Exciting Career Opportunity: Senior Systems Development Officer Are you an experienced IT professional looking to make a real impact? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, innovative environment? We have the perfect opportunity for you to advance your career as a Senior Systems Development Officer In this senior role, you'll be leading the development and deployment of system solutions. You'll provide leading technical development and support for systems-related issues, ensuring their smooth operation while leading efforts to guarantee the integration and optimisation of software applications. You'll work on high-impact projects, including ensuring the security, scalability, and continuous improvement of systems to enhance productivity, data integrity, integration and user experience across the organisation. What's in it for you? Lead with Impact: Leading to service-specific and Council-wide innovation projects to help improve the quality and timeliness of decisions. Be the technical expert: Use the best of modern data technologies and platforms, including ongoing investigation and research into emerging technology. Collaborative Leadership: Lead, mentor and coach your team for optimal performance. Key Responsibilities: Technical Leadership: Lead your team through the full lifecycle of systems development projects, from initial concept and design to testing, deployment, and ongoing maintenance, including solutions to enhance organisational processes. Technical Expertise: Proven expertise in software development lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies such as Agile, Scrum, or Waterfall teamed with strong experience integrating different systems, applications, and platforms using APIs, middleware, and data exchange protocols such as REST, SOAP, GraphQL, JSON. Future Focussed: Facilitate seamless integration of new systems with existing infrastructure and software applications whilst aspiring to empower and enable staff and members to work towards a 'new normal' way of working and actively embed the culture that enables this. What We're Looking For: Proven techincal experience: Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, C#, PHP, or JavaScript. Experience with database management systems (e.g., SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle) Expert analytical skills: Ability to extract, analyse, and present data to drive informed decision-making and system improvements. Understanding of data analytics platforms and tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Google Analytics). Strong experience and understanding of database design, development, and optimisation techniques. Including data modelling, querying, and database security practices. Excellent interpersonal, networking and negotiation skills: Facilitate seamless integration of new systems with existing infrastructure and software applications. This will include working closely with vendors and third-party providers to implement and customise solutions to meet the organisation's needs. Pay: £45,000 per year Hybrid Working: Enjoy flexibility with 2 days per week working in our Rugby offices. Why Apply? ✅ Competitive salary and benefits package. ✅ Generous annual leave and professional development opportunities. ✅ Flexible working arrangements to support work-life balance. ✅ Be part of a forward-thinking, inclusive team committed to making a real difference. If you're looking for a senior role where you can lead, innovate, and grow, we want to hear from you Ready to take your career to the next level? Apply today and join a team that values your skills and expertise