Location: Canterbury
Salary: £35,326 to £39,739 per annum
Grade: Grade 7
Post Type: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Release Date: Wednesday 07 December 2022
Closing Date: 23.59 hours GMT on Sunday 22 January 2023 (unless otherwise stated)
Reference: IS-068-22-R2

Are you looking for an IT Developer role where you will have flexibility to work from home as well as enjoy our vibrant campus environment?

Do you want to progress your career in IT? Are you looking for a new challenge in a fast-paced and high profile role?

Here at the University of Kent in our Information Services Department we are looking for a Corporate Systems Developer to join our team. In particular we are looking for an individual who has proven MS SQL developer and administrator skills and experience of managing enterprise level 3rd party applications.

In this role you can expect from us:

A friendly, open and collaborative working environment
Support in your career development
Very generous annual leave
We have a supportive home/hybrid working policy (happy to discuss your own individual needs at interview)
Beautiful campus, including many facilities you as a staff member would be able to use
Great staff benefits
Great pension scheme.
About the role:

In this role you will join our team of developers in the day-to-day management of our IT systems, leading on upgrades, patching & solution development. You will be expected to lead on project work and provide expert guidance, often working collaboratively with other technical teams and non-technical stakeholders. Working within a team that provides technical third line support, you will be expected to act as a main point of contact for support queries, triaging and progressing support tickets. This is an exciting opportunity to progress your career in IT, enabling you to broaden and apply your knowledge and IT skills through training and hands-on experience working closely alongside colleagues at all levels across the institution.

You will:

Manage and develop server infrastructure to support the provision of enterprise-level corporate systems, acting as a technical lead of some of those systems.
Monitor services to ensure reliability and quality. Investigate issues as they arise, either triaging and responding to support tickets or through your own initiative, providing expert advice and innovative solutions where appropriate.
Provide and maintain technical documentation for systems, procedures and services to support colleagues and system users.
Assist with maintaining the security of corporate systems to ensure key business information is appropriately secured and the University is adhering to statutory requirements and recognised best practice.
To undertake this role you will:

Have experience working in a customer-facing IT environment.
Have experience managing server, application and database layers of a large-scale enterprise core system.
Have extensive knowledge of the following areas: system administration (e.g. monitoring, backups, patching, software deployment), administering MS SQL databases, managing MS Windows servers in a medium to large IT environment.
Be ready to engage with new systems/services and a desire to develop your professional skills.
Additional Information:

For more details about the role including the person specification please do read through the Job Description.

Applications must be made via the University’s online application system. You are required to complete the main details section of the application and upload your CV and cover letter. Your cover letter should clearly and explicitly address the requirements of the Person specification and you should provide clear evidence and examples which back-up any assertions you make in relation to each criterion. We recommend a maximum of 4 x A4 sides for this document.