<div>At Phoenix Seminary, we are committed to training men and women for Christ-centered ministry for the building up of healthy churches in Phoenix and around the world. We live out this mission through our distinctive blend of deep scholarship and a shepherd’s heart.</div><div><br></div><div>As our Seminary continues to grow, we’re excited to welcome a dedicated <strong>Information Technology Specialist</strong> to our team. In this role, you’ll be at the heart of our campus technology operations, ensuring that students, faculty, and staff have the tools and support they need to thrive in both in-person and online environments.<br><br></div><div>You’ll provide hands-on support for all things IT—maintaining hardware, software, applications, AV equipment, and networks—while also helping us implement new and innovative tech solutions. You’ll serve as the go-to expert for our Learning Management System (LMS), supporting the delivery and upkeep of graduate-level online courses, and helping ensure a seamless digital experience for our learning community.<br><br></div><div>This is an ideal opportunity for someone who is passionate about technology, values collaboration, and is excited to serve in a faith-based academic environment. If you love problem-solving, thrive in a mission-driven culture, and want to play a key role in supporting theological education, we’d love to meet you.<br><br></div><div><br><br></div><div><strong>Reports to:</strong>&nbsp; Information Technology Manager</div><div><strong>&nbsp;</strong></div><div><strong>Classification</strong>&nbsp; Full-Time, Exempt<br><br></div><div><strong>&nbsp;</strong></div><div><strong>Principal Responsibilities</strong></div><ol><li>Production, Project Management, and Communication</li><li>Produce new online courses according to the set production schedule and maintain, update, and improve all online courses.</li><li>Communicate with subject matter experts to coordinate the design and construction of new online courses and make improvements to existing courses. &nbsp;</li><li>Assist and consult with faculty, staff, and other subject matter experts regarding best practices for web-based user interface patterns and user experience.</li><li>Produce or procure visual assets, including icons, photos, graphics charts, videos, animated gifs, and printed media such as syllabi.</li><li>Research and evaluate new and emerging technologies, approaches, and policies for potential application to online courses and know related policies for their use.</li><li>Identify tasks, advise best practices, establish timelines and deadlines, and keep multiple projects in motion to completion.</li></ol><div>&nbsp;<br><strong>Engineering and implementation</strong></div><ol><li>Construct web pages using Moodle’s webpage editor and edit the pages in HTML, CSS, and Javascript as needed.&nbsp;</li><li>Create and maintain applications that automate administrative tasks.</li><li>Work closely with the Information Technology Manager to implement and maintain software, hardware, and networks.</li><li>Reduce siloing by creating and maintaining software integrations</li></ol><div><br><strong>Platform and Product Maintenance</strong></div><ol><li>Write and maintain Excel macros to streamline data entry and database synchronization processes between Phoenix Seminary’s LMS, SIS, CRM, and financial systems.</li><li>Update course web pages with current information every semester.&nbsp;</li></ol><div><br><strong>Quality Assurance</strong></div><ol><li>Test the online course web application for both functionality and content to create an industry-leading online educational experience.</li><li>Identify, reproduce, and fix bugs in the seminary’s software applications or report them to the proper stakeholders (e.g., platform service providers like Open LMS, Information Technology Manager,&nbsp; faculty, or other staff.</li><li>Work closely with the Information Technology Manager to create and maintain data entry policies and databases that enable for accurate and easily accessible data for administration.&nbsp;</li><li>Work closely with the Information Technology Manager to administrate software and domain access.</li><li>General API knowledge</li></ol><div><br><strong>Customer service, training, and support</strong></div><ol><li>Design and produce tutorials for students, faculty, and staff, including videos, instructional animations, and technical writing—update as necessary.</li><li>Answer emails, phone calls, and provide customer support for software applications students and faculty use.&nbsp;</li><li>Provide training for faculty in the use of Moodle features (e.g., quiz/exam creation, gradebook, discussion questions, etc.), as well as web-based applications such as Harmonize and Turnitin.