Position Vacancy Announcement
Application Developer
Positions W0040605 and W0039294

The Kansas State University Office of Mediated Education (OME) is seeking applications for two Application Developers. These positions will be responsible for building software applications for both academic and administrative computer systems for OME. The developers will work closely with the Application Development Manager and the Associate Director of OME in the development process. OME serves the campus as a central information technology unit under the direction of the Chief Information Officer/Vice Provost for Information Technology Services, and provides services to support the University’s mission in the areas of teaching and learning, research, and technology transfer.

Responsibilities:
• Developing web-based application development using Java Enterprise Edition using technologies such as EJB/JPA, JMS, JSPs,JSF,and Struts 2. These web-based applications would run on an application server such as JBoss in a Unix-based environment and be backed by an Oracle database
• Technical support of web-based applications developed by OME
• Work with project team to ensure design specifications meet their needs
• Developing good user documentation

Mandatory Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree or three years’ experience in Computer Science or closely related field
• Experience in Java programming including any part of Java EE
• Strong working knowledge of Object Oriented theory and design practices
• Strong working knowledge of relational database theory, designing database models, and building optimal queries
• Strong written and oral communication skills
   
Preferred Qualifications:
• Java EE experience including: Servlets, Java Server Pages (JSP), Enterprise Java Beans (EJB), Java Persistence API (JPA), and Java Messaging Services (JMS)
• Experience with JBoss or an equivalent application server
• Experience with web frameworks such as Struts, Java Server Faces (JSF), or Tapestry
• Familiarity with Oracle database
• Familiarity with the Unix Environment
• Experience with HTML/CSS

Salary Range: $51,000 - $58,000

Applicants must submit:
1. Cover letter reflecting how skills meet the requirements of the position
2. Resume
3. Names, phone numbers, and email addresses of at least three professional references

The Department of Computing and Information Sciences (CIS) at Kansas State University (KSU) is seeking applications for an instructor/research associate in the area of cybersecurity and high-end mobile computing systems. The purpose of this position is two-folded: 1) facilitating the development of a comprehensive cybersecurity curriculum, teaching undergraduate courses in the area, and coordinating student activities such as cybersecurity club and competitions; 2) helping research on formal analysis techniques to ensure safety, security, and privacy of mobile applications, as well as developing and teaching relevant curriculum in the area.

The successful applicant must have an M.S. in Computer Science, with a focus in computer and information security, mobile computing, or related area. In addition, the applicant must have significant experience in large and robust systems development. A Ph.D in Computer Science or related area, extensive experience in formal methods, the Android platform, and prior teaching, curriculum development, and student activity organization experience are preferable.

The initial appointment is for two years, with possibility of renewal based on strong performance and funding availability. Cybersecurity and high-end mobile computing are priority growth areas in the Department of Computing and Information Sciences, which was recently designated a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Research (CAE-R) by DHS and NSA. For more information, please visit: http://www.cis.ksu.edu.

KSU is an equal opportunity employer and actively seeks diversity among its employees. Manhattan, Kansas is a small college town with population around 50,000 that is recently voted as one of 10 best places to retire young by CNN/Money magazine (2007) and No. 1 “Best Small Communities for a Business and Career” by Forbes magazine (2011).

Kansas State University's Information Systems Office is seeking applicants for a Financial Systems Supervisor. This position is a first-line supervisor responsible for providing day-to-day technical leadership and supervision for application development staff involved in the implementation, operations, maintenance, and enhancements of K-State enterprise financial information systems and related products and services.

Responsibilities

Management
• Manage services to primary and end users in the Division of Financial Services and the Division of Facilities for enterprise financial application systems through all stages of the systems project life cycle.
• Confer with primary user and department personnel to determine detailed requirements and report status.
• Assist in establishing budget and staffing levels, and make hiring recommendations.
• Meet periodically with Information Systems Office directors and managers, customer department directors and managers, and key university administrators to report status, review priorities, assess overall performance, and discuss new or unusual developments occurring with work assignments or assigned personnel.

Supervision
• Supervise and evaluate assigned staff in the performance of systems analysis, design and programming assignments.
• Participate in the development of the more critical or complex modules.
• Assist in situations where added effort is required to meet established work schedules.
• Review all work products to assure reasonable compliance with departmental standards of documentation and quality, and established procedures.

Technical Leadership
• Serve as the technical lead and point of contact for technical questions and issues.
• Provide expert technical advice and consulting to users of the system, other K-State technical staff, and third party vendors.
• Regularly facilitate and participate in project team meetings.
• Assist in the development of project plans.
• Communicate timely and accurate progress updates to supervisor, users, and
• project team members.
• Identify and delegate appropriate tasks to lower level technical staff and monitor results.
• Review all work products to ensure reasonable compliance with departmental standards of documentation and quality, and established procedures.
• Aid supervisor in establishing team goals and provide feedback on individual and team performance.
• Assist in situations where added effort is required to meet established work schedules.
• Develop technical training materials and assist in training other technical staff on vendor applications, programming languages, developer tools, and technical environment.

