About the Role
Join a dynamic and innovative IT team at a leading company shaping the future of logistics and delivery management. In this role, you'll play a pivotal part in driving technological advancements, solving real-world challenges, and optimising systems that support the distribution of millions of items annually.
This position offers an excellent opportunity to collaborate with a forward-thinking team, contribute to impactful projects, and enhance your expertise in a rapidly evolving industry.
With a strong emphasis on personal growth, inclusivity, and well-being, this role is your pathway to making a tangible difference while advancing your career in a supportive and thriving environment.
Job Opportunity
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* Develop quality software solutions in PROIV and Java that adhere to best practices.
* Take ownership of the solution being developed
* Review business requirements / functional specifications and create the appropriate solution design.
* Create technical design documentation as appropriate.
* Present solutions to a technical and non-technical audience
* Communicate effectively with all stakeholders on a regular basis
* Manage their time efficiently and effectively.
* Perform systems analysis tasks as and when required.
* Take a Test Driven Development (TDD) approach.
* Assist IT Development support staff to resolve application and data issues as and when required.
* Provide application support to end users as and when required.
* Provide out of hours application support on a set rota basis.
Essential Skills
Excellent technical knowledge and experience of the following:
* PROIV Version 6 or higher
* Java 6
* Oracle 10g knowledge
* Strong Oracle SQL and PL/SQL skills
* Web Services (RESTful & SOAP) and XML
* Unix/Linux knowledge, including basic scripting
* HTML, CSS, Javascript
* Full SDLC
* GIT
* Working knowledge of JIRA
* Good documentation skills
* Has knowledge of or worked with TDD
* Has worked in an Agile environment (SCRUM, DSDM, Kanban)
* Good time management skills
* Customer driven focus
* Good knowledge of Microsoft Office XP/2003/2010 (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Visio)
Desirable:
Good knowledge and experience of working with the following:
* PHP 5.2 or higher
* Tomcat Apache
* Liferay
* Systems Analysis skills
* Oracle DBA skills, including database tuning
* Unix/Linux administrator skills
* Interface based design and development
* Experience of documenting the technical design and solution architecture
* Cloud based code repositories (CloudForge, BitBucket)
About Company
We are the UK’s leading delivery management company providing efficient, high-quality and competitively priced services across Business Mail, Parcels, Fulfilment and Doordrop Media both in the UK and internationally. Distributing more than 4 billion items annually, we are market leaders in Downstream Access Mail (DSA) services handling over 50% of bulk business mail in the UK.
We are in the top 100 privately owned companies with 23 locations across the UK. Our success is down to our people and the values we all follow to delivery excellence to our customers.
We think as part of a team, act with a can-do attitude and do the right thing. Following these simple values has resulted in our people delivering and exceeded both our business and personal development goals.
We are a ‘family’ of uniquely different people with strengths in the areas we work in and always have the opportunity to be curious to enhance ourselves.
We are a disability confident employer and embrace Well Being, EDI and ESG to make ourselves and our environment the best it can be.
DE&I
What is ED&I? No Barriers!
Equality (Equity) Ensuring everyone has access to the same opportunities. Equity recognises that advantages and barriers exist, and that, as a result, we don't all start from the same place. Equity is a process that begins by acknowledging that unequal starting place and makes a commitment to correct and address the imbalance.
Diversity The differences between us e.g. age, race, gender, ethnicity, religion, nationality, sexual identity, disability, but also experience, socio economic background, education, different cultures, and ways of thinking - basically anything that differentiates us from each other. Some differences are permanent and some change over time, they are what makes us all unique.
Inclusion Ensuring everyone has a sense of belonging, feels valued, respected, and supported without prejudice and their differences are appreciated.
https://www.whistl.co.uk/about-us/equality-diversity-inclusion
Benefits
* Annual leave enhanced with long service.
* Access to our prestige benefits and rewards portal.
* Long service rewards: both financial and leave based.
* Health cash plan.
* Life assurance scheme.
* Critical Illness cover
* Career development opportunities.
* Access to a well-established Employee Assistance Programme provider.
* And other excellent benefits you'd expect from a market leader.