Senior Programmer Analyst (MUST have experience with Ellucian Banner) | Onsite – Harrison County Campus - Mississippi Gulf Coast

About Ellucian

Ellucian powers innovation for higher education, partnering with approximately 3,000 customers across 50 countries, serving more than 21 million students. Ellucian's AI-powered platform, trained on the richest dataset available in higher education, drives efficiency, personalized experiences, and strengthened engagement for all students, faculty and staff. Fueled by decades of experience with a singular focus on the unique needs of learning institutions, the Ellucian platform features best-in-class SaaS capabilities and delivers insights needed now and into the future. These solutions and services span the entire student lifecycle, including data-rich tools for student recruitment, enrollment, and retention to workforce analytics, fundraising, and alumni engagement. Ellucian's innovative solutions, vast ecosystem of partners and user community of more than 45,000 provides best practices leading to greater institutional success and achieving better student outcomes.

About the Opportunity

Ellucian is seeking a Senior Programmer Analyst with strong technical experience in Ellucian Banner to play a key role in delivering innovative technology solutions that support our higher education partners. In this role, you will collaborate closely with customers, consultants, and cross-functional teams to translate business needs into effective technical solutions, including system integrations, data conversions, reporting, and custom application development.

You will leverage your hands-on technical expertise with Ellucian Banner, along with your programming and problem-solving skills, to design, develop, and implement high-quality solutions while providing exceptional customer consultation and support.

Where you will make an impact

Working with other consultants to develop organizational standards, effective practices, and knowledge-base

Monitoring, tracking, and reporting project risks, issues, milestones, and work completed

Providing leadership for the customer enabling them to stay on time and on task

Facilitating application prototyping sessions as well as providing insight into best practice methodologies

Evaluating and modifying systems, where appropriate, relative to the customer business practices

Analyzing, defining, and documenting requirements for data, work-flow, logical processes, hardware and operating system environment, interfaces with other systems, internal and external checks and controls, and outputs

Providing customer with high-quality installation guides, change management, and other appropriate documentation

Providing direction in developing testing methodology and test scripts for use during upgrades, patch application, and customization

Working with the customer to test and confirm modifications and/or updates meet specifications

Providing technical assistance by responding to inquiries from others regarding errors, problems, or questions about programs

Training end users or technical support staff to use programs

Installing and testing programs at client site; monitoring performance of programs after implementation

Implementing modifications and/or updates

Customizing and coding screen layouts, graphical user interfaces, printed outputs, and interfaces with other systems

What you will bring

Demonstrate your strong problem-solving skills and self-starter attitude in this key role

Excellent time-management, planning, and interpersonal skills will also be essential for your success.

years related experience in the Higher Education industry

3+ years of experience and expert technical programming knowledge of at least one of the following Banner modules:

Finance

Human Resources/Payroll

Student

Financial Aid

3+ years of advanced programming experience with:

SQL-Developer

Oracle SQL

Oracle PL/SQL

Linux

Banner functional navigational knowledge, preferred3+ years of experience and expert technical programming knowledge of at least one of the following Banner related 3rd-party products, and/or other systems such as:

Argos

Perceptive Content (Hyland)

Automic

Canvas ERP

What makes #Ellucianlife

Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, and vision

Flexible time off

Thrive Flex Lifestyle Account (LSA) that allows you to contribute towards your health, financial or learning interests

401k w/ match & BrightPlan - to help you save for the future

Parental Leave

5 charitable days to support the community that supports us

Telemedicine

Wellness Headspace Care (mental health)

Wellbeats (virtual fitness classes)

RethinkCare & Wellthy– caregiver support

Diversity and inclusion programs which provide access to internal employee resource groups

Employee referral bonuses to encourage the addition of great new people to the team

We Foster a learning culture with:

Education Assistance Program

Professional development opportunities

LinkedIn Learning

#LI-MH1

#LI-onsite

Ellucian is seeking a Senior Programmer Analyst with strong technical experience in Ellucian Banner to play a key role in delivering innovative technology solutions that support our higher education partners. In this role, you will collaborate closely with customers, consultants, and cross-functional teams to translate business needs into effective technical solutions, including system integrations, data conversions, reporting, and custom application development.

You will leverage your hands-on technical expertise with Ellucian Banner, along with your programming and problem-solving skills, to design, develop, and implement high-quality solutions while providing exceptional customer consultation and support.

Where you will make an impact

Working with other consultants to develop organizational standards, effective practices, and knowledge-base

Monitoring, tracking, and reporting project risks, issues, milestones, and work completed

Providing leadership for the customer enabling them to stay on time and on task

Facilitating application prototyping sessions as well as providing insight into best practice methodologies

Evaluating and modifying systems, where appropriate, relative to the customer business practices

Analyzing, defining, and documenting requirements for data, work-flow, logical processes, hardware and operating system environment, interfaces with other systems, internal and external checks and controls, and outputs

Providing customer with high-quality installation guides, change management, and other appropriate documentation

Providing direction in developing testing methodology and test scripts for use during upgrades, patch application, and customization

Working with the customer to test and confirm modifications and/or updates meet specifications

Providing technical assistance by responding to inquiries from others regarding errors, problems, or questions about programs

Training end users or technical support staff to use programs

Installing and testing programs at client site; monitoring performance of programs after implementation

Implementing modifications and/or updates

Customizing and coding screen layouts, graphical user interfaces, printed outputs, and interfaces with other systems

What you will bring

Demonstrate your strong problem-solving skills and self-starter attitude in this key role

Excellent time-management, planning, and interpersonal skills will also be essential for your success.

years related experience in the Higher Education industry

3+ years of experience and expert technical programming knowledge of at least one of the following Banner modules:

Finance

Human Resources/Payroll

Student

Financial Aid

3+ years of advanced programming experience with:

SQL-Developer

Oracle SQL

Oracle PL/SQL

Linux

Banner functional navigational knowledge, preferred3+ years of experience and expert technical programming knowledge of at least one of the following Banner related 3rd-party products, and/or other systems such as:

Argos

Perceptive Content (Hyland)

Automic

Canvas ERP

Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, and vision

Flexible time off

Thrive Flex Lifestyle Account (LSA) that allows you to contribute towards your health, financial or learning interests

401k w/ match & BrightPlan - to help you save for the future

Parental Leave

5 charitable days to support the community that supports us

Telemedicine

Wellness Headspace Care (mental health)

Wellbeats (virtual fitness classes)

RethinkCare & Wellthy– caregiver support

Diversity and inclusion programs which provide access to internal employee resource groups

Employee referral bonuses to encourage the addition of great new people to the team

We Foster a learning culture with:

Education Assistance Program

Professional development opportunities

LinkedIn Learning

#LI-MH1

#LI-onsite