Senior Integration Developer Analyst

Job Purpose

To design, develop, implement and maintain core corporate business information systems that operate across the administrative, teaching and research functions of the university in accordance with agreed University objectives. To lead the delivery of substantial technology solutions which maximise service quality and efficiency and meet service standards and requirements.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

1. Lead initial investigations in the early stages of new integration development. Gather, analyse and document complex system requirements, working with users to ensure that technical solutions will meet their needs by supporting business processes effectively and ultimately add value to the University.
2. Design, develop and test new systems, producing detailed design specifications and documentation, and ensuring at all stages that the system delivered will meet user requirements and expectations.
3. Responsible for the architectural and security related aspects of system design and implementation so that quality and secure systems support the University's critical processes.
4. Implement, upgrade, maintain and support the University's Enterprise Integration Platform (Boomi), providing full technical documentation where appropriate and ensuring the business impact of changes is assessed and managed.
5. Provide expert advice to users of the Enterprise Integration Platform in order for them to utilise the system to its full potential. Respond to support calls from staff and students using the IT Helpdesk System.
6. Provide continued system support to existing systems in order to ensure that services are consistently available at all times and perform well for the users who rely on these systems in order to carry out their jobs.
7. Plan and manage the work of others when required which may involve a mentoring role, giving direction and instruction to less experienced team members or contractors.
8. Communication with third party suppliers, government bodies, and relevant University offices and committees regarding legislative requirements and University regulations.
9. Attend training courses and conferences, and access training materials as appropriate, to ensure continued familiarisation with new technologies and keep skills up-to-date.
10. Evaluate relevant new technologies and if appropriate produce utilisation guidelines and deliver familiarisation sessions to improve the productivity of the Service and the quality of services.

Knowledge, Qualifications, Skills and Experience

Knowledge/Qualifications

Essential:

1. A1 Ability to demonstrate the competencies required to undertake the duties associated with this level of post having acquired the necessary professional knowledge and management skills in a similar or number of different specialist role(s) Or: Scottish Credit and Qualification Framework level 9, 10 or 11 (Ordinary/Honours Degree, Post Graduate Qualification), or equivalent, including being professionally qualified in relevant discipline, with a broad range of professional experience in a management role(s) and experience of personal development in a similar role.
2. A2 Extensive knowledge of working with enterprise integration tools, middleware technologies, and application and data integration patterns including JMS, SOAP/REST web services, databases.
3. A3 Extensive knowledge of services-oriented architecture design and enabling technologies including messaging, XML, JSON, web services, and HTTP.
4. A4 Professional working knowledge of the concepts and terms associated with key infrastructure technologies and protocols. (e.g. storage, hypervisors, virtual machines and containers and networking components such as firewalls, load balancing and proxies).
5. A5 Extensive knowledge of Agile development practices: e.g. story point estimation, SCRUM ceremonies).

Desirable:

1. B1 An understanding of FOI and DPA legislation.
2. B2 Professional working knowledge of SQL, data modelling practices and relational database management systems (e.g. MS SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle).
3. B3 Knowledge of development scripting with Java, Groovy, JavaScript.
4. B4 Significant professional experience developing integrations on the Boomi platform would be advantageous.

Skills

Essential:

1. C1 Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to architect substantial technical solutions.
2. C2 Ability to acquire complex technical knowledge in a rapid and ever-changing environment.
3. C3 Ability to adapt to a varied development environment and learn multiple languages and technologies as required by the job.
4. C4 Ability to work under pressure and deliver to tight deadlines.
5. C5 Good interpersonal and influencing skills.
6. C6 Ability to challenge the status quo effectively and develop innovative approaches.
7. C7 Ability to lead and mentor other developers, and introduce new development practices and technologies.

Experience

Essential:

1. E1 Substantial full systems lifecycle design experience, including requirements analysis and writing technical specifications.
2. E2 A consistent track record of developing complex integration solutions using the technologies specified in the Essential Knowledge/Qualifications section above.
3. E3 Experience working in a development team environment, working collaboratively to deadlines.
4. E4 Experience of planning workload using own judgement and initiative to estimate and deliver, including assigning tasks to junior staff.

Desirable:

1. F1 Broad range of professional experience supporting and maintaining integration services via an Enterprise Integration Platform - e.g. Boomi, MuleSoft, etc.
2. F2 Professional experience of working within multi-skilled agile project teams.

Terms and Conditions

Salary will be Grade 8, £49,559 - £57,422 per annum.

Closing Date: 23:th April 2025

This post is full time and open ended.

The University of Glasgow has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK. If you require a Skilled Worker visa to work in the UK, you will be required to meet the eligibility requirements of the visa route to be assigned a Certificate of Sponsorship.

Please note that this post may be eligible to be sponsored under the Skilled Worker visa route if tradeable points can be used under the Skilled Worker visa rules.

As part of Team UofG you will be a member of a world changing, inclusive community, which values ambition, excellence, integrity and curiosity.

As a valued member of our team, you can expect:

1. A warm welcoming and engaging organisational culture, where your talents are developed and nurtured, and success is celebrated and shared.
2. An excellent employment package with generous terms and conditions including 41 days of leave for full time staff, pension , benefits and discount packages.
3. A flexible approach to working.
4. A commitment to support your health and wellbeing .

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