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Reporting to the VP, Application Development in a multi-faceted, multi-location academic setting, the Director, Applications Development provides hands on technical and people leadership across web application engineering, AI enabled solutions, and application portfolio management for American Career College, West Coast University, and Administration. This role translates institutional strategy into a practical technology roadmap and delivers measurable outcomes that enhance student, faculty, and staff experiences. The Director partners closely with academic leaders, Information Technology pillar owners, and operations to prioritize investments, modernize platforms, and accelerate time to value—while maintaining strong security, privacy (FERPA), accessibility, and reliability standards. Conducts periodic reviews of the application portfolio and works with the Information Technology leadership team as well as the academic leaders to build business cases for enhancing technology necessary to anticipate institutional needs, enhance stability and/or improve price/performance. Works closely with information technology clients, information technology pillar owners, academic solutions architects, and information technology operations to ensure correct solutions are built and implemented.Essential Functions and Responsibilities:<ul><li>Strategy and Portfolio<ul><li>Own the Applications Roadmap across American Career College, West Coast University, and Administration; align initiatives, funding, and sequencing with institutional goals. Build business cases and total-cost-of-ownership analyses; manage investment trade offs and present executive-ready recommendations.</li></ul></li><li>Hands On Technical Leadership<ul><li>Provide architecture direction; review designs and code; lead proofs of concept; unblock complex issues. Set engineering standards: coding practices, testing, performance, security, documentation, and accessibility.</li></ul></li><li>AI and Data Solutions<ul><li>Deliver AI-enabled experiences using Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Search, vector stores, and Azure Machine Learning as appropriate. Establish AI application development patterns, prompt management, model evaluation, telemetry, and guardrails; lead Responsible AI governance with Security, Legal, and Compliance.</li></ul></li><li>Web and Application Development<ul><li>Lead development of React/TypeScript front ends and .NET 8/ASP.NET Core APIs and microservices. Leverage Azure services: App Service, Functions, API Management, Service Bus/Event Grid, Key Vault, Application Insights, Azure SQL/Cosmos DB, Storage, and optionally AKS/containers where justified. Ensure accessibility (WCAG 2.2), performance, resiliency, and scalability.</li></ul></li><li>Integration and Enterprise Platforms<ul><li>Drive API-first integration with SIS/ERP/CRM/HCM and LMS ecosystems (e.g., CampusNexus/CampusVue, Salesforce, Oracle HCM, etc). Implement data and event integration patterns; partner with Data/Analytics on Synapse/Fabric (or equivalent) where applicable.</li></ul></li><li>DevSecOps, Reliability &amp; Compliance<ul><li>Implement CI/CD (GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps), Infrastructure as Code (Bicep/Terraform), automated quality gates, and environment management. Embed security and privacy by design: threat modeling, secure SDLC, SAST/DAST/Secrets scanning, RBAC/least privilege with Entra ID, data classification/retention, and FERPA/PCI considerations. Establish SLOs/SLIs, observability (Application Insights/OpenTelemetry), incident response, and problem management.</li></ul></li><li>People, Partners &amp; Communication<ul><li>Hire, develop, and coach managers and engineers; foster an inclusive, high accountability culture. Lead vendor/partner strategy: evaluate solutions, negotiate SOWs, define SLAs, govern delivery, and track ROI. Communicate effectively across audiences—executive updates, stakeholder demos, written narratives, and technical deep dives.</li></ul></li></ul>Required Education:<ul><li>Bachelor degree in computer science, information systems, electronics engineering, voice/data communications, public/business administration, or a related field required; Master's degree preferred.</li></ul>Required Experience &amp; Skills:<ul><li>10+ years of progressive leadership in application development and delivery, including leading managers and multidisciplinary teams.</li><li>5+ years managing vendors/partners and complex program budgets.</li><li>Hands‑on expertise with: React and TypeScript; modern front‑end build tooling. .NET 6/7/8, ASP.NET Core, RESTful APIs, and integration patterns. Azure PaaS (App Service, Functions), API Management, Service Bus/Event Grid, Key Vault, Application Insights, Azure SQL/Cosmos DB; CI/CD with GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps; Infrastructure as Code (Bicep/Terraform).</li><li>Demonstrated delivery of AI‑enabled applications using Azure OpenAI/OpenAI APIs, vector search/Azure AI Search, and Responsible AI practices.</li><li>Exceptional communication skills: able to translate technical concepts into business outcomes for executives, faculty, and partners.</li><li>Experience with CampusVue, Salesforce CRM, Oracle HCM and Great Plains preferred.</li><li>Previous experience with higher education strongly preferred.</li><li>Demonstrates a high level of understanding of enterprise architecture discipline. Has in-depth knowledge of current and planned Information Technology systems portfolio.</li><li>Demonstrates a high level of business knowledge.</li><li>Ability to manage and work effectively in a highly ethnic and culturally diverse student and associate community.</li><li>Excellent analytical and organizational skills.</li><li>Strong communication skills, both written and verbal. Must be able to communicate technical matters into messages that can be broadly understood across the organization.</li><li>Strong customer service skills.</li><li>Ability to self-direct, self-pace, multi-task and function well under pressure of deadlines and conflicting priorities.</li><li>Willingness to work a flexible schedule.</li><li>Ability to travel/drive locally on a weekly, daily and/or on an as needed basis.</li></ul>#LI-CM1Do you want a career that allows you to make a difference in other people’s lives? Discover what it means to truly believe in the work that you do at West Coast University.At West Coast University, we have the privilege of educating students seeking careers in healthcare and guide them through their transformational journey from student to caregiver. Our associates are united behind that purpose and share a deep commitment to our values of teamwork, collegiality, transparency, and a student-centric approach to all we do. This focus creates an aligned, nimble, and consensus-driven culture that is solution-oriented and supports our associates’ professional growth.West Coast University is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment for all associates.

