IT Specialist (Ophthalmology)

About the Role

We are seeking an IT Specialist who will participate in basic development, implementation, maintenance, support, and documentation of various departmental and enterprise-wide application systems. This includes but is not limited to the installation, modification, and testing of new and/or upgraded applications (packages or home grown), operating systems, file structures, hardware, communication devices, and productivity tools.

The Lions Vision Research and Rehabilitation Center is inviting applications for the position of IT Specialist (AR/VR) starting Fall of 2026 to support its sponsored research activities. The IT Specialist’s primary responsibility is the design and development of AR/VR-based software solutions for head-mounted displays using the Unity programming environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Analysis & Requirements Gathering
• Gathers simple system requirements by meeting with clients and researching existing technology to understand business requirements for new applications.
• May assist with written documentation of findings to share with clients and other IT colleagues.
• Design & Development
• Follows defined task lists by using basic programming skills to complete projects of limited scope and meet required milestones.
• May assist in writing functional specifications for use by programmers and business analysts to develop technical solutions.
• Under guidance, change data input, files/database structures, data transformation, algorithms, and data output by using appropriate computer language/tools to provide technical solutions for simple application development tasks.
• Testing & Documentation
• Assist with creating and documenting simple test scenarios using appropriate testing tools to validate and verify application functionality.
• Test changes by using appropriate simple test scenarios to identify errors.
• Maintain documentation materials that serve as technical and/or end-user references.
• Implementation & Maintenance
• Provide basic application and desktop support by triaging and resolving simple issues to ensure prompt and effective service.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Unity programming environment
• Unity game engine
• C#
• AR/VR

Qualifications

• High school diploma or graduation equivalent.
• Additional education may substitute for required experience to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
• At least 2 years of experience in Unity game engine.
• UI/UX design
• Eye tracking research
• 3D scanning / eye movement recording
• Data Collections

Classified Title: IT Specialist

Role/Level/Range: ATO 37.5/02/OF

Starting Salary Range: $21.80 - $37.80 HRLY ($52,000 targeted; Commensurate w/exp.)

Employee group: Full Time

Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Location: School of Medicine Campus

Department name: SOM Oph Low Vision

Personnel area: School of Medicine