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Role and Responsibilities This is an excellent opportunity for a capable web developer who enjoys owning features end-to-end in a modern, forward-thinking financial services business. We have our own proprietary applications, both back-office solutions as well as client facing. You will work on multiple projects including continuing to enhance our own CRM solution, migrating legacy WebForms functionality to clean services and a modern UI. You’ll work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment; you will not be a “cog in the machine.” You’ll be involved in every aspect of delivery - from requirements and design, to development, testing, deployment, documentation, and support, with a strong focus on scalability and maintainability. We are an extremely fast-growing business and as such, you will be required to adapt quickly to changes and business requirements. You must have a willingness to learn and adapt quickly in order to satisfy changes to business requirements. The job role will consist of the below responsibilities: Development CRM (WebForms/.NET/TSQL/BPM): Configure and extend our proprietary CRM using TSQL, BPM/workflow tools and C# Modernisation: Incremental modernisation of legacy applications using strangler pattern Client facing applications: Develop our customer self service portal and other front-end applications utilising React/Typescript and .NET 9 Web API Azure implementation: Assist in administering our cloud infrastructure (App Service/Functions, Azure SQL, Storage, Key Vault with Managed Identity, App Configuration, Private Endpoints, Application Insights) Quality/pipelines: Contribute to and set up CI/CD pipelines, unit/integration tests where required Testing: Conduct thorough testing and peer review of work items Data Analysis (SQL Server/TSQL) Write performance conscious, SARGable queries and implement appropriate indexing Monitor and apply performance fixes and other DB management tasks in Azure SQL Server hosted DB Technical Documentation Produce documentation for requirement gathering, code architecture and training guides Contribute to due diligence and penetration test readiness packs (architecture diagrams, data flows and controls) Support Triage and resolve support tickets relating to in-house applications from employees Support customer facing applications and address incidents utilising Azure Application Insights and application logs to identify and resolve issues Requirement Gathering: Communicate with stakeholders to establish clear problem statements and requirements Translate requirements into technical solutions with a focus on extendibility and minimising technical debt, considering future changes Accountability and Working Relationships Part of a small, highly motivated and productive development team Partners closely with CTO (hands on) Collaborates and in direct communication with operations, advice, compliance and administration teams to deliver appropriate solutions Accountable for delivering projects on time and to specification Working Environment and Hours: Office based in Doncaster (remote working can be available on occasions where required, however office based is preferred) Monday to Friday, 09:00-17:30. Hours can be flexible within reason and to ensure delivery of key milestones Benefits Competitive salary (dependent on experience) 24 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) Pension scheme Can be very flexible on working hours dependent on requirements and ensuring delivery of key milestones Opportunity to own meaningful projects end-to-end in a growing, entrepreneurial business Big opportunity to learn new emerging technologies (particularly AI), while at work Skills – Essential C# .NET (6+): Dependency Injection, Web API Working knowledge and experience of legacy .NET Framework 4.x and WebForms Microsoft SQL Server: Strong T-SQL, SARGability and indexing, performance tuning mindset TypeScript/React: Component reusability, state management Auth and Security: Securing SPA/APIs using flows such as OAuth2/OIDC Microsoft Azure (hands-on): VMs, App Service, Functions/Logic Apps, Azure SQL, Storage, Key Vault (Managed Identity), App Configuration, Application Insights; basic networking/private endpoints/DNS concepts CI/CD: GitHub Actions/Azure DevOps; environment-aware configuration and secret management Skills – Desirable Firebase: authentication, hosting, functions, Firestore React Native and building mobile apps Exposure to Azure AI Foundry or other AI orchestration (prompting/evaluation/workflows) Experience migrating legacy codebases to modern architecture Using Entra ID for authentication (OAuth2 Flow) Azure infrastructure set up including VNET/Private endpoint and DNS management and setting up secure landing zones Twilio API Industry knowledge of Financial services particularly retirement and custodial platforms Knowledge and experience working with the Seccl API Development Path Candidates slightly lighter in one area (like React or Azure) but strong in WebForms + C# + SQL and motivated to learn will be considered, provided they can show understanding of fundamentals and are willing to learn quickly. Comfortable operating across legacy and modern stacks in the same day. Job Type: Full-time Benefits:   Company events Company pension Free parking On-site parking   Ability to commute/relocate:   Doncaster DN4 5NL: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)   Work Location: In person