Analysis/Design
• Analyze functional requirements and present system concepts for alternative technical solutions.
• Estimate the respective costs and benefits of each alternative.
• Coach and review analysis work performed by assigned personnel.
• Recommend solutions and obtain approval of appropriate user and department personnel.

Programming Operation Support
• Develop and test existing programs, write new programs, queries, and reports.
• Develop and test data conversion and interface programs.
• Research and resolve application problems.
• Communicate and coordinate with other K-State technical staff and third party vendors regarding technical issues, bug fixes, system upgrades, and enhancements.
• Set up and automate daily operational processes.
• Assist in developing end-user testing scenarios.
• Adhere to application development policies and procedures.
• Document technical solutions, program changes, operating procedures, and tech-nical reference materials.

Technical
• Develop and maintain a high level of technical proficiency through training, publications, and conferences.
• Provide technical direction, training, and consultation to assigned staff.
• Advise management in the development or modification of technical or operational standards and procedures.

Mandatory Qualifications
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Systems, Systems Engineering, or other appropriately related technical field.
• Minimum seven years’ experience in progressively responsible positions in a major information systems organization
• Minimum five years’ experience in designing, coding, testing, and maintaining applications in computing environments such as Sun Solaris, Intel Windows, and Linux that use a relational database management system
• Minimum two years’ experience managing and supervising technical staff, or as a technical lead responsible for delegating tasks and overseeing the work of others
• Experience working in a group setting and interacting professionally to accomplish complex interdependent technical objectives
• Ability to work independently with little supervision
• Ability to motivate team members, create a positive work environment, and resolve conflicts
• Strong interpersonal, leadership, and communication skills

Preferred Qualifications
• Master’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Systems or Systems Engineering or other appropriately related technical field
• In-depth knowledge and experience in systems analysis and computer programming for large scale business (ERP) applications
• Two years working on financial systems in either a supervisor or staff capacity
• Knowledge of business functions in a major research university
• Experience implementing and managing vendor products and homegrown systems
• Knowledge of Oracle eBusiness Suite applications, e.g., Oracle Financials

Salary or Range: $64,000 - $70,000

Applicants must submit:
1. Cover letter reflecting how skills meet the requirements of the position
2. Resume
3. Names, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of at least three professional references

Submit application materials to Viki Horan at vhoran@k-state.edu

Screening of applications begins January 3, 2012, and will continue until position is filled.

Kansas State University is an equal opportunity employer and actively seeks diversity among its employees. Background check required of successful applicants.

The College of Engineering at Kansas State University invites applicants for the position of Full Professor in the area of engineering applied to human or animal health care, starting in the Fall of 2012. The candidate will be expected to leverage existing expertise and provide leadership to establish cross-department collaborations that promote the College as a national leader in the biomedical arena. College of Engineering faculty already work in the following related areas:

• Biomedical Sensing and Device Development: Sensor design, instrumentation, wearable/ingestible/implanted medical devices, and signal processing
• System Integration: plug-n-play medical systems, device integration frameworks, middleware for health monitoring, and high-assurance software
• Health System Operations and Analyses: Facility planning, economic assessment, and modeling/analysis to improve health care effectiveness
• Crosscutting Areas: Human factors, bioinformatics, and data mining
• Application Scenarios: Telemedicine, home care, health prediction, pervasive care environments, epidemic modeling, space & military medicine, human performance analysis, gerontechnology, and veterinary applications

This work has been funded by various federal agencies (e.g., NSF, FDA, NIH, NASA, DHS, and USDA), national laboratories, and industry partners. Considerable intra- and inter-college collaborative research in human and animal health care is ongoing at KSU. Given the anticipated arrival of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) and ongoing research at the KSU Biosecurity Research Institute (BRI), significant potential also exists for interdisciplinary work related to disease and its epidemiological spread.

The candidate must be a recognized leader in a technical area related to human or animal health care and should have demonstrated commitment to both research and teaching. She or he should have an earned doctorate or equivalent in engineering, science, or a health-related field and offer credentials to support appointment as a Full Professor.

Kansas State University is an Affirmative Action Equal Opportunity Employer. The KSU College of Engineering is committed to diversity, and women and minority candidates are encouraged to apply. Background check will be required

The Kansas State University Office of Computing and Telecommunication Services is seeking applications for a Solaris System Administrator.   This position will assist in all aspects of installation, configuration, and maintenance of Oracle Solaris servers and workstations including hardware, operating system, system and application software, and end-user support.  This position reports to the CTS/EST Manager and works closely with other EST Unix administrators, as well as technical staff in other CTS units.  The primary focus of this position is to support Solaris servers used in production enterprise-wide services.  These systems are mission-critical to the operation of K-State. 
Responsibilities:

• Installation, maintenance, performance monitoring, tuning, configuration, and problem analysis of Solaris-based servers
• User account management (30,000+ users)
• Data backup and disaster recovery
• Remain current with various computing technologies, and expand and extend job skills. 
• Provide training and support to campus Unix administrators and support staff.

