Job Description:

• Building and setting up new development tools and infrastructure
• Understanding the needs of stakeholders and conveying this to developers
• Working on ways to automate and improve development and release processes
• Testing and examining code written by others and analysing results
• Ensuring that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats
• Identifying technical problems and developing software updates and ‘fixes’
• Working with software developers and software engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended
• Planning out projects and being involved in project management decisions.

Requirements:

• Have experience work on at least one of the following company for the same job
• Specialist software development companies
• Websites and any organisation that manages websites
• Technology consultancies
• Telecommunications companies and broadcasters
• Retailers
• Public sector organisations.

Key skills:

• Excellent teamworking and communication skills
• Knowledge of programming languages
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Good attention to detail
• Excellent organisational and time management skills, and the ability to work on multiple projects at the same time
• Awareness of devOps and Agile principles.