Part-Time Evaluator, Software Engineering, Computer Science & AI

Western Governors University is committed to expanding access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs. They are seeking a Part-Time Evaluator to review students’ assessments, provide feedback, and ensure mastery of learning objectives and competencies.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze and evaluate assessments to determine students’ mastery of learning objectives and course competencies
• Prepare accurate, helpful, and consistent feedback to help students develop course competencies
• Apply evaluation processes, policies, and procedures when reviewing and determining students’ mastery of course learning objectives and program competencies
• Stay current with updates to evaluation processes; adopt and apply updated and new evaluation processes as they occur
• Collaborate with team members and leadership when evaluating new and complex assessments to ensure consistent evaluation ratings
• Review evaluation feedback from team members and leaders, apply input as needed to ensure evaluation methods align with department and team expectations
• Partner with team members and leaders to improve evaluation processes that promote consistent scoring and improve evaluation processes

Requirements:

• Minimum earned master's degree in science, IT related
• Minimum 3 years' experience in Computer Science/Software Engineering or related
• Experience with DevOps CI/CD (Jenkins, GitLab CI, Octopus Deploy, Artifactory)
• Experience with Kubernetes (control plane, data plane, nodes, container runtime, and kubectl)
• Familiarity with containerization technologies (Docker) and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• An understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and configuration management tools (Terraform)
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools (ELK, Prometheus, Grafana) and security monitoring tools (Wiz, Snyk) is a plus
• Experience with Large Language Models (LLMs)
• Experience with Generative AI
• Ability to review students' responses on assessments and determine mastery of learning objectives and course competencies
• Ability to evaluate assessments and develop accurate, helpful, personalized, and consistent feedback to students in a way that helps them progress through their academic programs
• Ability to maintain expertise in content relevant to the role
• Demonstrate excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
• Demonstrated competency with technology needed to evaluate and respond to students' assessments
• Ability to adapt quickly to new processes and apply changes to evaluation processes
• Ability to provide and receive constructive feedback and ensure consistency in evaluation responses
• Demonstrated attention to detail and accuracy
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and work effectively as part of a team
• Ability to work independently to complete assessment evaluations consistent with standard practices and policies
• Work experience with competency-based education in an online environment