West Coast University

Director, Applications Development

Reporting to the VP, Application Development in a multi-faceted, multi-location academic setting, the Senior Manager, Quality Assurance leads the QA strategy and execution across American Career College (ACC), West Coast University (WCU), and Administration value streams. Leads the end‑to‑end QA function across American Career College (ACC), West Coast University (WCU), and Administration in a multi‑campus, multi‑system academic environment. You will build and scale a blended onshore-offshore QA organization that safeguards quality for AI‑enabled experiences, modern web applications, and enterprise integrations spanning student, academic, and administrative value streams. This role is both strategic and hands‑on as you will set the QA vision and standards, implement automation and CI/CD quality gates, establish AI safety and evaluation practices, and deliver measurable improvements in reliability, accessibility, performance, and cost‑to‑serve. You will partner closely with product owners, engineering leaders, academic stakeholders, data/AI teams, Security and Compliance, and external vendors to turn institutional priorities into release‑ready outcomes. Success looks like predictable delivery across multiple concurrent initiatives, transparent quality metrics, Responsible AI guardrails in production, and a high‑performing, inclusive QA team operating effectively across time zones.Responsibilities:<ul><li>Quality Strategy &amp; Governance<ul><li>Own the QA strategy and roadmap across ACC, WCU, and Administration; align with institutional goals, portfolio priorities, and release calendars. Define risk‑based testing approaches, entry/exit criteria, and go/no‑go standards; establish OKRs/KPIs and publish executive‑ready scorecards. Standardize test plans, traceability, defect taxonomy/severity, and root‑cause analysis across value streams.</li></ul></li><li>AI/LLM Quality &amp; Safety<ul><li>Lead QA for AI features (student services chatbot/copilot, RAG policy/catalog search, document intake/extraction, content generation). Implement evaluation methods, partner with Security/Compliance to operationalize Responsible AI guardrails (Azure AI Content Safety, PII controls, approval workflows) and model telemetry.</li></ul></li><li>Test Automation &amp; Tooling<ul><li>Scale automation for UI, API, contract, and integration testing. Build CI/CD quality gates in Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions; maintain stable, versioned test environments and synthetic test data. Drive shift‑left quality with component/contract tests, mocking, and testability guidelines for engineers.</li></ul></li><li>Performance, Reliability, &amp; Observability<ul><li>Establish SLIs/SLOs and load/performance practices (k6/JMeter, Azure Load Testing) to ensure peak‑enrollment readiness. Integrate observability (Application Insights/OpenTelemetry) for release health, error budgets, and regression detection; lead incident and post‑incident quality improvements.</li></ul></li><li>Accessibility, Privacy, &amp; Security<ul><li>Ensure accessibility compliance (WCAG 2.2/Section 508) via automated checks (axe/Pa11y) and targeted manual audits. Champion FERPA‑aligned test data management, secrets management, and secure SDLC (SAST/DAST, dependency scanning).</li></ul></li><li>People Leadership &amp; Onshore–Offshore Delivery<ul><li>Hire, lead, and coach a blended onshore–offshore QA team (managers and ICs); define roles, career paths, and quality standards. Implement follow‑the‑sun operations, overlap hours, and disciplined handoff playbooks; track productivity and quality with transparent dashboards. Foster an inclusive, collaborative, high‑accountability culture focused on outcomes.