Senior IT Developer

Work Location: London, United Kingdom

Hours: 35

Line of Business: Technology Solutions

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KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• CUSTOMER
  • Responsible for analyzing a broad range of business requirements, conducting program/system research and analysis to identify key components for solutions delivery and problem resolution.
  • Develop new applications and perform unit/component tests for new application development initiatives aligned to business needs and in accordance with technology architecture standards.
  • Ensure effective communication of solutions development requirements for respective area and contribute to project plans, estimations, timelines, and status updates to support management team/clients on prioritizing new and existing projects against IT requirements and business objectives.
  • Inform key stakeholders of any issues that may impact other areas of the project and resolve or escalate issues as required.
  • Support business enquiries and business activities through execution of small enhancements and break/fix implementations (e.g. source code changes).
  • Work with Business Analysts/Systems Analysts, other technology Developers/Solution Designers to ensure the configuration and custom components meet application requirements and performance goals.
• SHAREHOLDER
  • Create and maintain quality code, ensure defect-free programming consistent with standards; provide code maintenance and support during testing cycles and post-production deployment and participate in reviewing peer coding.
  • Adhere to standard security coding practices to ensure the application is free of most common coding vulnerabilities.
  • Participate in identifying and recommending development/testing solutions/tools in support of project/application objectives.
  • Complete unit and integration testing for conformance to standards and adherence to design specifications.
  • Comply with well-defined enterprise technology delivery practices and standards and project management disciplines by participating in scope assessment, risk and cost analysis.
  • Assist in the development/maintenance of comprehensive processes for prevention of issues and participate in problem determination and timely resolution of incidents applying appropriate quality measures.
  • Perform Systems Administration of applications/environments supported by the LOB, monitor application/service performance, perform configuration, backup, authentication & tuning.
  • Ensure both state-of-health monitoring and monthly SLA targets are in place, and are being met.
  • Provide technical expertise during Incident management, analyze incident reports and outages, perform impact assessment for incidents and facilitate internal and external communication throughout incident resolution.
• EMPLOYEE / TEAM
  • Continuously enhance knowledge/expertise in own area and keep current with leading-edge technologies, emerging trends/developments and grow knowledge of the business, applications, infrastructure, analytical tools, and techniques.
  • Prioritise and manage own workload in order to deliver quality results and meet timelines as assigned.
  • Support a positive work environment that promotes service to the business, quality, innovation, and teamwork and ensure timely communication of issues/points of interest.
  • Identify and recommend opportunities to enhance productivity, effectiveness, and operational efficiency of the business unit and/or team.
  • Establish effective relationships across multiple business and technology partners, program, and project managers.
  • Participate in knowledge transfer within the team and business units.
• BREADTH & DEPTH
  • Performs complex to difficult technical tasks independently.
  • Advanced knowledge of technology, tools, various programming languages, processes, and procedures.
  • Extensive knowledge of the business, enterprise technology areas and/or the organization.
  • Key subject matter expert who consults with and may lead clients and/or project teams on multiple aspects of development issues.
  • Works as the senior or lead developer and coaches/guides team members within area of expertise.
  • Resolves highly complex and multifaceted development-related problems.
  • Typically reports to an IT Manager or above.

EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION

Undergraduate degree or Technical Certificate; 5-7 years relevant experience.