Analyst Developer at GVA Partners

Summary of Position:
The Software Developer role is a technology focused role intended to provide software development and analysis services. The role sits within the Market Operations & Technology (MOT) division and under the Application Development department specifically. The role would suit someone with proven experience building production, commercial-quality web based applications (in C# 3.0 and above) who also has proven in depth SQL-Server development experience. Applicants must be comfortable with advanced SQL syntax, SQL Server Business Intelligence development and SQL Server (additional experience with Oracle is highly desirable). The candidate needs to be flexible and open to new ideas or change with the passion and drive to excel in their career. The applicant must be self-directed, organized, and extremely attentive to details. This candidate must recognize the value of agile, iterative development processes, SDLC and have strong OOD and OOA skills.

Specific Duties/Responsibilities:
    Design and implement applications adhering strictly to SDLC processes
    Ensure applications implementation and release works according to agreed timescales and costs
    Ensure availability and performance of all Applications (95%), proactively Monitoring applications to ensure up to date service delivery (minimum downtimes)
    Ensure all changes go via the change control process, adhere to organisational governance processes for rolling out new systems into production
    Ensure high quality test plans are written for every development module/task, ensure functional & security testing is part of all test plans
    Responsible for providing trend Analysis to team to enable informed decisions regarding resource management. Submission of daily/weekly activity reports
    Responsible for defect tracking during and post application implementation/deployment

Knowledge and Skills requirements:
    Experience in application and web application development (using the .Net Framework 3.0 and above)
    Previous work experience with capital market order management
    Demonstrable analytical skills with regard to specifying and detailing business processes and requirements
    Experience with .NET framework, including C#, ASP.NET, and Visual basic
    Extensive experience with SQL Server (2005/2008/2012)
    Experience with business intelligence
    Advanced knowledge and experience in HTML and DHTML, Javascript, CSS
    Practical experience in Agile development methodologies
    Ability to work both in a collaborative team environment and independently.
    Proficient verbal and written communication skills.
    Experience with implementation and testing of DB backups, restores and recovery models.
    Database server deployment design, processes, and day-to-day operations, including monitoring and Performance Tuning and Optimization (PTO) using native monitoring and troubleshooting tools.
    Formulation, management and execution of data test strategies, plans and delivery commitments in concert with business and project management
    Mobile and webservice development experience
    Experience with ticketing systems (eg; JIRA, Bugzilla) and managed workflows
    Experience with SharePoint 2010 and above preferred.