Senior System Developer

Job summary

NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is a world leader in delivering a safe and sufficient supply of blood, as well as tissues and solid organs. Each year our donors give around two million donations of blood and 3,500 organs saving and transforming countless lives. Our IT helps us support Blood Donation and Organ Transplantation safely from end to end, from donation through to manufacturing, processing, and transfusion/transplantation. Were constantly seeking new ways to increase productivity and efficiency, and that means rethinking the way we use IT to deliver a better experience for donors, hospital customers, partners, and staff. NHS Blood and Transplant has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Integration Developer to join our in-house development team working in a friendly and progressive environment based in Birmingham. The successful Developer will be responsible for the analysis, design, and development of new and existing applications. Youll have good communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to work independently and creatively when resolving problems. The candidate must have a passion for innovation and a can-do attitude to creating new software systems.

Main duties of the job

Maintain and enhance existing systems. Production incident management. Drive timely updates to existing systems viz. runtime upgrades, security patching, etc. Contribute to requirements (functional and non-functional) for existing and new projects. Support team in troubleshooting technical issues (production/non-production). Validate design proposals for new solutions and technical reviews of existing systems. Evaluation, impact analysis and estimation for new requirements. Mentoring and assisting junior team members. Ensuring coding, security and architectural software standards are met through peer reviews. Liaison with third party infrastructure management partner on daily basis for BAU. Liaison with varied teams in NHSBT for change, quality assurance and release management.

About us

At NHS Blood and Transplant, were incredibly proud of the many talented people who come together every day to make our organisation the very best it can be. We have clearly defined values that are centred around offering exceptional care to our donors and their families. We take care of each other too and we focus on building our expertise so we can change lives, provide quality support and offer fulfilling careers. Its an opportunity to contribute to a unique team as part of a service that saves lives 365 days a year. We offer brilliant benefits including 27 days of holiday (plus bank holidays), a comprehensive induction and training programme, and competitive pension scheme. We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with and positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community. Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever