Job Title: Senior Application Support and Development Specialist (2 Posts)
Location: Walsall
Salary: £32,552 – £37,475 per annum
Job Type: Full Time, Permanent
Closing date: Wednesday 11th December
The Council are looking for a motivated forward-thinking person to work in the Applications Support and Development Team.
The Councils ICT team support and develop a wide range of business applications whist pursuing an ambitious program of work to improve their overall digital capability.
The Successful Candidate
As a Senior Application Support and Development Specialist you will provide support for ICT applications used by the various business areas of the Council. You will also be required to carry out software development activities relating to these Business Applications. You will also provide guidance and leadership to junior members of the team and/or project teams.
You will have some experience in a 3rd line support and development role and be familiar with some of the following development technologies:
- Visual Studio 2015 or higher
- .Net Framework
- VB
- C#
- Model View Controller (MVC)
- DevOps
- Java
- XML
- SQL
- Transact SQL
- CMS
- SQL Server DB admin
- Power BI
- CRM systems.
You will be able to work independently dealing with support calls and cooperatively with colleagues to resolve outstanding calls and/or improve software provision.
For this role the successful candidate must undergo a Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) check. BPSS is the minimum standard to ensure the identity and integrity of an employee who has access to official information using secure networks linking central government and local authorities. A BPSS check involves four main elements; Identity Check, National and Immigration Status, Employment History (last 3 years) and Verification of Criminal Record (unspent convictions only).
Benefits:
- A generous annual leave entitlement offering (for this role) a minimum 28 days leave per year plus 9 concessionary days and in addition to a flexible working scheme that allows up to a further 12 days leave per year
- Access to an award winning pension scheme
- Recent development of the working environment which has created a modern professional space in which to work with improved technology that allows agile working
- Promotion of training and development opportunities to all employees to help them progress and gain new skills
- A genuine commitment to equality of opportunity for staff and customers – the council aims to employ a representative workforce that reflects the communities they serve
Please click on the APPLY button to complete your application at the Company’s careers page.
Candidates with experience of: 3rd Line Line Technical Support Engineer, Technical Support Analyst, 2nd Line Technical Support Advisor, 2nd Line Technical Support Analyst, IT Support Engineer, IT Service Engineer, IT Service Desk Technician, 3rd Line Helpdesk Engineer, IT Support Technician, 2nd Line Support Engineer, Support Technician, IT Support Engineer, 2nd Line Support Technician, Technical Support, IT Support, IT Systems Support, ICT Development Officer, Web Development Officer, Web Developer, Web Development Engineer, ICT Implementation Engineer, ICT Solutions Engineer, ICT Database Officer, ICT Web Technician, .NET, SQL, JavaScript, HTML5, AGILE, Prince2 and ICT Project Management may also be considered for this role.
