Systems Support Programmers x 3

Role: Developer / Support Analyst (Unix Shell, Oracle Forms, SQL & PL/SQL)
Location: West London
Type: Permanent
Salary: <£45K + bonus + fantastic benefits

Our client (a market leading global, data-centric business) is embarking on a major tech and business transformation to deliver a more advanced and functionally rich solution to their clients, leveraging the latest technologies.

This role, within their business support team, will initially require you to use your legacy development skills to support their established application systems, whilst also developing software for medium to large scale projects and enhancing / implementing software requested by their prestigious global brand clients. As their new .NET platform is brought into service, you will be cross-trained in the new programming languages and technologies (C#, HTML, CSS, Node.js (Javascript), MS Azure etc) to develop and support this.

Main Duties:
– Medium to large scale software development and enhancement.
– Translating business requirements into project specifications and delivering in a timely manner, to plan
– Diagnosing and correcting daily batch job failures.
– Quickly assessing and prioritising the gravity of support issues, as they arise.
– Running ad-hoc data reworks and corrective actions.
– Developing technical knowledge and understanding of the business rules.
– Analysing root-causes and innovating solutions to common recurring problems.
– Developing strong working relationships with internal clients and in-depth knowledge of the company’s core services.
– Sharing and receiving knowledge, alongside self-learning and training.

The ideal candidate will have a positive and collaborative outlook, always looking to improve processes and efficiency. You will want to “make a difference” and be driven to succeed and develop yourself technically and personally. You will also need strong communication skills.

Mandatory Skills:
– Unix Shell
– Oracle Forms
– SQL, PL/SQL

Desirable Skills:
– Python
– COBOL

This is a great opportunity to join a progressive, hugely successful company, who REALLY value their staff – in fact, they’re publicly recognised as one of the best companies to work for in the UK. They’re part of a massive global group (>100K staff) who prioritise personal and technical development and offer fantastic career development opportunities. They operate an award-winning Flexible Benefits programme, along with Private Medical Insurance, Income Protection, Life Assurance, Pension etc., and you also get to enjoy a v. cool Agile Working Zone, free fruit & refreshments, and on Fridays, you get a free breakfast and finish at 4pm! Did we mention the incredible staff parties?

Technology Resourcing is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.