</li><li>Plan, develop, and conduct workshops/activities for faculty and staff on the effective use of information technology such as web-based software programs and computers.&nbsp;</li><li>Help desk experience with ticketing system</li><li>Other duties as assigned.&nbsp;</li></ol><div>&nbsp;</div><div><strong>Education and Experience</strong></div><ol><li>Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in computer information systems, information technology, education, business, or related field. Graduate theological education is a plus</li><li>Minimum of two (2) year’s experience in information technology, online course development, and systems management. Experience in graduate higher education preferred.</li><li>Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Adobe Acrobat Pro, including advanced proficiency in Excel.</li><li>Proven track record of excellent customer service.</li><li>Basic knowledge of programming and scripting languages, including HTML5, SQL, VBA, and Python.</li><li>AV experience is a plus.</li><li>Knowledge of:</li><li>web-based user interface and user experience best practices</li><li>learning management systems such as Moodle</li><li>relational database models and queries &nbsp;</li><li>Skill in:</li><li>designing web-based and mobile UI and UX</li><li>reasoning logically and methodically through complex and abstract software relationships</li><li>visual design and making effective use of digital communication media and channels</li><li>web-based software design and engineering</li></ol><div>&nbsp;</div><div><strong>Needed Attributes</strong></div><ol><li>Excellent verbal and written communication skills, efficient and pleasant telephone and personal contact abilities.</li><li>Excellent organizational and project management abilities. Ability to work independently, meet deadlines, and be a self-starter.</li><li>Problem-solving skills and creative, solution-oriented thinking.</li><li>A strong work ethic.</li><li>Ability to work with diverse personality types.</li></ol><div><strong>&nbsp;</strong></div><div><strong>Physical Requirements &nbsp;</strong></div><ol><li>Occasional light lifting – 25 lbs. or less.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Constant sitting, typing, and viewing a computer screen.</li></ol><div>&nbsp;</div><div><strong>Work Schedule</strong></div><div>Ability to work regularly Monday through Friday, assigned schedule, with hours outside regular work schedule as needed.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><strong>Evaluation</strong></div><div>The position described above, like other staff, will be evaluated at the end of an Introductory Period (90-day review) and then annually.</div><div><br><br></div><div><strong>Benefits:</strong></div><div>1. Paid Employee Medical</div><div>2. Tuition Reimbursement</div><div>3. Up to 20 Days in accrued PTO</div><div>4. 1 Floating Holiday</div><div>5. 2 Weeks of Holiday Pay (the entire week from 12/25 - 12/31 paid)&nbsp;</div><div>6. Professional Development Opportunities</div>

IT Specialist

<div><strong>About Subsplash</strong></div><div>Subsplash is an exciting, award-winning team of 290+ mission-driven people who are committed to our core values of humility, innovation, and excellence. Founded in 2005, we’ve remained family owned and operated while pioneering the market with the first ever church mobile app. Since then, we’ve been working together to build The Ultimate Engagement Platform™ for churches, Christian ministries, non-profits, and businesses around the world. We find excitement in serving our 17,000+ clients, creating impactful products, and delighting the 40 million real people who use our platform every day. Subsplash has won awards for best mobile experience, been voted top 100 Washington's Best Workplaces by the Puget Sound Business Journal, created some of the most downloaded apps of all time, and built enterprise software for world-class brands like XBOX, Microsoft, Samsung, Expedia, and Cisco; yet, at the end of the day, we love making a lasting impact and a difference in our world.</div><div><br>Working at Subsplash is more than just a job; we are a team of people who are courageous, inventive, and passionate about doing meaningful work every day.</div><div><br><strong>About the Team&nbsp;</strong></div><div>The Subsplash Product &amp; Engineering Team is responsible for all products that the company develops including the App Platform and Merchant Services. We are a team of designers, developers, and coordinators, creating polished experiences for our clients and end users. The P&amp;E Team is responsible for the entire user experience including: End-User Mobile Apps, the Subsplash Dashboard (our Content Management System), Subsplash Giving (Our Donation and Merchant Services Platform), Media services, the Web App, backend data feeds, analytics, and more. The Product Team supports our Clients by providing a unified set of tools to help reduce administrative overhead so Clients can focus on their core mission and expand their reach.