Role
* Education Requirements - degree or equivalent commercial experience
* Experience Requirements - 5 plus years
* Industry - Professional services
* Job Location - Tower Works, Globe Road, Leeds, LS11 5QG
* Qualifications - ind related
* Work Hours - 35 hours
Through various iterations, this client has been operating in the professional services sector for decades. They have an unwavering attention to customer satisfaction.
This role is to lead and manage a team of software developers to estimate, analyse, build, test, deploy, and support fit-for-purpose application software changes to specified requirements, deadlines, and budgets.
Responsibilities include developing and maintaining application development standards and recommending new tools and approaches to improve quality, speed, and cost of software development. It is expected that up to 20% of the role would involve team leadership, with the remainder being ‘hands-on’ technical development work. The team consists of circa 3 permanent analyst/programmers.
Responsibilities / Skills
Strategic
* Understand the services provided by the company to clients and customers, and drive a proactive “can do” approach within the team to support the business in delivering those services.
* Recommend and agree on technical standards that support the delivery of high-quality, fit-for-purpose software solutions.
* Identify effective process changes, methodologies, skills, and tools to improve solution delivery.
Leadership
* With the support of the IT Development Manager, set objectives for and manage team performance.
* Motivate and develop staff to maximize their potential.
* Ensure cross-training to remove resource dependencies.
Change Delivery
* Support review of upcoming work and identify technical solutions.
* Provide feasibility assessments for change requests.
* Maintain work schedules and oversee development processes, tracking time, budget, risks, issues, and quality.
* Conduct systems analysis, produce design documentation, develop and test system elements, and support deployment activities.
* Investigate and resolve application incidents, support root cause analysis, and deputise for the IT Development Manager as needed.
Technical Skills & Qualifications
Essential
* Experience in delivering through the entire software development lifecycle.
* Proficiency in Visual Studio 2010 (VB.NET, C#), Classic ASP, ASP.Net, ASP MVC, SQL Server 2008, T-SQL, and MS Office Automation.
* Business/process analysis and issue management skills.
* Ability to plan for short and long-term projects.
* Broad understanding of systems architectures and infrastructures.
Desirable
* Experience with Agile methodologies, SQL Server Integration Services, and Data Transformation Packages.
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