FTA Senior Developer

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The Rural Payments Agency has a unique role within the UK economy and rural landscape.

We pay farmers and land owners over £2 billion each year to support a thriving farming and food sector.

We also administer over 40 different schemes that to help ensure a sustainable rural economy and communities.

You can be part of the work that is keeping our rural economy strong and have the opportunity work at the leading edge of the new digital government agenda.

Behind the scenes here, our in-house IT experts keep things running smoothly - ensuring everyday essential technology is in place and effective, as well as introducing innovative and bespoke solutions to improve the service we deliver to our customers.

Your role will be essential in this.

A career in the Rural Payments Agency offers on the job learning, exciting career development opportunities and comprehensive Civil Service benefits package, including:

- A generous annual leave allowance

- Membership of the Civil Service Sports and Social network and enjoyment of a range of associated benefits and discounts.

- Discounts for computing hardware and software.

- Civil Service Pension

- Flexible working arrangements to support a positive work/life balance

- Childcare vouchers

- Eye care vouchers

- Cycle to work scheme

- Support with season ticket purchase

- Support with parking arrangements

As part of the internal development function within RPA's I&T development function you will act as a lead developer / project manager working in one of the department’s development teams.

The development teams are organised around technology areas that currently cover

- CRM using Microsoft Dynamics

- Microsoft SharePoint

- System integration using Microsoft BizTalk

- Bespoke development using Microsoft Visual Studio and .Net

Roles are available in all the above areas and candidates will be assigned to an appropriate area based on their existing skill sets

The role will cover:

- Project management of small development projects using some of the technologies described above

- Application and database design - including the creation of functional / technical specifications and logical / physical database design.

- Application development - coding and unit testing of the application as specified in the design specification

- System testing - creation and execution of test plans to test the complete system

- Resolution of incident and problems reported against production systems

- Mentoring of less experienced members of the team

The role requires:

- Proven project management skills developing small scale IT applications

- Proven experience of designing small applications including working with the business to define requirements and the subsequent creation and approval of design specifications

- In depth experience in the use of at least one of the technologies described above. Experience of multiple technologies will be an advantage

- In depth SQLServer database experience including logical and physical design. Experienced in the administration of SQL Server using SQL Server Management Studio.

Assessment Information:

Candidates should apply by uploading a current CV. Your CV will be assessed on the lead competency 'SFIA: Programming and Software Development (PROG)' (see attachments for details)

Successful candidates will be assessed at interview on the following criteria (and should therefore come equipped with examples as detailed within the competency guidance links):

SFIA: Programming & Software development (PROG)

Building capability for all

Changing and improving

Delivering at pace

SFIA: Project Management (PRMG)

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