Technical Lead (COBOL)

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Our Development Team is 150 strong, from Graduate Developers through to Solution Architects, and we’re currently entering an exciting period of growth! We provide clear career ladders for each employee to design the career they deserve with full training, support and mentoring from senior members of the team; if you’ve got the passion, enthusiasm and desire to progress, then we will be with you every step of the way!

Do you have?

Experience in MicroFocus COBOL on HP UNIX platforms

Experience with COBOL on IBM iSeries platforms

Proven abilities in coaching technical performance within a team and across a business, setting technical objectives and measuring progress etc.

Experience defining and describing an architecture of a system 

Highlighting training requirements within a multi discipline agile team

Technical domain design skills

Technical debt identification and pay down

Strong communication skills for internal and external stakeholders

Advocate and leadership of design review

Technical evangelism

Able to implement patterns of enterprise architecture

Working with architecture focussed road maps         

Experience in any of the following would also be an advantage:

Knowledge of SQL

C#

Angular2+

Warehouse Management Systems

Voice Picking Solutions

Mobile Data Terminals

ISO9001 and TickIT software configuration management

What do we do?

When your groceries arrive at your door or you sign for your online parcel, one or more of our software, telematics or proof-of-purchase solutions has probably been used.

Supporting 14 of the UK’s 15 largest retailers, we count household names such as JCB, Eddie Stobart, Carlsberg, Waitrose and Royal Mail as customers.

Proudly Midlands-based, Microlise has been privately-owned for thirty years. Our growing business is guided by our culture which drives the way we behave, the way we work, the way we connect with our customers, and the way we support and develop our people.

Why Microlise?

We believe in our culture, values and staff successes

We believe in developing our staff and support our employees with their professional development goals

Flexible working opportunities

Relocation for candidates looking to move to the East Midlands

25 days holiday excluding bank holidays, increasing by 1 a year to 30 days

Recognition of service from your 1st year and other anniversaries

Free parking, tea, coffee and daily fruit

Vitality Health Insurance, Employee Assistance Programme and subsidised eye tests and glasses

20% off EE mobile and line rental

Local discounts including Raleigh

Great staff extras:  Easter eggs, yearly BBQ, Christmas gifts and annual staff awards!

Free tickets to the British Superbikes, come and support Microlise Cresswell racing and the team! 

We are rapidly growing our Development teams in Nottingham; if this role isn’t for you, then please feel free to get in touch with the team and see what other exciting opportunities we have on offer.

Technical Lead (COBOL)

When registering to this job board you will be redirected to the online application form. Please ensure that this is completed in full in order that your application can be reviewed.

Our Development Team is 150 strong, from Graduate Developers through to Solution Architects, and we’re currently entering an exciting period of growth! We provide clear career ladders for each employee to design the career they deserve with full training, support and mentoring from senior members of the team; if you’ve got the passion, enthusiasm and desire to progress, then we will be with you every step of the way!

Do you have?

Experience in MicroFocus COBOL on HP UNIX platforms

Experience with COBOL on IBM iSeries platforms

Proven abilities in coaching technical performance within a team and across a business, setting technical objectives and measuring progress etc.

Experience defining and describing an architecture of a system 

Highlighting training requirements within a multi discipline agile team

Technical domain design skills

Technical debt identification and pay down

Strong communication skills for internal and external stakeholders

Advocate and leadership of design review

Technical evangelism

Able to implement patterns of enterprise architecture

Working with architecture focussed road maps         

Experience in any of the following would also be an advantage:

Knowledge of SQL

C#

Angular2+

Warehouse Management Systems

Voice Picking Solutions

Mobile Data Terminals

ISO9001 and TickIT software configuration management

What do we do?

When your groceries arrive at your door or you sign for your online parcel, one or more of our software, telematics or proof-of-purchase solutions has probably been used.

Supporting 14 of the UK’s 15 largest retailers, we count household names such as JCB, Eddie Stobart, Carlsberg, Waitrose and Royal Mail as customers.

Proudly Midlands-based, Microlise has been privately-owned for thirty years. Our growing business is guided by our culture which drives the way we behave, the way we work, the way we connect with our customers, and the way we support and develop our people.

Why Microlise?

We believe in our culture, values and staff successes

We believe in developing our staff and support our employees with their professional development goals

Flexible working opportunities

Relocation for candidates looking to move to the East Midlands

25 days holiday excluding bank holidays, increasing by 1 a year to 30 days

Recognition of service from your 1st year and other anniversaries

Free parking, tea, coffee and daily fruit

Vitality Health Insurance, Employee Assistance Programme and subsidised eye tests and glasses

20% off EE mobile and line rental

Local discounts including Raleigh

Great staff extras:  Easter eggs, yearly BBQ, Christmas gifts and annual staff awards!

