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Business Automation Developer

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

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JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Acceptance Testing, Administrative Skills, Alliance/Partner Management, Analysis Skills, Automation, Background Investigation, Best Practices, Business Processes, Business Solutions, Continuous Improvement, Corrective Action, Documentation, Failure Analysis, Financial Management, Financial Services, High School Diploma, Mentoring, Operations Processes, Process Improvement, Requirements Management, Root Cause Analysis, Service Delivery, Software Architecture, Software Development, Software Engineering, Staff Training, Stewardship, Systems Analysis, Team Player, Technical Support, Test Automation, Testing, Time Management
LOCATION
Fairfax, Virginia
POSTED
1 day ago
Department: Fiscal Services

Classification: Info Technology Spec 2

Job Category: Classified Staff

Job Type: Full-Time

Work Schedule: Full-time (1.0 FTE, 40 hrs/wk)

Location: Fairfax, VA

Workplace Type: Hybrid Eligible

Sponsorship Eligibility: Not eligible for visa sponsorship

Pay Band: 05

Salary: Salary commensurate with education and experience

Criminal Background Check: Yes

Financial Background Check: Yes

About the Department:

The primary purpose of the unit is to provide fiscal services to the university, promote financial best practices, form strategic partnerships, establish efficient systems, and pursue continuous improvement. Additionally, its purpose is to create and maintain a sustainable financial framework and strong internal controls to promote sound fiscal management, careful stewardship of university resources, and accountability. IT fosters innovation to support the overall mission of George Mason University (Mason) by employing new methods to deliver financial services and collaborating on process improvements and new initiatives, and it provides accurate and timely financial data to ensure comprehensive reporting, compliance, and analysis to enable strategic decision-making. Within Fiscal Services, the home department for this position is the Fiscal Services Program Office and is responsible for leading projects and programs (or sub-projects/programs) that directly support the goals of Mason and the Fiscal Services Office. The Mason Automation Center of Excellence (CoE) is being established to partner with the Mason Community to automate business processes, provide standards for automation, and share knowledge with employees and students of the university, as well as other constituents.

About the Position:

The Business Automation Developer, within the Fiscal Services Program Office, works within the Automation CoE to develop and support low-code technology solutions to improve and transform business processes within Fiscal Services and for the university community. Works with Business Systems Analysts and process owners to define requirements and develop automation solutions in accordance with best practices. Monitors and supports existing automation processes to include root cause analysis for failures and recommendations for corrective actions. As a member of the Automation Center of Excellence, mentors and trains other employees and students in Automation best practices and development.

Responsibilities:

Operations:
  • Designs, develops, and implements new automation solutions to meet functional and strategic requirements;
  • Works as part of the Automation Center of Excellence (CoE) team to achieve production and operational goals;
  • Works collaboratively with constituent groups including developers, analysts, and users to develop and maintain low-code automation solutions across the institution;
  • Establishes an expertise on automation programming and the CoE software architecture and development framework;
  • Performs basic testing of automations and solutions before handing off to business systems analysts and end users for acceptance testing (UAT); and
  • Works with the CoE team to perfect operational processes and maintain uptime targets for existing automations.
Outreach:
  • Trains and mentors personnel as needed, including Fiscal Services employees, other university employees, and interns to grow knowledge and capability across the institution and in our student body; and
  • Participates in outreach to staff to improve identification of and self-support of automation and business process redesign that supports the CoE mission of automation forward processes and systems.
Supports Automation Internship Programs:
  • Provides and supports opportunities for learning and growth for developer interns in the program; and
  • When working with interns, documents meaningful input from them and provides constructive feedback to during and at the conclusion of each development project they are involved in.
Administrative Duties:
  • Completes all assigned administrative duties and ensures all documentation is complete and accurate.
Other Duties as Assigned:
  • Supports the CoE, Fiscal Services Program Office, and the Director of Fiscal Services Programs as needed.
Required Qualifications:
  • High school diploma or equivalent;
  • Demonstrated experience (generally 2 - 4+ years) implementing, maintaining, a

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