</li></ul></li><li>Vendor &amp; Partner Management<ul><li>Lead QA engagement with vendors/partners; define SOWs, SLAs, acceptance criteria, and governance cadences (weekly checkpoints, QBRs). Validate third‑party deliverables and integrations meet functional, performance, security, privacy, and accessibility standards.</li></ul></li><li>Portfolio, Value Streams, &amp; Stakeholder Communication<ul><li>Coordinate QA delivery across multiple concurrent initiatives and value streams (Student Experience, Enrollment/Financial Aid, Academics/LMS, Administration/Shared Services). Translate technical quality topics into business terms; present risks, mitigations, and go/no‑go recommendations to executives and academic leaders. Collaborate with Architecture, Data/AI, and Operations to align scope, timelines, and success metrics.</li></ul></li></ul>Qualifications:<ul><li>Bachelor degree in computer science, information systems, electronics engineering, voice/data communications, public/business administration, or a related field required; Master's degree preferred.</li><li>7+ years of progressive QA experience, including 3+ years managing teams and running QA across multiple concurrent initiatives/value streams.</li><li>Hands-on expertise with Web stacks: React/TypeScript &amp; Azure Services.</li><li>Test automation: Playwright or Cypress; SpecFlow/NUnit/xUnit; Postman/Newman; contract testing with Pact.</li><li>CI/CD and environments: Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions; familiarity with IaC.</li><li>Demonstrated QA leadership for AI, including safety and evaluation practices.</li><li>Experience leading onshore–offshore QA delivery and managing vendors/partners.</li><li>Strong communication and stakeholder management skills; ability to influence executives, academic leaders, and technical teams.</li><li>Working knowledge of FERPA, accessibility (WCAG 2.2), and secure test data practices.</li><li>Experience with CampusVue, Salesforce CRM, Oracle HCM and Great Plains preferred.</li><li>Previous experience with higher education strongly preferred.</li><li>Demonstrates a high level of understanding of enterprise architecture discipline. Has in-depth knowledge of current and planned Information Technology systems portfolio.</li><li>Demonstrates a high level of business knowledge.</li><li>Ability to manage and work effectively in a highly ethnic and culturally diverse student and associate community.</li><li>Excellent analytical and organizational skills.</li><li>Strong communication skills, both written and verbal. Must be able to communicate technical matters into messages that can be broadly understood across the organization.</li><li>Strong customer service skills.</li><li>Ability to self-direct, self-pace, multi-task, and function well under pressure of deadlines and conflicting priorities.</li><li>Willingness to work a flexible schedule.</li><li>Ability to travel/drive locally on a weekly, daily and/or on an as needed basis.</li></ul>#LI-CM1Do you want a career that allows you to make a difference in other people’s lives? Discover what it means to truly believe in the work that you do at West Coast University.At West Coast University, we have the privilege of educating students seeking careers in healthcare and guide them through their transformational journey from student to caregiver. Our associates are united behind that purpose and share a deep commitment to our values of teamwork, collegiality, transparency, and a student-centric approach to all we do. This focus creates an aligned, nimble, and consensus-driven culture that is solution-oriented and supports our associates’ professional growth.West Coast University is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment for all associates.

