Rugby Borough Council is one of fastest growing boroughs in the country, with ambitious plans to build on our track record of delivering growth and investment, while supporting our communities and creating opportunities for all. We have an exciting opportunity within our IT and Digital Services (IDS) team to take a significant role within this transformative journey.

The IT and Digital Services Developer and Infrastructure Lead is a senior hands-on position within the IT and Digital Services (IDS) team delivering management and service activities in line with departmental standards, guidelines, defined delivery frameworks and operating practices.

Due to the nature of this exciting role, there is a requirement to be multiskilled in both the developer and infrastructure skills sets and as such key attributes for these areas will be:

Developer Experience & Knowledge

Knowledge and substantial proven experience in software development, the software life cycle and managing workload and delivering agreed timescales along with experience in some or all of the following: 

•    LifeRay, Java & Groovy
•    Power Bi
•    Python
•    Utilising Restful/HTTP API's, testing and debugging using Postman
•    Microsoft Azure
•    SQL Server 2016+, T-SQL, SSIS 
•    Visual Studio 2010+ 
•    HTML, JavaScript, CSS
•    XML, XSD, JSON 
•    Network architecture and protocols such as SNMP, HTTP, SOAP, SOA-Web Services 
•    Agile / Lean and Traditional methodologies 

Infrastructure Experience & Knowledge

•    Knowledge and experience in a wide variety of server, storage and backup   hardware and software platforms. 
•    Knowledge and experience of data (LAN, WAN, VLAN and Wireless) networks and voice networks
•    Infrastructure software administration
•    Infrastructure security administration and monitoring
•    Cloud services design, support, and administration. 
•    Database administration and support.
 
For an informal discussion about this role, please email Stuart Mewes, Corporate ICT Manager stuart.mewes@rugby.gov.uk

You can view full details of this job via our website www.rugby.gov.uk , where you can also apply on-line.  If you are unable to apply on-line please contact 01788 533564, or e-mail: contact.centre@rugby.gov.uk for further assistance.
 
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Interview Date: Week commencing 3 January 2022