National Heritage Academies (NHA) is searching for an Application Developer to join our Student Applications team who is responsible for advising and architecting as well as developing software solutions in support of important organizational initiatives. The ideal candidate for this position will have 3-5+ years of experience with Microsoft .net development technologies with proven success designing, developing and integrating enterprise level applications. 

The selected individual will report directly to our IT Student Applications Manager and will work out of our Service Center which is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This person will be solution focused, quality driven and will contribute on a team of talented and dedicated individuals. 

·         You’ll Make An Impact: Working as a professional at the Service Center grants you the opportunity to become part of a team focused on better educating more children and ensuring that each of the students in NHA cl***rooms are challenged to achieve.  This is an opportunity to use your professional talents for the betterment of almost 42,000 students across the United States.

·         An Experienced Team: More than 250 experienced and talented professionals work at the Service Center, which is led by business professionals and top caliber educators with the skills and resources needed to support our schools to ensure high rates of student achievement.  Service Center departments include: Accounting, Recruitment, HR, Marketing, Legal and Compliance, IT, Curriculum and ***essment and others.  Working with specialist professionals offers great opportunity for collaboration and the development of unique solutions to common problems in education and business.

Accountabilities and Responsibilities:

• Perform technical design, software development and systems analysis activities for business applications, reports, and sites
• Perform complex troubleshooting and software defect resolution as part of a software release process
• Configure, maintain and support student information systems and related environments
• Collaborate with team to research, select and implement software development tools, controls, techniques and technologies 
• Advise and provide direction on architectural decisions and strategies
• Prepare and maintain technical documentation
• Strong knowledge of the Microsoft .NET Frameworks and C#.
• Knowledge of the following technologies: Windows Services, Web Services, ASP.NET, XML.
• RDBMS * Microsoft SQL Server experience utilizing SQL, T-SQL, and stored procedures.
• Experience with source control systems (SourceSafe, Team Foundation Server)
• Experience with Object Oriented Programming

Qualifications:

·         Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent degree

·         3-5+ years of .net development experience

·         Extensive experience working with Enterprise Systems

·         Excellent multitasking and prioritization abilities

·         Ability to explain technical concepts to nontechnical people

About NHA

National Heritage Academies is a charter school management company that operates 71 schools in nine states. At NHA we are committed to our mission of Challenging each child to achieve… and we pride ourselves on our students’ ability to achieve high results in later education based on the foundations gained in grades K-8 at NHA.

Please visit our website at www.nhacareers.com  and select Service Center Positions to apply.