Key Accountabilities:  
DevOps 

Apply critical thinking, design thinking and problem solving skills in an agile team environment to solve technical problems (Front End, Back End OR Middleware) with high quality solutions  
Contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle including Testing, UAT and Production Support 
Evaluate analysis, problem definition, business requirements, solution development & provide recommendations to enable the operational feasibility of solutions 
Quickly produce well-organised, optimized, and documented source code to deliver technical solutions 
Ensure designs & solutions support the technical organisation principles of self-service, repeatability, testability, scalability & resilience  
Apply general design patterns and paradigms to deliver technical solutions 
Support the development of CI / CD Pipelines (authoring & supporting CI/CD pipelines )- supporting and managing your applications all the way to production) 
Use & configure modern observability techniques leveraging e.g. aggregated logging via ELK stack, metrics via Prometheus / Grafana / NewRElic /Instana. 
Debug existing source code and polish feature sets. 
Work with integrated teams and other developers to improve and evolve technical products and services  
Align all application development & development process to Group Architecture & Infrastructure guidelines 
Provide input into project & program teams (when required) to plan & manage the development lifecycle e.g. releases, risk management, testing, integration etc.  
Conduct reviews, performance monitoring & ongoing optimization and maintenance on applications  
Stay ahead of the curve on emerging technologies and development practices and continuously evolve existing knowledge & skill in preparation for cross domain and other experiences e.g. Secure Side, Testing, Infrastructure solutions etc.  

People  

Conduct peer reviews, testing, problem solving within and across the broader team  
Support the people change teams in the development of user material (Customer, Employee & 3rd Party Adoption) 

Risk & Governance  

Identify technical risks and mitigate these (pre, during & post release) 
Update / Design all application documentation aligned to the organization technical standards and risk / governance frameworks  
Participate in incident management & DR activity – applying critical thinking, problem solving & technical expertise to get to the bottom of major incidents

Education and experience required 

5 - 8 years experience in C# and SQL Server
With at least 5 years experience in:
C# Web API 
C# Windows Forms
SQL Server Table Design, Procedures and Optimization
2 - 3 years experience in:
.Net Core & Windows Services with .Net Core 
Angular Web Applications 
Relevant B-Degree in Computer Science preferred but not essential if minimum requirements of experience & practical application is evident. 
Experience working in an agile environment 
Excellent communication, analytical skills and decision making ability in collaborative environments 
Excellent understanding of specific coding / scripting languages e.g. Java, C#,  JavaScript, JSON
Solid understanding of Object Oriented Design and ability to properly apply general design patterns and paradigms 
​Experience with test-driven development and domain driven design 
Solid understanding of messaging protocols and web services like SOAP and REST 
Experience with open-source relational databases like Postgress Knowledge of application server containers:, JBoss, NodeJS, IIS, .Net Core etc.
Good understanding of frameworks and libraries like JavaScript, jQuery, TypeScript, HTML, CSS,JSON
Experience with CI / CD tools (like TFS, Azure Devops) and Artifact Management  
Ability to create and maintain sophisticated CI / CD pipelines  
Strong understanding of version control and related concepts and techniques, particularly Git 
Experience with appropriate unit testing framework(s) 
Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills. 
Experience with Cloud platforms e.g. Azure, AWS & Google Cloud Platform 
Familiar with OAuth, Open Connect ID and SAML, preferably with an understanding of AD / LDAP / Kerberos
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