# Information Technology Manager (Special Project – Software & API Engineering)

OFFICE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Information Technology Manager (Special Project - Software & API Engineering) (26270239) We are seeking a hands-on engineering leader to design, build, and operate scalable applications and APIs. You will own the SDLC, integration architecture, and delivery, translating business needs into robust, secure services and data flows. Responsibilities: Lead end-to-end design and development of services and APIs (REST/GraphQL), using contract-first design (OpenAPI/Swagger), versioning, idempotency, pagination, etc; Implement API security and governance: OAuth2/OIDC, JWT, rate limiting, throttling, quotas, and observability; Analyze legacy systems, map and document interfaces, and modernize integrations using sync/async patterns, event-driven design, and ETL where appropriate; Write and review production-quality code in PHP, Java, and/or Node.js; design schemas and optimize SQL; build reliable ETL/data integration pipelines; Establish CI/CD pipelines, containerized deployments; Define and maintain testing strategy and schedules: unit, integration, contract (consumer/provider), API/performance tests; ensure stable non-prod environments; Oversee vendors and

- **Id**: 2454206
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/hkbu-information-technology-manager-special-project-software-api-engineering>
- **Role**: Leadership
- **Role family**: Leadership
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Hong Kong
- **Countries**: HK
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-07T03:39:31Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-07
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T21:27:44Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 39
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3529
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Education, Higher Education

## Company

- **Id**: 2690584
- **Name**: Hong Kong Baptist University
- **Domain**: hkbu.edu.hk
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/hkbu-edu-hk>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Oracle

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 80
- **Open postings**: 15
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.8
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 49
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T07:52:55Z

## Technologies

- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **ETL/ELT** — Optional: no
- **Git** — Optional: no
- **GitHub Actions** — Optional: no
- **GitLab** — Optional: no
- **GraphQL** — Optional: no
- **Java** — Optional: no
- **Jenkins** — Optional: no
- **Jest** — Optional: no
- **JMeter** — Optional: no
- **JUnit** — Optional: no
- **k6** — Optional: no
- **Node JS** — Optional: no
- **Pact** — Optional: no
- **PHP** — Optional: no
- **PHPUnit** — Optional: no
- **Postman** — Optional: no
- **Rest API** — Optional: no
- **SQL** — Optional: no
- **Swagger** — Optional: no
- **JavaScript** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 39

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-10-13T15:37:10Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 47
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.631
- **P room**: 0.75
- **Age days**: 39
- **Expected fill days**: 49
- **Reasons**: conf:10, stale_co, velocity, win:late, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T07:52:55Z

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