DaTS - Applications Support & Development Officer (Geospatial) Grade: G7; Salary Range: £32,654 - £37,035 pa# Full time, permanent Walsall Ref: RT01125   We are seeking a skilled Applications Support and Development Officer (Geospatial) – to join our team and help us design, develop, and maintain our geospatial data infrastructure. As a key member of the Geospatial Team, you will: Help the council to exploit the value in our GIS data holdings. Undertake significant projects which improve and combine data from back office and customer-facing systems. Make sure our data, and data shared by others is of the highest quality, highly available, usable, and shareable by rigorous standard setting and quality controls. Work with other members of the GIS team and the wider Council GIS community, to deliver geospatial analysis, support workflows in our corporate geospatial products and services, delivering continuous insight and value to our staff and residents Utilise the best of modern GIS and data technology platforms, including ongoing investigation and research into emerging technology. Support the Geospatial platforms of Walsall Council with skills associated with Software Development and Information Technology. What we are about We lead and support the creation of business data, manage the GIS architecture to ensure we provide, clean, reliable and reusable GIS data formats.  These in turn can then be aggregated to combine and enhance data from a variety of systems, creating data sets to drive insights and opportunities to improve performance, aid operational services, CRM and service delivery. By joining our GIS service, you will be working with a talented, supportive, and friendly team. For our part we will be committed to your professional development, developing your skills will be as important to us, as it is to you. You will receive a salary in the range of £32,654 - £37,035  per annum plus generous annual leave and flexitime leave allowance. Closing date for applications: 20 June 2025. For this role the successful candidates must undergo a Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) check.  BPSS is the minimum standard to ensure the identity and integrity of an employee who has access to official information using secure networks linking central government and local authorities.  A BPSS check involves four main elements; Identity Check, National and Immigration Status, Employment History (last 3 years) and Verification of Criminal Record (unspent convictions only). This post is covered by the Government’s Code of Practice on the English Language Fluency Duty for public sector workers.  The postholder will be required to communicate verbally with customers and provide advice and/or information in accurate spoken English. Important note: When completing your online application form, you will be asked to enter supporting information. You must enter a detailed supporting information statement describing how your skills, abilities and experience meet the specific criteria included in the employee specification. If you do not include a supporting information statement, you will not be shortlisted.  Please do not add a CV as we do not accept them.  Please see our Information for Applicants leaflet for further information. About Us Here at Walsall, we want to attract the best talent. That's why - as well as a satisfying and rewarding job - we offer a range of attractive benefits. Working arrangements in most jobs are flexible (you may work flexitime, full or part time and job sharing is usually available) and you can expect generous holiday entitlements, a first class pension scheme and plenty of opportunities for training and personal development. We advertise vacancies because we want the best talent available. If that's you, we're waiting for your application. Living in Walsall Part of the Black Country, famous for its enterprising and industrial past, Walsall is reinventing itself to become a progressive modern community. The borough is centred around the major town of Walsall, but also includes five smaller and distinctive district centres (Bloxwich, Aldridge, Willenhall, Darlaston and Brownhills), together with numerous villages. Walsall Council is committed to Safer Recruitment To achieve our commitment, we will ensure continuous development and improvement of robust recruitment processes and procedures that promote a culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce. Social Work Matters - Children's Social Worker Recruitment Some of our children require a special kind of support: yours. Visit our microsite to find out more about joining Walsall Council as a Children's Social Worker.

