Overview

Job Locations:
Glasgow City Centre
Darlington
Llandudno Junction

Role: Senior Application Developer

Salary: £42,900.00 GBP Annual

Advert Closing Date: 23/05/2024
 

Additional allowance: A Digital Allowance of up to £10,000 per annum is available for exceptional candidates, based on our assessment of your skills and experience.
 

Pension: 28.97% – Alongside your salary, Student Loans Company contributes £10,834 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
 

Security Clearance – Applicants for this role must pass enhanced background checks. Candidates have to have resided in the UK for at least the last 5 years.

Is it time you unlocked your potential?  
 

Student Loans Company is a non-profit making Government-owned organisation to provide loans and grants to students in universities and colleges in the UK.  Since 1989, we have enabled our customers to invest in their futures by delivering secure, accurate and efficient assessment, payment and repayment services.

 

We now have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Application Developer to join our team. This role is within the ERP Centre of Excellence which is responsible for the development, maintenance and support of Workday and peripheral systems that supports SLC's business.

 

The Senior Application Developer will have overall responsibility for the development of our ERP systems – Finance, HCM and Commercial including Workday and it’s integrations. They will lead and participate in the system development life cycle including technical design, development, testing and deployment of Workday functionality and other ERP systems. The Senior Application Developer will provide technical leadership and direction for all application development activities including release analysis and impact assessment, new module development, smaller enhancements, maintenance and improvements of existing configuration. The employee will provide support and cover for the Integration Specialist when required and assist with the mentoring of the ERP graduate(s).

 

What you bring

  • Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Analytics, or closely related field
  • Experience of enterprise application development and administration.
  • Experience in developing end-to-end finance and / or HCM solutions, including system configuration, integration developments, system and data security.
  • Have experience of writing code such as Java and technologies like SOAP, WSDL, XML, XSLT and Rest API’s that are used in building an integration.
  • Experience providing impact analysis and risk assessments for new functionality and

You can expect more from a career with SLC. We support colleagues to unlock their potential through our Career Pathways development programme and offer an excellent benefit and rewards package that includes:

  • 28 days annual leave plus 8 public holidays
  • Option to buy/sell up annual leave
  • Flexi-time and flexible working options available
  • Option to join the Civil Service pension scheme
  • Life insurance cover for 4 x annual salary
  • Enhanced company sick pay and family leave including maternity, paternity and adoption
  • Contributory lifestyle benefit options including discounts at hundreds of retailers, cycle to work scheme, access to the Civil Service Sports and Leisure Club for discounted gym memberships, and an optional dental insurance scheme