Position Summary
The Finance Business Application Support (FBAS) Team provides technical support for enterprise financial systems, including the Kuali Financial System (KFS), Kuali Rice, Kuali Materials Management (KMM), Organization of Interest (OOI), Spartan Marketplace, Concur Travel Connector (CTC), and the Payroll Encumbrance Transaction System (PETS).
Reporting to the FBAS Manager the Application Developer will primarily perform the following duties:
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, IT teams, and vendors to gather technical requirements and assess system integrations
- Analyze and translate business needs into technical designs and application solutions
- Design, develop, enhance, and integrate enterprise applications and services
- Perform unit, integration, and end-to-end testing; debug and resolve technical issues
- Provide ongoing application maintenance and support, including batch processing and fiscal year-end activities
- Create and maintain technical documentation for applications, interfaces, and services
Michigan State University (MSU) is ranked #30 among public universities and #63 overall in U.S. News & World Report’s America’s Best Colleges 2025. Located in East Lansing, three miles east of the state’s capitol, the MSU community includes more than 12,000 faculty, academic and support staff, as well as over 51,000 students. MSU offers an extensive benefits package to its employees including health care, prescription, and dental coverage, and a base retirement program with a University matching contribution, as well as basic life insurance. In addition, MSU offers educational benefits including a course fee courtesy program and educational assistance.
MSU Information Technology provides the primary leadership for strategic, financial, and policy initiatives affecting information technology (IT) across MSU. MSU IT offers technology resources that support MSU’s mission of providing education, conducting research, and advancing engagement.
Minimum Requirements
Knowledge equivalent to that which normally would be acquired by completing a four-year college degree program in with coursework in an information technology field related to the area of employment; one to three years of related and progressively more responsible or expansive work experience in an information technology area related to the duties to be performed; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Desired Qualifications
One to three years of related and progressively more responsible or expansive work experience of software development using J2EE, Spring Framework, Spring Data, Spring Batch, Kuali Rice, Struts, ORM, RDBMS, SQL, ReactJS, Web Services or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Good analytical, communication and team-work skills.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability or protected veteran status.
Required Application Materials
Cover Letter
Resume
Special Instructions
3 Professional References knowledgeable of your work.
Work Hours
STANDARD 8-5
Website
www.tech.msu.edu
Remote Work Statement
MSU strives to provide a flexible work environment and this position has been designated as remote-friendly. Remote-friendly means some or all of the duties can be performed remotely as mutually agreed upon.
Bidding eligibility ends February 3, 2026 at 11:55 P.M.
