IT Software Development Manager
- Recruiter
- Confidential
- Location
- Wiltshire
- Salary
- 45000.00 - 60000.00 GBP Annual + Car Allowance + Pension + Holiday
- Posted
- 29 Jun 2022
- Closes
- 27 Jul 2022
- Sectors
- IT, Software Development
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Landmarc Support Services are looking to recruit an IT Software Development Manager to develop and support new and existing applications, owning the technical direction for software delivery in Landmarc.
As the IT Software Development Manager, you will manage the IT Application Development Team and take an active role within the IT Management Team and the delivery of the IT Department Strategy.
Primary Duties:
To be responsible for coordinating and motivating the Application Development team. Act as the first point of contact for task allocation and managing performance.
Deliver the learning and development plans for the Application Development Team to keep their skill set current and relevant.
Responsible for the creation and updating of all IT Development process and deliver the vision for the technical direction of the team.
Work closely with the Head of IT and the IT Project Office Manager to ensure development team resources are assigned to priority projects from the portfolio.
Take an active role in the IT Management Team, develop and maintain IT Processes, best practice and documentation, implementing IT policy and providing direction within your area of competency
Ensure that there is a consistent and unified approach to IT development and service delivery.
Ensure that changes to new and existing applications are designed, developed and tested in line with the IT Development Process and the IT Project Management Process
Responsible for ensuring that that all software changes are implemented seamlessly iinto the live environment after test acceptance.
Responsible for ensuring the development team are resourced to support and maintain all live IT Services, providing 2nd line support to users following IT Service Desk Processes
What you know:
In addition to management experience, the successful candidate will be educated to degree level (or equivalent qualification or experience) in IT/Computing subject.
ITIL V3 Foundation
ITIL V3 capability certification (Desirable)
Previous experience as a software developer including:
Effective knowledge and experience of Microsoft programming languages
Effective knowledge and experience of SQL Server databases
Effective knowledge and experience of Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation / Microsoft DevOps for source control/release and application lifecycle management.
Effective knowledge and experience of Microsoft Sharepoint
Effective knowledge and experience of Microsoft Business Intelligence stack and data warehousing concepts (Desirable)
Effective knowledge and experience of person to person workflow, especially Sequence Kinetics (Desirable)
Effective knowledge and experience of the ESRI ArcGIS toolset (Server and Desktop) (Desirable)
Effective knowledge and experience of IBM Maximo (Desirable)
Effective knowledge and experience of Microsoft Dynamics Nav (Desirable)
Effective knowledge and experience of Microsoft Azure and cloud based services (Desirable)
What you can do:
Experience of managing and motivating a team of software developers
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Proven experience of working within a defined development process (encompassing design, document, develop, test and release) and to development standards
Experience of developing solutions from specifications
Experience of managing small to medium sized projects in accordance with a defined project management process
Experience of working with ITIL processes
Detailed understanding of IT good practice and ability to implement
Experience of providing second-line application support and application maintenance within defined processes
Ability to write technical papers/documents and communicate detail to technical and non-technical stakeholders alike
Prerequisites for employment:
Full driving license valid in the United Kingdom.
Complete Baseline Personnel Security Standard
National Security Vetting may be required however you will be informed of this requirement during completion of the Baseline Personnel Security Standard.
Candidates must meet the UK residency requirements to undergo the above (5 years minimum).
About Landmarc:
Landmarc is a company enriched with a long partnership with the Ministry of Defence in the UK to ensure their military training estates are safe, effective and sustainable places to train the armed forces.
We directly employ around 1300 skilled and experienced people and active across 120 sites in the UK, covering an area of 190,000 hectares including 45,000 hectares of SSSIs.
Benefits:
Landmarc will provide you with a competitive salary, company car or car allowance, company phone and laptop to carry out this role, however, In addition these we also offer the following main benefits amongst many others:
Pension Scheme
Reimbursement of professional fees and on-going training
Annual salary review
Life assurance
SmartGo
Holiday
Loyalty days
Holiday purchase
Family friendly policy
Remote working - the sucessful applicant must be in a commuteable distance of Salisbury Plain (SP3 4RS) to attend meetings.