<br><br><strong>About the Role</strong></div><div>You will join a Subsplash Engineering team whose focus is building software systems and services that delight our clients, both business partners and end users. You will be expected to code primarily in Golang and PHP while having a working understanding of frontend technologies such as HTML, CSS, Javascript, TypeScript, and other languages when necessary. You will work closely with Product Managers, Designers, Scrum Masters, and other Engineers to build systems that people are delighted to use. You recognize the importance of stability, uptime, and security for web services and financial software systems. You enjoy reviewing other team members’ work and receiving constructive feedback on your own. You treat security concerns as first class citizens and will look for opportunities to help coach others to understand industry best practices. You thrive in a technical world and find joy in writing code, solving problems, and organizing details. This role is fully remote, so you excel in self-discipline, managing workloads, and communicating effectively via tools like Slack and Google Meet. After approximately 6 months in the role, you will be expected to participate in our on-call rotation helping ensure our service uptime requirements are met.</div><div><br><strong>Your Priorities</strong></div><ul><li>Write and Maintain quality software&nbsp;<ul><li>Your primary role is to write high quality, highly scalable software with minimal bugs. &nbsp; This comes in the form of creating microservices in GO, supporting existing services in both GO and PHP, and writing database scripts for MySQL.</li><li>Participate in the code review process, and accept corrective feedback about your own code.</li><li>Be a prolific documenter, going above and beyond to ensure your code is well documented for others to understand.&nbsp; This comes in the form of API Docs, Wiki Documentation, and any other form that makes sense. &nbsp;</li><li>Work on Architecture of new systems, understanding the problem space, and designing solutions to solve problems for our clients. &nbsp;</li><li>Collaborate with others on architecture, and offer feedback on areas that could be improved.</li><li>Build and maintain predictable software patterns using a combination of industry best-practices and code gen tools/templates/frameworks.</li></ul></li><li>Mentor others and build a strong team<ul><li>Mentorship is primarily through building relationships and helping others grow in their own skills.&nbsp; Take on the responsibility of helping others on your team grow, through teaching, explaining parts of the systems and answering questions.</li><li>Through the process of building relationships and helping others we can build great teams. Help foster a team that asks questions, and works together to do their best work.</li><li>Help with interviews, by participating as an interviewer.&nbsp; You’ll be expected to ask questions, and give quality feedback about each candidate on both technical and emotional aptitude.</li><li>Be a champion of humility on the team.&nbsp; Encourage team member ideas, and help foster a team that works together to come up with the best solution.&nbsp;</li></ul></li><li>Be an effective Scrum team member<ul><li>Help the team with being more accurate with the estimation of issues, bugs, and new software services.</li><li>Do what it takes to meet scrum team commitments. Work with your team to get scrum commitments completed on time.</li><li>Encourage others when they are struggling, and give a helping hand when they need some help to complete a commitment.</li><li>Be comfortable with breaking a medium task into smaller tasks for better estimation and incremental milestones to demonstrate progress to stakeholders.</li></ul></li><li>Be an innovative leader<ul><li>&nbsp;Be willing to be independent, creative, propose ideas, and get them off the ground.</li><li>Work on new concepts when you see a part of the subsplash ecosystem could be enhanced.</li><li>Take an innovative approach to architecture to build the best possible systems we can.</li><li>Take time to learn, and keep up with the latest trends in technology.&nbsp; Share these as part of the larger backend and frontend teams, and with more junior developers.</li><li>Understand your knowledge gaps, and actively work and seek out ways to improve.