JOB DESCRIPTION Job Title: Analyst Programmer
* Education Requirements - none but degree preferred or commercial exposure
* Experience Requirements - junior or intermediate acceptable 1-5 years
* Industry - Technology
* Job Location - Leeds City Centre
* Job Location - LS1
* Qualifications - none required
* Responsibilities - see below list within spec
* Skills -see below list within spec
* Work Hours 35 hours
JOB PURPOSE To analyse, build, configure, test, deploy, and support fit-for-purpose changes to the business’ systems to specified requirements, deadlines, and budgets. DIMENSIONS Work within a team of permanent and third-party Case Management System Developers and Analyst / Programmers within the IT Development team. Collaborate with other teams including IT Operations, Corporate Projects, MI, Operations, Client Relationship Management, and third party clients and suppliers. Experience Requirements
* Develop, configure, maintain and test system elements to meet functional requirements.
* Support initial feasibility discussions, provide assessments and estimates of effort to support the review and approval processes
* Complete any necessary systems analysis work to assess gaps in functionality and suggest/determine the most appropriate solution for given requirements and produce functional design documentation where necessary
* Plan for, document and execute technical testing, support User Acceptance Testing and plan and coordinate deployment activities
* Work with the IT Operations team to help investigate and resolve application software incidents, and support the production of Root Cause Analysis (RCA) documentation where needed
SCOPE OF THE ROLE
* The role is highly dynamic with frequent changes in priorities
* Flexibility with working hours is essential, as some changes may require work outside of normal office hours.
Person specification
* Highly motivated, proactive, with a “can do” attitude
* Able to manage a large portfolio of changes at one time, often with short lead-times
* Can switch focus quickly, and juggle priorities as and when the need arises
* Logical and analytical, able to recognise discrepancies and identify appropriate technical solutions to business problems
* Unfazed by obstacles and issues; remains focused to deliver whilst under pressure and despite setbacks
* Good communication skills, both written and verbal, and able to communicate with both technical and non-technical audiences at all levels
* Keeps abreast of developing and emerging technologies
Technical skills & QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
* Technical background, with demonstrable experience in delivering through the entire software development lifecycle
Responsibilities and skills:
Proven development experience using Visual Studio 2010 (VB.NET, C#),Classic ASP, ASP.Net and ASP MVC, SQL Server 2008 and T-SQL (queries, stored procedures, and functions), MS Office Automation (VBA, MS Access, MS Excel)
§ Business/process analysis and issue/problem management skills
* Ability to plan for the short- and long-term
* Broad understanding of systems architectures and infrastructures
* Willing to participate in the out-of-hours support rota and morning check routine
Desirable
* Experience of working on projects using a recognised methodology (Agile)
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