At a Glance
- Tasks: Develop and enhance applications that support the student lifecycle and improve processes.
- Company: Join the innovative IT Services team at the University of Sheffield.
- Benefits: Enjoy 38 days annual leave, flexible working, and a generous pension scheme.
- Other info: Be part of a diverse culture that values your unique contributions.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a dynamic environment while developing your skills.
- Qualifications: Honours degree or equivalent experience in software development, especially with Java and databases.
The predicted salary is between 32080 - 36363 £ per year.
Our university values diversity and provides a wide range of benefits, including competitive annual leave, a generous pension scheme and flexible working.
Overview
IT Services at the University of Sheffield provide a full range of complex IT and technology‑enabled services that support education, research, workplace, corporate services and infrastructure enablers to all staff and students.
This large and highly innovative department is undergoing a significant amount of change as it establishes itself as a key enterprise IT partner that works across the University, with stakeholders and key partners to deliver enterprise‑wide products and services in line with strategic aims.
Main duties and responsibilities
- Develop and enhance in‑house applications and integrations underpinning the student lifecycle
- Provide support for our systems
- Follow team processes and standards for development, including writing clear documentation, adding logging and error handling, and sharing knowledge with colleagues
- Help identify where processes could be automated and contribute to implementing automation, testing, security and maintenance improvements
- Maintain existing systems, applications, integrations and data processing supported by the team
- Work as part of project and agile teams, and sometimes independently, on a variety of projects
- Carry out other duties, commensurate with the grade and remit of the post
Person Specification
We foster a culture where everyone feels they belong and are respected.
Even if your past experience doesn’t match perfectly with this role’s criteria, your contribution is valuable, and we encourage you to apply.
Please ensure that you reference the application criteria in the application statement when you apply.
Essential criteria
- Have an honours degree in a related subject area, equivalent qualifications or significant equivalent experience
- Experience developing systems using Java and Spring framework
- Experience working with databases like My SQL, Mongo DB or Oracle and also related Java frameworks such as Hibernate or JPA
- Experience with HTML, CSS and JSP, ideally with responsive and accessible design
- Experience working collaboratively as part of a team, using tools like Git and Jira
- Ability to debug and troubleshoot issues in code and integrations
- Awareness of software quality practices such as testing, version control and documentation
Desirable criteria
- Experience or willingness to learn about AWS cloud environments
- Experience with continuous integration / deployment and other Dev Ops practices
- Further Information
- Grade: 6
- Salary: £32,080 - £36,363 per annum. Potential to progress to £39,906 through sustained exceptional contribution
- Work arrangement: Full‑time
- Line manager: Student Systems Team Leader
- Direct reports: None
- Our website: https://www. sheffield. ac. uk/it-services/about
- Contact: Charlotte Lockwood, c. e. lockwood@sheffield. ac. uk
What we offer
- A minimum of 38 days annual leave including bank holiday and closure days (pro rata) with the ability to purchase more.
- Flexible working opportunities, including hybrid working for some roles.
- Generous pension scheme.
- A wide range of discounts and rewards on shopping, eating out and travel.
- A variety of staff networks, providing opportunities for social interaction, peer support and personal development (Race Equality, LGBT+, Women’s and Parent’s networks).
- Recognition Awards to reward staff who go above and beyond in their role.
- A commitment to your development access to learning and mentoring schemes.
- A range of generous family‑friendly policies
- Paid time off for parenting and caring emergencies
- Support for those going through the menopause
- Paid time off and support for fertility treatment
- and more
We are a Disability Confident Employer.
If you have a disability and meet the essential criteria for this job you will be invited to take part in the next stage of the selection process.
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