Student FOLIO Programmer Assistant - University Libraries

Pay Grade/Pay Range: $15.00/hour

Department/Organization: 219101 - University Libraries

Normal Work Schedule: Flexible; up to 40 hours per week during summer

Note to Applicants: Must be located in Tuscaloosa/Birmingham-area over the summer.

Job Summary: The Student FOLIO Programmer Assistant supports the University Libraries websites and web applications.

Additional Department Summary: The University Libraries will place the Student FOLIO Programmer Assistant in a position to learn and use specific skills valued in the field of web application programming. The skills the Student Assistant will learn will increase their marketability to organizations outside the University of Alabama, especially post-graduation. Past Student FOLIO Programmer Assistants have acquired excellent jobs, prior to graduation, specifically based on the skills they were able to learn, practice, and use in this position.

Required Minimum Qualifications: Current University of Alabama undergraduate student enrolled in the fall semester. Java, JS, application programming, testing procedures, GitHub, virtual machines/Docker experience. Located in Tuscaloosa/Birmingham area over the summer.

Preferred Qualifications: General experience with HTML5, CSS3, Sass, JavaScript, jQuery, PHP, MySQL for developing and maintaining WP themes and sites. Experience with repository (Git) work on GitHub (hooks, merging, approving). Experience with Unit testing (Jest, etc.), Smell tests, xSmoke tests (Karate), Cypress Tests, Testrails test writing. Experience with a JS-based web application framework (or any) such as Angular/Bootstrap, or React, and the package management tools for these libraries/frameworks. Considerable experience developing with JAVA.

Enrollment Requirements: Applicants must meet enrollment requirements to be eligible for on-campus student employment. Applicants must be enrolled in a UA degree program and meet minimum credit hour requirements during the academic year: Undergraduate Students must be registered for at least 6 credit hours during fall/spring semesters; Graduate Students must be registered for at least 4.5 credit hours during fall/spring semesters; International Students must be registered full-time (Undergraduate = 12 credit hours, Graduate = 9 credit hours) during fall/spring semesters. Enrollment requirements must be maintained for the duration of on-campus employment. Individual hiring departments and programs may also have additional eligibility requirements for employment.

Background Investigation Statement: Prior to hiring, the final candidate(s) must successfully pass a pre-employment background investigation and information obtained from social media and other internet sources. A prior conviction reported as a result of the background investigation DOES NOT automatically disqualify a candidate from consideration for this position. A candidate with a prior conviction or negative behavioral red flags will receive an individualized review of the prior conviction or negative behavioral red flags before a hiring decision is made.

Equal Employment Opportunity: The University of Alabama is an Equal Employment/Equal Educational Opportunity Institution. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment or volunteer status without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, age, genetic or family medical history information, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, and will not be discriminated against because of their protected status. Applicants to and employees of this institution are protected under Federal law from discrimination on several bases. Follow the link below to find out more. "EEO is the Law" Poster