Senior Manager, Quality Assurance

Summary:<ul><li>The Business Intelligence Analyst partners with operational groups across the organization on identifying opportunities for analytic reporting and dashboard solutions to provide operational groups with a single version of the truth of descriptive analytics.</li><li>Conducts research to determine best approach to collect required data to create key performance metrics including marketing, admissions, financial aid, retention, placement, tuition and scholarships, graduation rates, student learning, alumni, and other operational areas and relevant academic success factors to be used for decision making related to enhancing student outcomes and academic excellence.</li><li>Supports delivery and maintenance of reporting to support the entire student journey from marketing lead to alumni relations post-graduation.</li><li>Maintains knowledge of business systems and processes to leverage insights from data to optimize organizational opportunities.</li><li>Accelerates insight identification by providing high quality visualizations and leading analysis which guide end users’ interpretations of complex and sometimes muddled data.</li></ul> Responsibilities:<ul><li>Supports work for multiple projects, from analyzing requirements to designing, testing, deploying, and supporting users on a solution that meets those requirements.</li><li>Outputs include reports, dashboards, insights, recommendations, etc.</li><li>Hands-on with business intelligence software such as Power BI, Tableau, SAS Visual Analytics, etc.</li><li>Hands-on querying of Analytical Data Store, Trusted Data Store, and other data stores within the organization.</li><li>Exploration of other internal and external data sources as needed to fulfill requirements.</li><li>Documents business requirements based on customer requests to guide development of delivered solutions.</li><li>Collaborates with teams across the organization while evaluating, developing, and delivering solutions.</li><li>Provides clear communication and progress updates to internal teams and customers.</li><li>Tests, debugs, and evaluates enterprise software upgrade releases reporting issues to vendors and documenting end-user training materials and guides.</li><li>Interact with development teams while reviewing, testing, coding, and delivering final projects.</li><li>Supports, troubleshoots, and resolves customer-reported issues on enterprise solutions on a daily basis.</li><li>Interacts weekly with external vendor support teams of enterprise solutions.</li></ul>Qualifications:<ul><li>Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field, or equivalent experience required; Bachelor' degree or above in Computer Science or Information System preferred.</li><li>Strong written and oral communication skills.</li><li>Ability to manage multiple projects and tasks simultaneously.</li><li>Excellent customer service.</li><li>Experience working with users developing business requirements.</li><li>Working knowledge of SQL and complex databases structures.</li><li>Experience designing, developing, implementing, and supporting enterprise applications.</li><li>Experience working in higher education preferred.</li><li>This is an onsite position where you will work in our administrative office in Irvine, CA on a daily basis.</li></ul>#LI-CM1Do you want a career that allows you to make a difference in other people’s lives? Discover what it means to truly believe in the work that you do at West Coast University.At West Coast University, we have the privilege of educating students seeking careers in healthcare and guide them through their transformational journey from student to caregiver. Our associates are united behind that purpose and share a deep commitment to our values of teamwork, collegiality, transparency, and a student-centric approach to all we do. This focus creates an aligned, nimble, and consensus-driven culture that is solution-oriented and supports our associates’ professional growth.West Coast University is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment for all associates.

Senior Business Intelligence Analyst

Summary:Reporting to the Manager, Applications Development in a multi-faceted, multi-location academic setting, the Senior Applications developer designs, modifies, develops, writes and implements software programming applications and components; supports and/or installs software applications and components; works from written specifications and pre-established guidelines to perform the functions of the job and maintains documentation of process flow.Essential Functions and Responsibilities<ul><li>Gathers and analyzes the requirements from various users.</li><li>Utilizes established development tools, guidelines and conventions including but not limited to ASP.NET, .NET Core, Angular, Blazor, SQL Server, HTML, Json, CSS, JavaScript, Typescript, and C#/VB.NET.</li><li>Designs, codes, and tests new Windows and web software applications.</li><li>Enhances existing systems by analyzing business objectives, preparing an action plan and identifying areas for modification and improvement.</li><li>Maintains existing software systems by identifying and correcting software defects.</li><li>Investigates and develops skills in new technologies and staying updated with the trends.</li><li>On occasion, writes reports on adoption of new technology.</li><li>Creates problem prevention strategies for the project, or any other aspect of the work in the office.</li><li>Creates project documents such as project definition documents, business requirements, functional specifications, requirements and deliverable plans.</li><li>Analyzes and designs solutions to meet the requirements, writes the technical specification, develops the applications, and works with quality assurance teams throughout delivery of the features, patches, and final releases. Designs, codes, tests, debugs and documents solutions throughout the entire process.</li><li>Provides system training for administrative, professional and staff on the applicable system and procedures including software, components of the system, how to integrate and use software applications and overall processes.</li><li>Assists business areas in identifying and determining the business direction and potential areas of improvement.</li><li>Works with business users on the design, testing, and implementation of solutions; works with third-party vendors.</li><li>Manages implementation of business solutions such as the release of software/enhancements, process changes, and end-user training and documentation.</li></ul>Required Experience and Skills<ul><li>Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or Information Systems.</li><li>3-5 years of hands-on leadership in design, architecture, implementation, and deployment of application solution platforms.</li><li>Previous experience working with users developing business requirements.</li><li>Ability to install and maintain a variety of computer hardware and software.</li><li>Ability to troubleshoot hardware and software problems.</li><li>Ability to perform research.</li><li>Ability to produce web pages and presentations.</li><li>Skill in editing and in reading comprehension and proofreading.</li><li>Ability to facilitate discussions; willingness to ask questions, challenge the process and seek out answers.</li><li>Solid knowledge of project management and the software development life cycle.</li><li>Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.</li><li>Strong time management skills, ability to multi-task, ability to work with minimal supervision.</li></ul>#LI-CM1Do you want a career that allows you to make a difference in other people’s lives? Discover what it means to truly believe in the work that you do at West Coast University.At West Coast University, we have the privilege of educating students seeking careers in healthcare and guide them through their transformational journey from student to caregiver. Our associates are united behind that purpose and share a deep commitment to our values of teamwork, collegiality, transparency, and a student-centric approach to all we do. This focus creates an aligned, nimble, and consensus-driven culture that is solution-oriented and supports our associates’ professional growth.West Coast University is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment for all associates.

