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PHOENIX Medical Supplies Limited
Ref
32906
County
Staffordshire
Branch name
PDS - Suite 1, The Limes, The Hollies, Newport Road, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST16 1BA
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
30/01/2023
Contract type
Employee - Permanent
Description

Software Developer

Remote Working Opportunity

Developer (COBOL / C#)

About Us: At Phoenix Group we are committed to excellence and dedicated to our customers’ needs. We deliver health, every day, all day.

As a pan-European wholesaling and retail company we do that in many ways; in the UK with more than 450 community pharmacies, 13 nationwide distribution depots and over 6,000 employees. Supporting longer, healthier and happier lives is at the heart of the service that we deliver to our communities and something that we are really proud of.

About The Opportunity: We are currently looking for a Software Developer - Developer (COBOL / C#)

You will play an active part in development activities that support the goal of providing and enhancing innovative, fit for purpose software solutions in accordance with business needs.

Perform requirements gathering and analysis, design, coding and unit testing activities for new and existing self-developed systems including Internet and Intranet sites.

Key Responsibilities:

Support, maintenance and enhancement of existing self-developed systems including bug fixes.

When working in teams play an active part in all activities relevant to your role including taking part in, and on occasion leading, the design process including capturing user stories and story mapping. 

Contribute to the development and review of effective software development processes and standards.

Considers both functional and non-functional aspects of the required solution. Consider maintaining and improving data integrity to have paramount importance.

Ensure that development considers and contributes to the delivery of software which is capable of being easily tested, implemented, supported and enhanced.

Demonstrate effective use of the appropriate internal change control systems and maintain high standards of documentation of all aspects of development in accordance with the relevant processes and standards.

Contribute to the selection, configuration and usage of tools appropriate to the development methodologies used.

Apply design principals in accordance with defined processes and standards including where relevant object oriented design.

Utilise the appropriate source code control systems in accordance with the defined processes and standards.

Demonstrate proficiency in C# .NET development to a professional standard. For COBOL developers with little or no C# experience training will be provided.

Key Experience

  • Proven experience in a COBOL software development role (essential).
  • Commercial experience in a C# .NET software development role (desirable).
  • Industry specific experience in one or both of pharmaceutical distribution and retail pharmacy (desirable).

Knowledge and skills

  • Software development lifecycle (essential).
  • Lean and/or agile development techniques (desirable).
  • Object oriented design methodologies (desirable).
  • AcuCOBOL (essential).
  • Relevant third-party tools and environments including Reflex and OPAL (desirable).
  • UNIX (desirable).
  • SQL (essential).
  • XML (desirable).
  • C# .NET (desirable).
  • Microsoft Visual Studio (desirable).
  • Communication and people skills (essential).

Qualifications

Degree or HND in a computer science related discipline or equivalent experience (essential).

BCS Foundation Certificate in Systems Development (desirable).

 

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