</li><li>Understand the knowledge gaps of your team mates, and encourage them to learn, or help them learn directly</li></ul></li></ul><div><br><strong>Required Skills</strong></div><ul><li>3–6 years of professional experience OR 2-5 years with advanced study in a related field</li><li>Experience and proficiency with server-side technologies (e.g.: Unix/Linux, Golang, PHP, MySQL, etc.)</li><li>Knowledge of frontend web technologies (e.g. HTML5, CSS3, AJAX, JSON, Javascript, TypeScript, etc.) - mostly for collaborating with frontend engineers</li><li>Experience protecting against security risks often described by OWASP</li><li>Embrace AI workflows and tools for faster development of code</li><li>Embracing the Agile and feature-driven development processes</li><li>The ability to prioritize multiple projects, tasks, and bug fixes</li></ul><div><br><strong>Desired Skills</strong></div><ul><li>Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent</li><li>Experience in frameworks such as Ember.js, React Native, Vue.js, etc. is a plus&nbsp;</li><li>Working understanding of OAuth2</li><li>Knowledge of or experience with AWS or similar cloud service providers</li><li>Experience using Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery Tools (i.e. CI/CD)</li><li>Familiar with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code concepts</li><li>Familiarity with pub/sub, queues, and other messaging concepts</li><li>Networking and Network Security proficiency</li><li>Knowledge of data security best practices related to PCI/DSS/CISP/HIPAA</li></ul><div><br><strong>You are…</strong></div><ul><li><strong>Passionate: You demonstrate our core values of Humility, Innovation, and Excellence</strong></li><li><strong>Trustworthy: </strong>You understand the importance of confidentiality with sensitive information</li><li><strong>Dependable: You care deeply about commitments and honoring agreements</strong></li><li><strong>Efficient:</strong> You naturally have the ability to prioritize multiple projects and tasks</li><li><strong>A Communicator:&nbsp; </strong>You have an aptitude for clear and concise communication&nbsp;</li><li><strong>A Driver:</strong> You are smart, persistent, and not easily blocked</li><li><strong>A Learner:</strong> You are committed to growing and staying current with new technologies</li></ul><div><br><strong>Compensation</strong><br>The total compensation for this role will be between $120,000 - $137,000/yr.&nbsp;<br><br><strong>Location</strong></div><div>Subsplash currently has operations in 27 states across the US! As much as we would love to have employees in as many states and countries as we have clients, we are currently limiting hiring to the states we already operate in. As a result of that,<strong> this role is only available as a 100% remote position if you reside in one of the following states:&nbsp;</strong></div><div>AL, AR, AZ, CO, FL, GA, ID, IA, IN, KS, KY, MO, MI, MN, NC, NM, OK, OH, OR, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WY.</div><div><br>Unfortunately, if you do not reside in one of these states, we are unable to consider your application.</div><div><br><strong>Benefits</strong></div><div>Generous Paid Time Off (Accrual rate of 15 days for the first year and then 20 vacation days per year beginning on your 1 year anniversary), Medical Coverage, Dental Coverage, Vision Coverage, short and long term disability and life insurance all free of charge, Competitive Compensation, 401k Matching, Professional Development, Top of the Line Equipment, Referral Program, Parental Leave, Family-Friendly Culture, and the chance to work side-by-side with thought leaders in emerging tech</div><div><br><em>This position is classified as Full-time/Exempt. Primary position hours are 7:30 am to 4:30 pm Mon-Fri.</em></div><div><br><strong>Note: Employment with Subsplash is contingent upon satisfactory proof of employee’s right to work in the U.S., as required by law and upon completion of a basic background check and; Employment with Subsplash is considered “at will,” meaning that either the company or the employee may terminate the employment relationship at any time without cause or notice. Subsplash is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value all human life as all people are created with equal dignity, value, and worth. We do not discriminate on the ground of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability or national origin, or genetic information in the hiring, retention, or promotion of employees; nor in determining their rank, or the compensation or fringe benefits paid them.</strong></div>

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