Job Ref: 212975641

Date: 2021-01-06 16:46:28

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Job Title – Senior Technical Operations Developer
Location – Remote based role but ideally based locally to Milton Keynes – 6 month contract
Rates – – £355.89 a day via LTD / Umbrella OR £310.73 a day via PAYE

In Scope of IR35

About the role / project:

Network Rail are looking for a Senior Technical Operations Developer to help manage the development and support of an inhouse Applications aligned with their planning systems.

Your experience will include:
*To design, develop and maintain customisations and extensions to the supported applications as required by project and production support teams
*Analyse and tune existing customisations and provide supporting documentation that is accurate and conforms to Network Rail Standards
*Assess the impact of patches and technical upgrades upon customised code and provide solution options
*Resolve support issues within the production environment as required
*Identify and develop code to be used in a common code library.
*Provide technical advice and consultancy to IM and the business

Essential
*Oracle Database
*Websphere 8.5
*Java
*Development and implementation experience in the application / technology supported
*Strong design skills; works closely with analysts and technical support team to explore different technical design approaches and make design recommendations to fit high-level business requirements
*Ability to manage activities with short due dates while still following established change control processes
*Excellent communication skills, verbal, written and presentation.
*Identified Subject Matter Expert within a technical area of expertise (for example, middleware, oracle, Microsoft, mobile, ERP, Java etc.)

Desirable
*Understanding of project lifecycles
*Commitment to meeting deadlines
*Ability to prioritise and manage time effectively

What you'll get in return

Network Rail (powered by Capita), understand what it is like to work as a contractor and do everything they can to make it a simple process for you – this includes a dedicated Onboarding and extension teams and access to a web based timesheet portal giving you an ability to access and submit your timesheets wherever you are.

About our client – Network Rail

Network Rail is at the operational centre of the railway and playing a key role in a rapidly evolving industry. We are responsible for rebuilding Britain's railway infrastructure and are managing some of the biggest and most complex engineering programmes in Europe. Over the next five years we will be spending around £23 billion to maintain and upgrade every aspect of an infrastructure that comprises 21,000 miles of track, 2,500 stations, 9,000 level crossings, 40,000 bridges and tunnels, and signalling and power for the movement of 25,000 trains every day.

What we hope you will do next

Help us find out more about you by completing our short application process – Click apply now. You will then be directed to a Capita owned microsite that will assist you with your application. Once completed you will then be contacted by the relevant recruiter.

Network Rail welcomes applications regardless of age, disability, marital status (including civil partnerships), pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, transgender status, sex (or gender), employment status, trade union affiliation, or other irrelevant factor. We will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria

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