Salary: £65,000 - 105,000 per year Requirements: Degree-level education or equivalent professional experience. Strong technical expertise in Moodle (including plugin development and integrations) and Echo360, with experience of related digital learning tools. Solid knowledge of Linux command-line tools and system administration. Experience using modern development practices, including Agile, version control, CI/CD, test-driven development, and change control. Proven experience with PHP, JavaScript, CSS, NodeJS, and jQuery (Python desirable). Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs. PRINCE2 Foundation, ITIL4 Foundation, or equivalent qualifications (desirable). Experience working within a Higher Education environment (desirable). Working knowledge of Azure or other cloud platforms (desirable). Active involvement in the Moodle or wider e-learning community (desirable). Responsibilities: Responding to escalated ServiceNow calls and JIRA bugs with professionalism and timeliness by providing expert advice/operational support to users of the Universitys core VLE service (Moodle), Echo360 lecture capture system, and complementary digital learning technologies. Play a hands-on role as part of a small, specialist team to design, develop, test and maintain high-quality web applications and backend/frontend services that fulfill business needs. Work collaboratively to design, develop, and test solutions. Write documentation of new processes and products to facilitate knowledge sharing. Define and execute practices such as continuous integration and test-driven development to enable the rapid delivery of working software. Communicate positively with users/customers, avoiding technical jargon. Solve technically complex challenges. Apply expertise to issues, implementing clean fixes. Ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability for data by following information security and data management policies. Factor appropriate levels of business continuity into solutions and maintain these during the solutions lifecycle. Monitor systems and react to alerts and abnormal behavior. Liaise and escalate with internal developers and 3rd party vendors. Apply modern development practices (Agile, CI/CD, TDD, version control). Identify recurring issues and deliver root-cause improvements. Produce and maintain clear technical and user documentation. Contribute to skills development and continuous service improvement. Provide technical leadership on medium and large projects. Identify risks, escalate issues, and propose effective solutions. Support change management and contribute to well-defined services within the service catalogue. Technologies: Azure Backend CI/CD Cloud CSS Frontend Support JIRA JavaScript Linux NodeJS PHP Python React Security ServiceNow TDD Web jQuery More: We are seeking a Senior Analyst/Developer to provide technical leadership for the enhancement and operational support of our core Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) Moodle, Lecture Capture System (Echo360), and complementary learning technologies. This role offers a competitive salary ranging from £47,389 to £56,535 per annum based on experience, alongside holiday pay, benefits, and a hybrid working model. Join our dynamic team where your expertise will help optimize and support our digital learning platforms, ensuring a robust service across the University. last updated 5 week of 2026