Senior Applications Developer

Join the Clean Energy RevolutionBecome an&nbsp;Emerging Technology Project Managerat Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you’ll&nbsp;you will drive the execution of emerging technology projects from development to implementation into normal business operations. This includes physical grid equipment working across the SCE enterprise to integrate new technology that drives progress toward a smarter grid and cleaner energy future.As an&nbsp;Emerging Technology Project Manager, your work will help power our planet, reduce carbon emissions and create cleaner air for everyone. Are you ready to take on the challenge to help us build the future?<h4>Responsibilities</h4><ul><li>Manages the activities of one or more moderate to large, short to mid-term projects with responsibility for results in terms of costs, methods and outcomes</li><li>Exercises considerable latitude and judgement in developing plans, budgets, and resources, directing activities and actions, and determining deliverable</li><li>Decides appropriate methods, procedures for new projects with significant independence</li><li>Engages with all levels of management and acts as a key consultant for both functional and business issues</li><li>Leads technology implementation projects, including project planning, execution, and stakeholder coordination</li><li>Develops technical implementation plans including phased rollout strategy, network and infrastructure requirements, and system interfaces</li><li>Facilitates complex technology integrations, custom configurations, and enterprise-scale deployments of new solutions</li><li>Leads troubleshooting efforts for complex technical issues during pilots and implementations to rapidly resolve bugs and defects</li><li>A material job duty of all positions within the Company is ensuring the protection of all its physical, financial and cybersecurity assets, and properly accessing and managing private customer data, proprietary information, confidential medical records, and other types of highly sensitive information and data with the highest standards of conduct and integrity.</li></ul><h4>Minimum Qualifications</h4><ul><li>Seven or more years of experience in technology project management.</li></ul>Preferred Qualifications<ul><li>Bachelor’s or Masters Degree in Business, Engineering, or similar field</li><li>Project Management Certification</li><li>Experience developing project plans and schedules using project management tools and templates, such as MS Project, Visio, etc.</li><li>Experience in leading cross-functional teams, setting clear stakeholder expectations, identifying critical path activities, and driving teams to meet milestones</li><li>Familiar with strategic or operation planning, engineering, or analysis of the electric grid</li><li>Experience identifying business needs and developing business requirements</li><li>Strong communication skills and the ability to influence internally and externally, both verbally and in writing</li></ul>Additional Information<ul><li>This position’s work mode is&nbsp;hybrid. The employee will report to an SCE facility for a set number of days with the option to work remotely on the remaining days.  Unless otherwise noted, employees are required to work and reside in the state of California.  Further details of this work mode will be discussed at the interview stage. The work mode can be changed based on business needs.</li><li>Visit our Candidate Resource page to get meaningful information related to benefits, perks, resources, testing information, hiring process, and more!</li><li>Relocation does not apply to this position.</li></ul>About Southern California EdisonThe people at SCE don't just keep the lights on. Our mission is so much bigger. We’re fueling the kind of innovation that’s changing an entire industry, and quite possibly the planet. Join us and create a future with cleaner energy, while providing our customers with the safety and reliability they demand. At SCE, you’ll have a chance to grow personally and professionally, making a real impact in Southern California and around the world.Southern California Edison is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.We are committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodations at (833) 343-0727.

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