of a computer, monitor, keyboard and mouse or mouse pad and/or mobile device.
• Constantly uses hands, fingers, wrists, forearms, shoulders, neck while using a QWERTY keyboard, mouse or mouse pad or other pointing technology.
• Constantly uses close-up vision to view, read, observe, review, compare, identify, interpret, research, report, sort, revise, analyze, select data and data elements on monitors and/or technical manuals or hard-copy.
• Work involves frequent communications to relay information, recommendations, suggestions, interpretations of data, and/or instructions to or with users, management, staff, team members using a variety of means such as telephone, one-on-one and group meetings, web conferencing, mobile device (texting/IMing) and other means as available with technology.
• Work rarely involves the ability to move about the office or move about the campus or other GCU facilities.
• Work rarely involves lifting, moving items, climbing, reaching, kneeling, stooping, bending, pushing, pulling.
• Work constantly involves mental acuity requiring planning and organizational skills, spatial recognition and placement skills, decoding information, using critical thinking skills to determine logical sequences and paths for processes, language comprehension, and to formulate sound conclusions, and concentration/focus on the task at hand; prioritizing work, tasks and activities in a logical manner and meeting deadlines and project timelines; accuracy and thoroughness; solving complex issues and problems; using creativity for problem solving and formulating logical recommendations.
• Work frequently involves the ability to translate and interpret complex technical information and restate it in simplified terms.