Senior System Developer (Web Systems)
Vacancy Details
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Salary: | Grade 7 £33,797 - £38,017 per annum |
Location: | HARDWICK CAMPUS |
Job Type: | Support |
Closing Date: | 12/08/2019 |
Date Posted: | 11/07/2019 |
Reference: | S1708 |
Description
This is a fixed-term position for 1 year
The University of Gloucestershire are looking to recruit a
Senior Systems Developer to join the Application Development and Support Team
at Hardwick Campus. The successful applicant will help build capacity with the
team to support existing products, and will lead the development of an exciting
new workflow product which underpins the development of our academic portfolio.
The role will suit candidates with solid experience in PHP development, who are
passionate to make a difference and would like to work as part of talented and
customer-focused team.
We are looking for a full-stack developer (UX through to DB), with strong organisational and communication skills, and a proven ability to deliver to client requirements. You’ll be working closely with other developers from different disciplines (including those from adjoining systems), as well as the Quality and Reporting Teams.
The successful candidate will:
- Work as a hands-on
developer to develop the system, programming in PHP.
- Take business
requirements and create a full technical solution for delivery.
- Help develop timelines,
and deliver against them within a project lifecycle.
- Develop solutions in
line with the University’s technical strategy.
- Support existing systems.
- Where necessary,
escalate issues alongside solutions with time frames, risks and efforts
calculated.
- Feedback to other
members of the team to provide suggestions on code quality.
Required Development Experience:
- Full Web Stack
development
- Ubuntu / Debian or
Windows Server (2016+)
- MySQL/MariaDB or SQL
Server experience
- Apache, IIS or Nginx
experience
- Data Modelling (creating
normalised schemes to support application features)
- Source Control (Git /
GitLab preferred)
- PHP MVC frameworks (e.g.
Laravel or Symfony)
- RESTful API use and
development (to support data interoperability)
- HTML 5, CSS, JavaScript
- Developing software that
meets Accessibility (e.g. WCAG) and in-house Branding Guidelines
- Full lifecycle of
design, develop, test (Unit and UAT) and support
- Agile-lite (SCRUM /
Sprint)
- Recent experience in a similar role
Experience of working with in a Higher Education environment
is an advantage, but not essential.
The University understands the benefits of recruiting a diverse range of people and welcome applications from under-represented sections of the community.
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