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Associate Analyst, Application Development

PageUp Desc Code: INF - Associate Analyst, Application Development

Function: INF - Information Technology

Sub-function: Development & Operations

Discipline: Application Development

Career Track: Technical/STEM

Career Track Level: Individual Contributor - Level 1


Information Technology: Information Technology is responsible for the use of any computers, software applications, storage, networking, and other hardware or physical devices. Develops and maintains infrastructures and processes for creating, managing, securing, and exchanging all forms of electronic data. Incorporates leading-edge techniques for collaboratively enhancing the performance of installed systems, identifying new technologies, developing applications, and transitioning from legacy to new systems.

Development & Operations: Development and Operations is responsible for the combined practices of software development (Dev) and IT operations (Ops), managing the systems development life cycles, and providing continuous delivery of high-quality software applications.

Application Development: Application Development analyzes, designs, develops, documents, codes, tests, and debugs IT applications and software. This may include end-user applications, systems software, native applications, or mobile cloud applications.

Technical/STEM: Technical roles, including technology and research.

Individual Contributor: In an individual contributor role, the positions work is primarily achieved through individual efforts or by participating as part of a team. Individual contributors may: Coordinate, influence, or review the work of others. Be the authority on a given program or process. Lead teams. A range of knowledge, complexity, autonomy, and impact may be needed to achieve results at certain levels. Individual contributor roles are reflected in the Academic Administration, Development, General Administration, Technical/STEM, and C1-C4 of the Clinical tracks.

Level 1: Entry: These positions are not equivalent to support positions. Rather, these are professional roles which require limited experience and education when considering industry or field standards. Positions considered entry level A/P faculty should be mapped