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.NET Developers (x 4 )

Cheltenham

Full-time

Business Unit: Customer Operations

Salary: £29,600 - £44,000 (dependent on experience)

Overview:

UCAS is the organisation at the heart of connecting people to higher education in the UK. It has a unique role and expertise in matching the aspirations of hundreds of thousands of applicants each year to the right courses in higher education institutions.

With primary responsibility for providing shared admissions services for UK higher education institutions, UCAS has recently developed an ambitious five year strategy aimed at streamlining and enhancing its services to the sector at a time of unprecedented change. Employing over 400 staff, UCAS provides a range of services to complement the core admissions role as well as completing research, consultancy and advisory work for applicants, schools, colleges, careers services, professional bodies and employers.

The organisation now has a range of critical initiatives to deliver in order to support the sector through changes in the provision of higher education, the way it is funded and the consequences for admissions processes and applicant information.

The UCAS Development Team is responsible for delivering a range of products that have the potential to influence the lives of every young person in the United Kingdom. From our impressive offices located in Cheltenham, we are seeking a driven and passionate developer to join a thriving technical team. Reporting to the Technical Delivery Manager working as part of a high-performance, cross-functional development team to deliver change into the existing estate and develop new solutions and services. Development is supported by an Agile methodology, with focus on working collaboratively with the business, internal stakeholders and other IT staff.

Role responsibilities:

  • To work with Technical Delivery Manager, testers, database developers, designers and web/application developers to create and maintain a range of applications to support core systems and other areas of the business.
  • To provide technical leadership and innovation in all aspects of database development.
  • To coach and mentor other team members in key technologies and developments, to improve general skill set of team and increase knowledge of solutions.
  • To investigate, suggest and where appropriate implement new technologies.
  • To prioritise own workload within the boundaries set by the Technical Delivery Manager.
  • To be responsible for maintaining and administering supported databases, including cloud based offerings.

Role requirements:

  • Educated to degree level in relevant computing discipline or equivalent professional experience.
  • Extensive experience of developing ASP.NET web applications using C#, familiar with .NET framework 2.0/3.0/3.5/4.0. Java 1.4+ experience is highly desirable.
  • Extensive experience of JavaScript, CSS, XML, XSL, XHTML technologies.
  • Experience of developing scalable, high performance, cloud based solutions is highly desirable.
  • Experience of database design and development including writing queries.
  • Experience of working within an Agile software development environment.
  • Appropriate knowledge of system testing techniques and technologies.
  • Appropriate knowledge of cross-browser and cross-platform web development.
  • Ability to work as a part of a development team and work well under pressure.
  • Strong analytical skills.
  • Able to communicate effectively, including the ability to mentor, coach and motivate others.
  • Ability to prioritise and organise own workload (and workload of others where necessary) to meet specified deadlines.

To apply, please send your CV and a covering letter (clearly stating your salary expectations) to jobs@ucas.ac.uk

UCAS values diversity and is committed to equality of opportunity

UCAS does not discriminate on grounds of age, nationality, race, ethnic origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation or disability