 
Mandatory qualifications:

• Associate Degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience that could include technical coursework
• 2 years' Solaris 10 experience, emphasis on Solaris Containers, Live Upgrade, Fibre Channel attached storage and ZFS
• Programming experience, including Perl and Unix shell scripting
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team
• Strong troubleshooting skills
• Ability to learn and work with minimal supervision
• Ability to work a flexible schedule
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Strong customer service skills

 
Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field
• Experience with Veritas Volume Manager
• Experience with Nagios and Cacti monitoring software
• Experience with customizing and maintaining Cfengine
• Experience with VMWare ESX
• Symantec NetBackup experience
• Experience with multi-user, multi-host, multi-OS server environments
• RedHat Linux experience

 
Salary: Commensurate with experience and skills
 
Applicants must submit: 

1. Cover letter reflecting how skills meet the requirements of the position
2. Resume
3. Names, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of at least three professional references

 
Submit application materials electronically to vhoran@k-state.edu
Screening of applications begins February 20, 2012, and will continue until position is filled.
 
Questions may be directed to Viki Horan at vhoran@k-state.edu
 
For a full listing of benefits please visit http://www.ksu.edu/hr/benefits/unclass.pdf.
 
Kansas State University is an equal opportunity employer and actively seeks diversity among its employees.
 
Background check required of successful applicant.
 

The Department of Computing and Information Sciences accepts resumes throughout the year for temporary, part-time research positions and student internship opportunities related to ongoing research focuses within the department. If interested in applying, please email a cover letter (identifying which research area you are interested in), a resume, and three references to the appropriate point of contact listed below. Kansas State University is an equal opportunity employer and actively seeks diversity among its employees. Background check required.

Positions available starting December, 2011

Undergraduate Research Programmers
Laboratory for Knowledge Discovery in Databases
Department of Computing and Information Sciences, Kansas State University

The KDD Lab in Computing and Information Sciences (CIS) at K-State is
seeking two (2) undergraduate research programmers, for research
projects in the areas of artificial intelligence and high-performance
computing:

* Data Mining
* Information Extraction from Social Networks, Text, Web Documents, and
Weblogs
* Graphics, User Interfaces, Visualization, Virtual Environments,
Critiquing and Training Systems

Necessary Qualifications

* Proficiency with Java, C/C++, or C#
* CIS 200 and one of CIS 208 or CIS 300, or equivalent coursework and
experience
* Ability to work 10-20 hours per week during the regular academic year

Ideal Qualifications

* One of CIS 301 (Logical Foundations of Programming), CIS 520
(Operating Systems), or equivalent
coursework or background
* One of Stat 510 (Introduction to Probability and Statistics) or Math
510 (Discrete Mathematics)
* Experience with any of the following is a plus:
- An integrated development environment (IDE) such as Eclipse,
NetBeans, or Visual C++/C#
- A GUI development environment: SWT, Microsoft Foundation Classes
(MFC), etc.
- Database programming, especially PHP and MySQL
- A server-side programming or scripting language (PHP, Perl,
Python, JSP)
- A functional programming language (Objective CAML, Standard ML,
Scheme/Racket, LISP)
- Prior experience with expert system shells (CLIPS, JESS, etc.)
- Introductory coursework in machine learning, knowledge-based
expert systems, or DBMS
- Previous work on group projects

Ideal candidates will be able to start immediately and remain with the
group for at least one year

Our computing environment comprises a number of high-end Intel multicore
Core i7 workstations and Beowulf cluster nodes (AMD Opteron and Core
i7), running Linux (especially Ubuntu, Fedora Core, and Debian), Windows
7, and Mac OS 10 (10.5 Leopard, 10.6 Snow Leopard, and 10.7 Lion).

Software components of our environment include IBM Eclipse, MS Visual
Studio 2008, Borland JBuilder, Lisp, Scheme; graphics packages such as
Alias|Wavefront Maya and Blender and libraries such as OpenGL, Direct3D,
and OGRE; various expert system shells and scripting languages; and a
vast array of visualization and computational mathematics packages
(MATLAB and Octave, R, SPSS, NeuroSolutions, etc.). Our systems are
connected by high-speed networks to the computing facilities of the
National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), the leading-edge
site for the National Computational Science Alliance. The lab director
is William H. Hsu http://www.cis.ksu.edu/~bhsu).

Compensation starts at $12 per hour with potential increases after 2
semesters, given satisfactory performance.