About The Role Software Engineer – Dynamics Developer (x positions) Location: UK Flexible Location Salary: £, to £, per annum Hours: per week Contract: Permanent
Could you be part of a team responsible for the development, maintenance, and support of a range of products and services built upon Microsoft Dynamics ? Could you help support customer relationship and case management systems that are used by our front-line colleagues to deliver vital help to those in need? A day in the life of a Software Engineer – Dynamics Developer will involve:
1. Apply frameworks and patterns to support and maintain software and services, ensuring they well-managed, monitored, maintained up-to-date, secure, performant, and available to users, and are supported by operational runbooks.
2. Capture and analyse user stories so that the user- and business-needs are well-understood, and our services have meaningful impact.
3. Create testing prototypes, to be used to gain early user feedback to test and iterate design decisions.
4. Manage documentation, knowledge repositories, and runbooks for service continuity, including managing the processes and testing the runbooks to ensure that service availability is maintained.
5. Develop test plans and perform testing following recognised good practice, including system and acceptance testing, coordinating both functional and non-functional specifications.
6. Use source code management processes allowing the rollback and restoration of services to their previous state should the change need to be reverted.
7. Define and track measurable goals and their outcome throughout the lifecycle using goal-setting frameworks, such as Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
To be a successful Software Engineer – Dynamics Developer, You’ll need:
8. Strong Dynamics skills with good knowledge of Dynamics development practices.
9. Strong configuration and customisation skills using standard connectors, plug-ins, workflows, and integrations.
10. Strong development skillset using C and JavaScript to build custom logic, integrations, and components.
11. Good awareness of commercial software licensing agreements, such as Microsoft Enterprise Agreements and licencing of Power Apps.
12. Good awareness of a variety of tools and techniques to monitor and test software applications and services, including functional, synthetic testing, integration testing, load testing, and chaos engineering.
13. Good awareness of Azure Services such as App Service, Management, Event Hub,
14. Solid experience being part of a team or individually, successfully implementing business services using Dynamics, such as relationship management and case management systems.
15. Good design experience (UI / UX), creating prototypes and eliciting early user feedback, incorporating the feedback into design changes.
16. Actively contributing to discussions about high-risk and complexity requirements and activities.
The closing date for completed applications is :hrs on Wednesday the rd of September with interviews to follow
Please apply early, as we’ll be reviewing candidates throughout. We reserve the right to close the ad in advance of the published date. In return for your commitment and expertise, you’ll get:
17. Holidays: days annual leave (including bank holidays) + option to buy extra days.
18. Pension scheme: Up to % contributory pension.
19. Flexible working: We do our best to accommodate your preferred work style.
20. Learning & Development: Wide range of career opportunities + comprehensive learning.
21. Discounts: Access to Blue Light Discount Card and employee benefits platform.
22. Wellbeing Support: Access to mental health and wellbeing assistance.
23. Team Working: Support our mission in a collaborative team.
24. CycleWork: Lease a bicycle through the scheme.
25. Season ticket loan: Interest-free loan for commuting expenses.
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