Application Manager (with experience in software development) 80 – 100 %

About the job

Application Manager (with experience in software development) 80 – 100 %

Do you want to ensure that the student journey at ZHAW is a great experience, that administrative processes run smoothly and are minimized? Then this position will excite you!

Department: Finance & Services

Start date: Immediately or by arrangement

As an agile team member in the self-organized IT product team «School Administration», you are jointly responsible with your team colleagues for the proactive, continuous technical improvement and further development of the Campus Management System. This ensures that everyday study life becomes simpler, more transparent, and more efficient – for all involved.

This essentially includes:

• planning, implementation, and testing of releases and patches of the Campus Management System
• programming interfaces to surrounding systems and expanding the system
• clarification and transfer of customer requirements for technical implementation
• ensuring and monitoring the ongoing application operation of the Campus Management System
• handling and analyzing disruptions within the Campus Management System as well as coordinating error corrections in close coordination within ICT and
• operation and further development of .NET and web applications on Microsoft IIS

To successfully meet these demanding and versatile challenges, you need the following profile:

• Proven experience in application management
• Experience in C# /.NET / MS-SQL Server / IIS / software development as well as
• a completed computer science degree or a comparable qualification with several years of experience in managing a complex and heterogeneous IT infrastructure
• Experience in development with frontend frameworks such as Angular
• A strong interest in new technologies and a high willingness to familiarize yourself with them
• You approach complex technical issues with curiosity, perseverance, and systematic methods
• You use backlog refinements, daily standup meetings, and retrospectives not only routinely but also purposefully to establish open, effective collaboration
• You have professional standing, argue convincingly, and can clearly articulate complex topics
• In daily team life and customer contact, you remain factual and solution-oriented
• You work independently – your focus is on the team’s priority projects and you consistently advance topics, also in exchange with other teams

If you are a convinced team player, like to take co-responsibility in a team, and contribute with commitment to open, effective collaboration, you are right with us.

Do you feel comfortable in a dynamic environment of a large university of applied sciences and count partnership-based collaboration, independent action, and precise work among your strengths?

Then we would like to get to know you and look forward to your online application.

The ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, with over 14,000 students and over 11,000 continuing education participants as well as around 3,700 employees, is one of the largest multi-disciplinary universities of applied sciences in Switzerland.

Finance & Services (F&S) supports the departments and is responsible for finance & controlling, facility management, human resources, university library, and ICT.

The Information & Communication Technology (ICT) department, with around 100 employees, plays a central role in the digitization and digital transformation of ZHAW. To be more innovative and closer to the customer, ICT has switched to an agile organization. We align ourselves with «SAFe»; respect, transparency, and self-organization are key values for us.

ZHAW is committed to gender-mixed and diverse teams to promote equality, diversity, and innovation.

We offer university-appropriate working and employment conditions and actively promote the personnel development of our employees and managers. A detailed description of the benefits can be found on the "Working at ZHAW" website. Here are the main points: