About IFACET
IFACET is a Section 8 company established to drive industry-oriented education, training, and outreach initiatives of IIT Kanpur. It aims to create a self-sustaining, professionally managed ecosystem for continuing education, industry engagement, and digital learning platforms. It operates with a startup-like agility while adhering to governance structures defined under the companies Act, 2013.
Name of the Unit
DDIA (Loaned from IFACET to this unit)
About (DDIA)
DDIA is responsible for all the Digital requirements of the IIT Kanpur such as planning, purchasing, executing, support-providing and maintaining all the digital assets and services including the cybersecurity, telephone exchange, Internet Services, etc.
Role Summary
Major roles will be requirement understanding, design, development, implementation and enhancement/maintenance of the Academic ERP system.
Key Responsibilities
- Requirement analysis, system design, development, implementation, enhancement, and maintenance of Academic ERP and Office Automation systems
- Development of scalable and secure web applications using React.js, Node.js, Python, Java, JSP/Servlets, MySQL, and PostgreSQL
- Extensive use of AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor and Anthropic Claude for coding, testing, debugging, documentation, code optimization, and rapid application development
- Leveraging AI/AGI concepts and prompt engineering techniques for automation, productivity enhancement, and intelligent workflow development
- Development and integration of REST APIs, third-party services, payment gateways, and enterprise applications for seamless data access, interoperability, and migration
- Database design, optimization, data migration, backup, and maintenance activities using MySQL and PostgreSQL
Key Responsibilities (Contd…)
- Modernization and integration of legacy Java/JSP/Servlet-based applications with modern technology frameworks
- Development of MIS reports, dashboards, analytics, and workflow automation modules
- System testing, bug fixing, performance tuning, deployment, and production support activities
- Coordination with stakeholders, users, vendors, and technical teams for project execution and timely delivery
- Preparation of technical documentation, user manuals, and implementation reports
- Ensuring application security, data integrity, backup, recovery, and adherence to software development best practices
Detailed Responsibilities
- Study, analyse, and understand functional and technical requirements from academic, administrative, finance, examination, HR, hostel, purchase, stores, and other institute sections for automation and ERP implementation.
- Design, develop, customize, implement, and maintain Academic ERP and Office Automation applications using modern and legacy technology stacks including React.js, Node.js, Python, Java, JSP/Servlets, MySQL, and PostgreSQL.
- Develop scalable, secure, responsive, and high-performance web-based applications and enterprise modules aligned with institute requirements and modern software engineering standards.
- Prepare System Requirement Specifications (SRS), technical design documents, workflows, database schemas, API documentation, SOPs, user manuals, and implementation reports.
- Extensively utilize AI-assisted development and productivity tools such as Cursor, Anthropic Claude, and other AI/AGI platforms for coding assistance, rapid prototyping, automated testing, debugging, bug fixing, code review, technical documentation generation, optimization, and software maintenance activities.
- Apply prompt engineering techniques and AI-driven development workflows to improve software quality, development efficiency, automation capabilities, reporting systems, and institutional digital transformation initiatives.
- Develop and integrate REST APIs, web services, authentication systems, payment gateways, and third-party enterprise applications for seamless interoperability, data sharing, and system integration across institutional platforms.
- Perform API-based and database-level data extraction, cleansing, transformation, synchronization, validation, and migration between legacy and modern applications/databases while ensuring data consistency and integrity.
- Design, administer, optimize, and maintain MySQL and PostgreSQL databases, including schema design, query optimization, indexing, backup, restoration, replication, performance tuning, and database security management.
- Modernize, upgrade, and integrate legacy applications developed using Java, JSP, and Servlet technologies with modern frameworks and architectures to improve maintainability and scalability.
- Develop MIS reports, dashboards, analytics modules, and automated reporting systems to support management decisions, operational monitoring, and institutional governance.
- Conduct unit testing, integration testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), debugging, bug tracking, vulnerability assessment, and performance optimization to ensure reliable and high-quality software delivery.
- Deploy, configure, and support applications on Linux-based environments and coordinate with server, database, and network teams for production deployment and operational support.
- Coordinate with stakeholders, users, vendors, consultants, and development teams for requirement clarification, project planning, implementation, issue resolution, and timely delivery of projects.
- Participate in technical discussions, review meetings, sprint planning, project monitoring, and implementation reviews; prepare Minutes of Meeting (MoM), progress reports, and status updates as required.
- Ensure application security, role-based access control, data confidentiality, cybersecurity compliance, audit readiness, and adherence to software development and IT governance best practices.
- Plan and execute application/database backup, restoration, disaster recovery, and business continuity activities to ensure reliability and availability of critical systems and data.
- Provide technical support, troubleshooting, maintenance, bug fixing, patch management, and continuous enhancement of ERP and Office Automation systems to ensure uninterrupted services.
- Conduct user training, knowledge transfer sessions, and preparation of training materials for smooth adoption and effective utilization of ERP and automation systems.
- Continuously explore and evaluate emerging technologies, AI tools, cloud-native solutions, DevOps practices, automation frameworks, and modern software development methodologies to make institute systems future-ready, scalable, secure, and efficient.
Desired Qualifications
M. Tech + 3 years of relevant exp, experience related to AI tools, LLMs and prompt engineering.
Or
B. Tech/MSc/MCA + 5 years relevant experience, experience related to AI tools, LLMs and prompt engineering.
Pay: From ₹60,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
