Systems Developer

The role

Providing 3rd line technical support and development to a wide range of applications in key business areas such as Student/Education, and Finance/HR. The job involves working closely with other IT teams, and stakeholders in the business to ensure our services meet their requirements and SLAs through effective incident, change, and problem management.

What will you be doing?

Working with other members of the team in delivering and supporting enterprise critical applications, in particular the student records management system (SITS). The day-to-day activities include management of incidents, and requests for change to resolve issues, and improve the service. The role also involves designing and delivering significant changes such as upgrades, ensuring data integrations with other systems function as required, and automating processes. There will be opportunities to work on projects to implement new services, and internally driven CI initiatives.

You should apply if

You should have proven experience supporting business critical enterprise applications under pressure, ideally with a sound understanding of ITIL principles. You should also have experience of installing/running applications on both UNIX and Windows servers, with the ability to write scripts for the purpose of monitoring and automating processes. You must also have significant SQL knowledge. Experience of code and configuration management tools (e.g. GIT, Puppet. SVN) would be beneficial, as would experience of Java web applications and the ability to make minor changes to code. Excellent communication skills, and the ability to work well in a team are essential prerequisites to this role.

We welcome applications from all members of our community and are particularly encouraging those from diverse groups, such as members of the LGBT+ and BAME communities, to join us.