To apply for this great opportunity, please click the apply button now and one of our friendly recruitment team will be in touch shortly, either via email or telephone
As the IT Software Development Manager, you will manage the IT Application Development Team and take an active role within the IT Management Team and the delivery of the IT Department Strategy.
Primary Duties:
To be responsible for coordinating and motivating the Application Development team. Act as the first point of contact for task allocation and managing performance.
Deliver the learning and development plans for the Application Development Team to keep their skill set current and relevant.
Responsible for the creation and updating of all IT Development process and deliver the vision for the technical direction of the team.
Work closely with the Head of IT and the IT Project Office Manager to ensure development team resources are assigned to priority projects from the portfolio.
Take an active role in the IT Management Team, develop and maintain IT Processes, best practice and documentation, implementing IT policy and providing direction within your area of competency
Ensure that there is a consistent and unified approach to IT development and service delivery.
Ensure that changes to new and existing applications are designed, developed and tested in line with the IT Development Process and the IT Project Management Process
Responsible for ensuring that that all software changes are implemented seamlessly iinto the live environment after test acceptance.
Responsible for ensuring the development team are resourced to support and maintain all live IT Services, providing 2nd line support to users following IT Service Desk Processes
What you know:
In addition to management experience, the successful candidate will be educated to degree level (or equivalent qualification or experience) in IT/Computing subject.
ITIL V3 Foundation
ITIL V3 capability certification (Desirable)
Previous experience as a software developer including:
Effective knowledge and experience of Microsoft programming languages
Effective knowledge and experience of SQL Server databases
Effective knowledge and experience of Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation / Microsoft DevOps for source control/release and application lifecycle management.
Effective knowledge and experience of Microsoft Sharepoint
Effective knowledge and experience of Microsoft Business Intelligence stack and data warehousing concepts (Desirable)
Effective knowledge and experience of person to person workflow, especially Sequence Kinetics (Desirable)
Effective knowledge and experience of the ESRI ArcGIS toolset (Server and Desktop) (Desirable)
Effective knowledge and experience of IBM Maximo (Desirable)
Effective knowledge and experience of Microsoft Dynamics Nav (Desirable)
Effective knowledge and experience of Microsoft Azure and cloud based services (Desirable)
What you can do:
Experience of managing and motivating a team of software developers
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Proven experience of working within a defined development process (encompassing design, document, develop, test and release) and to development standards
Experience of developing solutions from specifications
Experience of managing small to medium sized projects in accordance with a defined project management process
Experience of working with ITIL processes
Detailed understanding of IT good practice and ability to implement
Experience of providing second-line application support and application maintenance within defined processes
Ability to write technical papers/documents and communicate detail to technical and non-technical stakeholders alike
Prerequisites for employment:
Full driving license valid in the United Kingdom.
Complete Baseline Personnel Security Standard
National Security Vetting may be required however you will be informed of this requirement during completion of the Baseline Personnel Security Standard.
Candidates must meet the UK residency requirements to undergo the above (5 years minimum).
About Landmarc:
Landmarc is a company enriched with a long partnership with the Ministry of Defence in the UK to ensure their military training estates are safe, effective and sustainable places to train the armed forces.
We directly employ around 1300 skilled and experienced people and active across 120 sites in the UK, covering an area of 190,000 hectares including 45,000 hectares of SSSIs.
Benefits:
Landmarc will provide you with a competitive salary, company car or car allowance, company phone and laptop to carry out this role, however, In addition these we also offer the following main benefits amongst many others:
Pension Scheme
Reimbursement of professional fees and on-going training
Annual salary review
Life assurance
SmartGo
Holiday
Loyalty days
Holiday purchase
Family friendly policy
Remote working - the sucessful applicant must be in a commuteable distance of Salisbury Plain (SP3 4RS) to attend meetings.
To apply for this great opportunity, please click the apply button now and one of our friendly recruitment team will be in touch shortly, either via email or telephone