We are looking for an innovative, broadly experienced all round developer with demonstrable business acumen and team leadership skills, to act as the main technical point to drive forward technical solutions as required for our Private Lines division (Private Car and Commercial Vehicle).  Much of this will be web based and / or mobile solutions. The Technical Lead requires direct working relationships with key business owners, their proxies and project managers responsible for driving forward a particular business division A successful candidate may be more highly front end or more back end experienced – which is OK, but you must have actively contributed to complex product development solutions with full engagement across multiple areas of technical specialism so is able to fully understand the roles, relationships and dependencies that each of each of these disciplines characterise.   Job Title:  Technical Business Lead Working Hours:  37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday Location:  Liverpool City Centre, Hybrid working available Salary:  £70,000-£85,000 DOE   What you will be doing: Developing new and enhancing existing user-facing solutions Providing technical guidance, decision making and leadership of a delivery team comprising product owners, BA’s, PM’s, front end devs, back end dev, database developers, digital analysts, QA technicians Ensuring DevOps Epics, pbi’s, tasks, feature flagging, Assurance criteria and all testing strategies align with company standards Ensuring system are well documented and tested for resilience / failover / auto scaling as specified Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use. Ensuring high quality software product delivery to timescales with reliable estimates and actual effort recorded Work with multiple internal stakeholders to ensure common understanding of technical approaches to architecture and implementation Collaborating with all other technical teams proactively and with consideration of priorities and workloads, working collaboratively in a multi disciplinary team to reach team goals Ensure mandated ‘core systems’ upgrades are appropriately managed Liaise with 3rd parties as appropriate depending on product requirements Provide BAU bug handling, hot fix deployment as and when required Putting security and performance at the heart of all products and processes   What we are looking for: Capable of advising on modern, secure, technical solutions to achieve product owner goals Highly proficient in either front end or back end modern technology tooling and coding standards, especially react, react Native, Next JS, C# dot Net, Event driven systems, Azure Devops, SOLID and clean architecture patterns Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements Backed C#, dotNET, VS Core development Thorough understanding of front end typescript frameworks and core principles Solid understanding of modern specifications when developing components. Experience with the React Material UI Framework and an eye for design and understanding UI/UX practices Experience working with REST APIs and webhooks Knowledge of Docker and Docker Compose Strong development experience in microservice based enterprise architecture, SOLID principles, clean architecture, Azure service Bus, RabbitMQ, Mass transit, MediatR Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token, OAuth etc Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools Understanding of popular front-end development tools such as Yarn, Webpack, Vitjs, StoryBook, Jest, Eslint, Prettier, Husky, etc. Good awareness of logging and alerting strategies and tooling (e.g. loki/Grafana) Familiarity with code versioning tools such as Git Good understanding of Google Adwords, GLCID’s, Tag Manager for tracking conversion Solid experience of CI/CD pipelines in DevOps     About Acorn Insurance With over 40 years of experience, Acorn Insurance is a specialist provider dedicated to helping individuals secure motor insurance across the UK. We proudly serve more than 50,000 customers, ensuring they find policies that meet their needs and provide the peace of mind that comes with high-quality cover. At Acorn Insurance, we offer comprehensive training and continuous in-house coaching. You'll receive in-depth, FCA-regulated industry knowledge and all the tools necessary to grow your career with us. We celebrate diversity and are committed to fostering a culture where everyone feels respected and valued. As a Disability Confident Level 1 and Level 2 employer, we ensure our workplace is accessible and inclusive, encouraging our people to bring their best selves to work every day. The Acorn Group has been recognised as a Great Place to Work for 2024/5. A record number of employees participated in our survey, overwhelmingly highlighting our welcoming and supportive atmosphere as an excellent place to build a career. We are committed to continuous improvement and have ambitious plans for 2025.  Why Acorn Insurance? Acorn Insurance want to give you more than a job, we want to give you a purpose and a career. So, what can we offer you as an employer? Some of the "your tomorrow" benefits you will receive include: Wellbeing:  Enhanced Annual Leave entitlement starting at 31 days and potentially increasing to 35 days per year depending on grade & length of service (including bank holidays) Enhanced paternity pay and 16 weeks full maternity pay. Colleague Assistance programme offers a suite of wellbeing services such as: 6 Free Counselling sessions per year Unlimited access to a telephone councillor 24/7 Access to a free 4-week programme of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) with a trained therapist mentor.  Network of internal qualified mental health first aiders are available to provide support to colleagues. Financial: A core level of life assurance with the option to increase cover via salary sacrifice and add your spouse/partner  Ability to access your earnings before payday via Dayforce Wallet. Company pension scheme Refer a friend scheme with a £250 bonus for every colleague recommended on passing their probation period. Access to a flexible benefits platform including an annual flex pot allowance to spend on over 15 benefits of your choice. Ability to give back. You can opt into donating money to charity to climate positive organisations directly from your salary.   Reward, Recognition and Culture :  Long Service Award paid on 5,10- and 15-years’ service A reward and recognition hub to celebrate and reward colleagues and peers. Consistent and engaging company events including company awards, competitions and charity fundraisers. Budgets for department leaders to use for social and engagement events. Please visit out website to view more of our excellent work benefits!    All roles are subject to DBS and Financial checks, any offer made will be conditional until checks are completed to a satisfactory standard. Unfortunately, due to the length of training and complexity of the role, we can only accept applications from candidates who have at least one year remaining on their (Graduate/ Post study work) visa. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide visa sponsorships. At Acorn, we are committed to creating an inclusive and supportive work environment. We recognise that candidates may have specific needs and are happy to consider reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process and working environment to accommodate individual requirements. Whether it’s modifying equipment, adjusting working hours, or providing additional support, we aim to ensure all employees can perform at their best. If you require any reasonable adjustments, please let us know during the application or interview process, and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met.

