Senior Technical Consultant - London

Senior Technical Consultant

You will be joining the team as aself-motivated technical consultant who has experienceworking on data integrationprojects, preferably within the Finance Accounting sector.

You will be workingon a variety of software implementation projectswithin a team environmentwithvisibilitytothe client. This willinvolveworking alongsidea client and/or partnerdeliveryresources,providingtechnicaloversightto ensure the successful integration of Aptitude products into the client environment.Ultimately,you will beworking in a team that isresponsible fordata integration required toingest or extract data from Aptitude applications and ensurethat the software is configured correctlyin accordance withthe client requirements.

Aptitude applicationsprimarily follow a SaaS delivery modelalthoughyou may be required to supporton-premiseinstallations.With support from others, you will also identify, and report risks to seniorcolleagues to ensure the team is consistently striving to deliver value to all parties.

The role will requireyouto take ownership of complex technicalchallengesandmake sound technical decisions.Good communication skills are essential, together with the oral and written ability to represent Aptitude Software, sometimes being the sole representative.

What We Offer:

We'll provide you with the opportunity to grow your expertise in an environment that supports you, your life and your career.

We'll also offer you a competitive salary and bonus as well as the following benefits:

• ShareSave scheme - ability to purchase company shares on preferential terms
• Private healthcare
• Income protection and group life insurance
• Pension Scheme
• Company Funded Health Cashplan
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to Private Dental Benefits
• Flexible / hybrid working options
• Enhanced Family Friendly Leave for adoption, maternity and paternity
• Bike 2 Work Scheme
• Employee Referral Bonus

Where You Will Be:

• This role is based from our London office and we support hybrid working
• To us at Aptitude, hybrid working means that our employees come together for 2-days per week at their local office. It's an opportunity for our teams to collaborate, solve problems together and to be engaged and involved in the wider community of our business.
• We ask employees to come into the office every Wednesday and give you the flexibility to choose your other day

The ideal candidate will have the following skills & experience:

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in IT, business related discipline or similar with at least 5 -7 years' experience.

Consultancy:

• Can quicklygain a full understanding of the project streams that you are assignedto, with the capability to assess, report and recommend risk mitigation
• Perform Aptitude Software product installation and upgrades.
• Perform and guide colleagues according to best practice
• Provide mentoring and knowledge transfer to technical developmentstaff(both clientordelivery partner)to whom the solution will be transitioned at project completion.
• Providedocumentationin the form of detail designs, configuration guides and operational runbooks

Technical:

• Demonstrate anunderstanding RDBMS conceptsand an evolving knowledge of the fundamentals of developing database-centric applications.Knowledge of SQL is essential, exposure to Oracle, Postgres, PL/SQL is beneficial.
• Demonstrate practical experience in ETL/data integration and REST API development, with exposure to integration tools such as Boomi, MuleSoft,n8n,Informatica or similar. Exposure to Python would be advantageous.
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of Azure and/or AWS cloud architecture, with practical experience of cloud infrastructure, storage, databases and networking services.
• Demonstratean awarenessof data security and privacy principles, including PII, PHI and GDPR, with practical experience of applying appropriate security controls when designing and implementing data integrations and cloud-based solutions.
• Can develop into a capable practitioner of the Aptitude products being used and build a broad knowledge of our complete product suite

Software Development Life Cycle:

• Demonstrate apractical experienceoffollowing disciplines:
  o Management of source code
  o Performing automated build and testing
  o Allocating development tasks in an agile setting
• Demonstrate practical experience working within a software development lifecycle (SDLC), with exposure to associated tools such as Azure DevOps (ADO), Jira, Git, Jenkins, Octopus Deploy or similar technologies.

Testing and Defect Resolution:

• Demonstrate an evidence-based approach to investigating & resolving defects
• Ensures defect occurrences are minimized by developing effective unit-teststrategies

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