IS Specialist (Integrations) - Durham The Role and the DepartmentThe role will act as the deputy for, and assist, the IS Senior Manager (Integrations) to deliver effective integration solutions to the University, and sits within the wider Information Services (IS) collection of teams, which underpin the delivery of customer focused information systems and services.Specifically, the post holder will:· Assist the IS Senior Manager (Integrations) in the line management and professional development of a high performing Integrations team, monitoring workload, team performance and proactively ensuring, delivery outcomes align with approved prioritisation schedules.· Support academic and professional departments in understanding their data custodian responsibilities and help make strategic decisions to further the adoption of centralised data models. · Assist in the design and implementation of software integration solutions across the university's enterprise applications, evaluating existing components or systems to determine integration requirements and ensuring final solutions meet organisational architecture principals.· Develop test cases and new methods to accelerate the integration task, as well as documenting integration processes for different stakeholders.· Support ongoing maintenance and enhancement of the university's integration environments.· Development and implementation of automation scripts, for operational and analytical improvements.· Lead the deployment of software builds and integration, developing and testing automation scripts using automation and troubleshooting in cases of failure.· Work closely with Professional Support and Academic departments to support and identify requirements or improvements for integration.