Position Overview We are seeking a skilled and motivated Database Administrator (DBA) to join and manage our new Data team including a Junior Database Administrator. The role will include taking the lead with data quality and integrity, identifying issues and their causes, resolving data and process issues, and steering data cleansing activities across a diverse workforce. The ideal candidate will have experience of managing data and databases within the Microsoft ecosystem, including Dynamics, SharePoint, Microsoft 365, and Azure Data Warehouse. Additionally, the candidate will be skilled in using SQL and Power BI to create detailed reports and dashboards for tracking key performance indicators (KPIs).   Key Responsibilities   Manage the installation, configuration, and maintenance of databases within Microsoft Dynamics, SharePoint, Microsoft 365, and Azure Data Warehouse. Ensure databases are properly structured, maintained, and upgraded as needed. Define, implement, and manage seamless data integration across various platforms and applications. Implement and maintain robust security measures to protect sensitive data from unauthorised access and breaches. Develop and manage backup and recovery plans to safeguard data integrity and availability. Diagnose and resolve data and database-related issues promptly to minimise downtime and ensure smooth operations. Management and training of junior staff and data teams. Oversee data cleansing operations to ensure data is accurate and free from inconsistencies. Develop and maintain detailed reports and dashboards using Power BI to track and visualise KPIs. Monitor and optimise database performance to ensure efficient data retrieval and storage. Monitor and audit data to identify and resolve discrepancies, ensuring high data integrity. Ensuring that the right data is available to the right people at the right time. Assisting teams in analysing data to support business decisions. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure data quality requirements are met and conduct regular data quality assessments to track improvements. Create and maintain comprehensive documentation of configurations, processes, and procedures. Work closely and collaboratively with IT colleagues, development teams, and other stakeholders in a diverse and inclusive global environment to support data-related needs and projects.   Experience, Knowledge and Skills   Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field. Proven experience as a Database Administrator or Data Analyst. Proficiency in Microsoft Dynamics, SharePoint, Microsoft 365, and Azure Data Warehouse. High level of skills in Power BI to include Dashboards and Executive reporting. Strong knowledge of SQL and database management systems. Experience with database performance tuning and optimisation. Experience in implementing data security best practices. Excellent problem-solving abilities. Experience managing data cleansing exercises. Experience managing and mentoring staff. Strong communication and collaboration skills. Detail-oriented with a focus on accuracy and quality. Ability to work well alone and as part of a team. Strong commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion fostering a collaborative environment amongst their team and the wider organisation   What's in it for you?   Contract: Permanent Salary: £50,000 per annum Annual leave: 25 days per annum plus UK bank holidays Sick pay: Enhanced company scheme subject to terms and conditions Life assurance: Company life assurance scheme (4 x annual salary) Pension: Generous Pension Scheme (from day 1 of joining) Check out the full range of benefits on offer on our careers site   Application Notes:   A covering letter of ideally one A4 page but no more than two along with your CV is required to complete your application. See cover letter guidance at the end of our advert on our careers site. The deadline for applications is 23:59 hours by Sunday 10 November 2024. Interviews are scheduled to take place from the week commencing 18 November 2024. Due to business requirements, we are looking for someone to start as soon as possible however, we are committed to considering all applications fairly.