Rowan University · 14 hours ago
Web Operations Specialist (PSS1), Division of Marketing & Communication
Glassboro, NJ
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$86K/yr - $98K/yr
5+ years expRowan University is seeking a Web Operations Specialist to support the infrastructure and operations for their website(s). The role requires technical autonomy and involves server administration, maintaining CMS and web server performance, and collaborating with various teams on projects.
Higher Education
No H1B
Responsibilities
Configure and perform routine maintenance to ensure optimal performance of Rowan's CMS and web server cluster
Remediate server performance or outage notices in a timely fashion
Build and maintain reliable development, staging, and test environments to support the Web Services team, ensuring parity with production systems
Implement industry web standards and best practices throughout the Rowan University website, with particular awareness for performance
Work collaboratively on various projects with developers, other departments, and external vendors/service providers
Serve as the team's liaison for university-wide operations. Regularly attend Change Management meetings to align with upcoming maintenance, network outages, and current technology events
Work with Rowan’s Information Security Office to address and remediate vulnerabilities
Create and maintain technical documentation regarding back-end processes
Manage several projects simultaneously
Provide support for other, various Rowan University projects and initiatives
Qualification
Required
A master's degree in web development, computer science, information technology, or related degree
Five (5) to seven (7) years of professional experience working as an web or dev ops specialist, full-stack developer, programmer, or similar role
Familiarity with LAMP web application stack development
Knowledge administering Linux web servers running Apache, PHP, MySQL and other backend server technologies
Comfortability with regular expressions
Experience supporting the CI/CD pipeline utilizing Git and GitHub
Understanding of the entire web development process (design, development, testing, and deployment)
Familiarity with content management systems such as Cascade, Drupal, or WordPress
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Strong organizational and problem-solving skills
Be able to work independently to solve problems with minimal supervision
Preferred
Experience with AlmaLinux, CentOS, or RHEL
Experience with Linux shell scripting to automate server and development processes
Experience supporting Apache Tomcat applications
Back-end or full-stack development experience
Knowledge of front-end technologies, including HTML, CSS, Sass, JavaScript, and modern JavaScript frameworks
Experience with Apache Velocity
Experience using Cascade Content Management System by Hannon Hill
Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development environment
Experience using project management tools
Experience supporting web systems in a higher education environment
Proven ability to stay current with rapidly-changing technologies
Benefits
Comprehensive NJ State health, dental and retirement benefits
Extensive accrued time off/paid holidays
Tuition reimbursement for employee, spouse, and dependents to attend Rowan University, Glassboro
Company
Rowan University
Since its founding in 1923, Rowan University has evolved from a teacher preparation college to a bustling regional university that's ranked among the best public universities in the North by U.S.
5001-10000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Sunovia S. Scudder
Co-founder, Youth Empowerment Program
Mark Sedlock
Vice President and CTO
Recent News
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