Senior Developer

Our client is a market leading IT Security Company and part of one of the world’s largest organisations. Employees work across varying assignments and projects, and are at the cutting edge of technology. The Senior Developer will design, develop, test and support the infrastructure and internal applications that support the delivery of security services. You will need to work on your own initiative, be an innovative thinker and bring a technical awareness to the position as well as the passion and motivation needed to make a difference.

Main Responsibilities include:
• Designing, developing and supporting systems, making specific determinations about system performance, scalability and usability
• Responding to bug reports and producing incident reports when needed
• Investigating, analysing and documenting reported defects and performing maintenance programming and correction of identified defects
• Analysing system specifications and translate system requirements to tasks
• Analysing and reviewing current programs and systems for unexpected behaviours, performance and security issues
• Testing code and programs to ensure logic, syntax and outputs are accurate
• Creating, documenting and implementing unit test plans, scripts and testing harnesses
• Ensuring a high level of technical understanding across all services is kept up to date
• Keeping up to date with emerging technologies
• Interpreting and capturing business requirements
• Creating and maintaining technical documentation using defined technical templates
• Implementing software according to high level design
• Liaising with other areas of the business when needed to ensure the successful delivery of work

Suitable Candidates will have:
• Extensive experience developing enterprise level applications
• Experience of delivering software
• Expert knowledge of the following technologies is required;
o Java
o SQL, PL/SQL
o HTML, CSS, XML, Javascript
o Puppet
o Servers, JBossAS, Tomcat, Apache
o Databases: Oracle
o Operating systems: Microsoft Windows, Linux
o Perl
o PHP
• A good working knowledge of security and encryption
• A good understanding of Webservices (SOAP, REST)
• An expert knowledge of data structures
• The ability to develop and implement against Oracle and PL/SQL
• The ability to code following published standards and design guidelines
• Experience with practical use of design patterns, methodologies and techniques
• Participated in the development of long range planning for new projects and facilities
• The ability to learn new technology quickly

This is a full time, permanent position working Monday – Friday. Our client offers a world class benefits package as expected from a leading employer.