Virginia Tech
Application Development Manager
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Blacksburg, VA
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Full-Time
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$75K - $85K
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Software Engineering
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February 3rd, 2026
CI/CD
Power BI
Edtech.com's Summary
Virginia Tech is hiring an Application Development Manager to lead the strategy, operations, and development team within the Student Affairs IT (SAIT) department. The manager will oversee the creation, enhancement, and support of secure, user-focused software solutions, drive innovation using emerging technologies, and collaborate with various departments to ensure alignment with divisional goals.
Highlights
- Lead application development strategy and operations for Student Affairs IT team.
- Manage software solutions including custom apps, low code workflows, and data dashboards.
- Drive innovation through technologies such as generative AI, automation, and Microsoft Power Platform.
- Oversee project governance, architecture, vendor solutions, and software lifecycle optimization.
- Collaborate across departments to identify and develop technology solutions.
- Proficient in web application development with LAMP stacks or similar frameworks and modern practices like RESTful APIs and CI/CD pipelines.
- Required qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in related field and five+ years managing software development projects and teams.
- Preferred qualifications include a Master’s degree, experience with AI-enabled tools, cloud infrastructure knowledge (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud), and advanced security practices.
- Salary range: $75,000 to $84,556 plus comprehensive benefits.
- Works 40 hours per week and is exempt from overtime; requires a criminal conviction check.
Application Development Manager Full Description
Job Description
We are seeking an Application Development Manager to join the Student Affairs’ IT team in Blacksburg, VA. This role plays a vital part in supporting strategic leadership, overseeing modern, user focused application development for Student Affairs.
If you are a strategic leader with superior technical and communication skills, this could be the job for you!
Here is what you need to know about the role. You will be:
1. Joining the SAIT (Student Affairs IT) team, an innovative, service-oriented department dedicated to solution-focused processes that are responsive, agile, and efficient.
2. Reporting to the Director for SAIT. This position is a regular, Calendar Year (CY), 100% Staff appointment.
3. Leading the strategy, operations, and development team responsible for creating, enhancing, and supporting secure, user focused software solutions for Student Affairs, including custom applications, low code workflows, and data dashboards.
4. Ensuring development practices align with Student Affairs’ priorities by driving innovation through emerging technologies, such as generative AI, automation, and Power Platform, maintaining a reliable and secure application ecosystem, and overseeing project governance, architecture, vendor solutions, and lifecycle optimization.
5. Collaborating with departments across Student Affairs and SAIT operations to identify needs, develop solutions, and ensure technology supports divisional goals.
6. Given the chance to grow and take advantage of a development plan with opportunities to advance within the Department and the Division.
7. Offered a salary in the range of $75,000 to $84,556 plus a comprehensive benefits package that includes health insurance, paid leave, retirement, tuition assistance, VT discounts, and so much more!
If you are a strategic leader with superior technical and communication skills, this could be the job for you!
Here is what you need to know about the role. You will be:
1. Joining the SAIT (Student Affairs IT) team, an innovative, service-oriented department dedicated to solution-focused processes that are responsive, agile, and efficient.
2. Reporting to the Director for SAIT. This position is a regular, Calendar Year (CY), 100% Staff appointment.
3. Leading the strategy, operations, and development team responsible for creating, enhancing, and supporting secure, user focused software solutions for Student Affairs, including custom applications, low code workflows, and data dashboards.
4. Ensuring development practices align with Student Affairs’ priorities by driving innovation through emerging technologies, such as generative AI, automation, and Power Platform, maintaining a reliable and secure application ecosystem, and overseeing project governance, architecture, vendor solutions, and lifecycle optimization.
5. Collaborating with departments across Student Affairs and SAIT operations to identify needs, develop solutions, and ensure technology supports divisional goals.
6. Given the chance to grow and take advantage of a development plan with opportunities to advance within the Department and the Division.
7. Offered a salary in the range of $75,000 to $84,556 plus a comprehensive benefits package that includes health insurance, paid leave, retirement, tuition assistance, VT discounts, and so much more!
Required Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Management Information Systems, or a related field.
• Five or more years of progressively responsible experience leading or managing software development projects and teams.
• Experience with web application development, including familiarity with LAMP stacks or similar application frameworks.
• Demonstrated proficiency in modern development practices such as cloud‑based services, RESTful APIs, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience overseeing full software development lifecycles, including requirements gathering, design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, including the ability to interpret data and apply structured problem‑solving methods.
• Understanding of data security principles, secure development practices, and balancing system availability with security requirements.
• Experience coordinating application or system upgrades and managing technology change.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.
• Five or more years of progressively responsible experience leading or managing software development projects and teams.
• Experience with web application development, including familiarity with LAMP stacks or similar application frameworks.
• Demonstrated proficiency in modern development practices such as cloud‑based services, RESTful APIs, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience overseeing full software development lifecycles, including requirements gathering, design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, including the ability to interpret data and apply structured problem‑solving methods.
• Understanding of data security principles, secure development practices, and balancing system availability with security requirements.
• Experience coordinating application or system upgrades and managing technology change.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.
Preferred Qualifications
• Master’s degree in Information Technology or a related field.
• Experience with AI‑enabled development tools, automation frameworks, and/or building solutions using Microsoft Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI).
• Working knowledge of cloud infrastructure (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud) and best practices around cloud‑native application design.
• Experience applying data modeling, business intelligence, and analytics principles to business‑focused solutions.
• Proven success in architecting or supporting enterprise systems within complex business or academic environments.
• Experience with modern security practices such as identity governance, data loss prevention, secure coding patterns, and zero‑trust architectures.
• Experience with AI‑enabled development tools, automation frameworks, and/or building solutions using Microsoft Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI).
• Working knowledge of cloud infrastructure (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud) and best practices around cloud‑native application design.
• Experience applying data modeling, business intelligence, and analytics principles to business‑focused solutions.
• Proven success in architecting or supporting enterprise systems within complex business or academic environments.
• Experience with modern security practices such as identity governance, data loss prevention, secure coding patterns, and zero‑trust architectures.
Pay Band
5
Overtime Status
Exempt: Not eligible for overtime
Appointment Type
Regular
Salary Information
75,000-84,556
Hours per week
40
Review Date
02/13/2026
Additional Information
The successful candidate will be required to have a criminal conviction check.
About Virginia Tech
Dedicated to its motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), Virginia Tech pushes the boundaries of knowledge by taking a hands-on, transdisciplinary approach to preparing scholars to be leaders and problem-solvers. A comprehensive land-grant institution that enhances the quality of life in Virginia and throughout the world, Virginia Tech is an inclusive community dedicated to knowledge, discovery, and creativity. The university offers more than 280 majors to a diverse enrollment of more than 36,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students in eight undergraduate colleges, a school of medicine, a veterinary medicine college, Graduate School, and Honors College. The university has a significant presence across Virginia, including Blacksburg, the greater Washington, D.C. area, the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke, sites in Newport News and Richmond, and numerous Extension offices and research institutes. A leading global research institution, Virginia Tech conducts more than $650 million in research annually.
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