Free tickets to the British Superbikes, come and support Microlise Cresswell racing and the team! 

We are rapidly growing our Development teams in Nottingham; if this role isn’t for you, then please feel free to get in touch with the team and see what other exciting opportunities we have on offer.

Software Developer / .NET / C#

Otley, Leeds, West Yorkshire

£Competitive Salary

At networx we provide one of the UK’s most advanced recruitment software solutions and an unrivalled recruitment service to help organisations recruit in a more efficient manner.

Our unique position within the market ensures we can not only provide in house recruitment teams with the tools needed to manage their own vacancies but also a premium agency style service that will help them reach the best candidates too.

Due to continued expansion within our IT department, we have an opportunity for an experienced .NET / C# Developer to be a key member of our team and be pivotal in the ongoing development of our core products; ATS (Applicant Tracking System) and our jobseeker portal. In this varied role, you will work in a multi-disciplined team using Agile methodology and thrive in a constantly evolving environment. You'll create, maintain, develop and improve our systems to meet the business needs and to drive our systems forward as technology evolves.

Required Skills and Experience

• Experience in a similar software development role or an appropriate IT degree/college qualification is desirable

• All or most of the following (with training to be provided where needed):

  • .NET Framework, .NET Core with VB or C#

  • MVC, Angular or React

  • SQL Server and Linq

  • Javascript and JQuery

  • Web API

  • Azure DevOps/Git

You’ll take pride in your coding practices and will have a meticulous approach to work, and will be adaptable to any changes in the projects and priorities. Organised and self motivated, you will be keen to learn new methodologies and technologies and utilise your experience in this ever-changing industry. A team player, you will also be able to work on projects autonomously and will be accustomed to working to agreed deadlines. 

Benefits: 

• Friendly and supportive environment

• Access to training courses and materials

• Attractive riverside offices located in Otley, a thriving market town within easy reach of Leeds, Bradford and Harrogate

• Free parking

• Company pension scheme, 25 days holiday, gym membership discount, cycle scheme, etc.

• Flexible working (37.5 hours per week) 

As a business we are incredibly proud to be consistently recognised as one of the Best Companies to Work  - receiving the highest possible 3 star accreditation and ranked as one of The Sunday Times Top 100 Small Companies to Work For in 2017, 2018 and 2019. networx is also officially ranked as the 18th Best Company to Work For in Yorkshire and The Humber.

Our commitment to delivering high quality solutions starts with our people. It is the unrivalled skills of our employees that allow networx to support clients in a unique and highly tailored manner and reflect their specific needs.

Software Developer / .NET / C#

Otley, Leeds, West Yorkshire

£Competitive Salary

At networx we provide one of the UK’s most advanced recruitment software solutions and an unrivalled recruitment service to help organisations recruit in a more efficient manner.

Our unique position within the market ensures we can not only provide in house recruitment teams with the tools needed to manage their own vacancies but also a premium agency style service that will help them reach the best candidates too.

Due to continued expansion within our IT department, we have an opportunity for an experienced .NET / C# Developer to be a key member of our team and be pivotal in the ongoing development of our core products; ATS (Applicant Tracking System) and our jobseeker portal. In this varied role, you will work in a multi-disciplined team using Agile methodology and thrive in a constantly evolving environment. You'll create, maintain, develop and improve our systems to meet the business needs and to drive our systems forward as technology evolves.

Required Skills and Experience

• Experience in a similar software development role or an appropriate IT degree/college qualification is desirable

• All or most of the following (with training to be provided where needed):

  • .NET Framework, .NET Core with VB or C#

  • MVC, Angular or React

  • SQL Server and Linq

  • Javascript and JQuery

  • Web API

  • Azure DevOps/Git

You’ll take pride in your coding practices and will have a meticulous approach to work, and will be adaptable to any changes in the projects and priorities. Organised and self motivated, you will be keen to learn new methodologies and technologies and utilise your experience in this ever-changing industry. A team player, you will also be able to work on projects autonomously and will be accustomed to working to agreed deadlines. 

Benefits: 

• Friendly and supportive environment

• Access to training courses and materials

• Attractive riverside offices located in Otley, a thriving market town within easy reach of Leeds, Bradford and Harrogate

• Free parking

• Company pension scheme, 25 days holiday, gym membership discount, cycle scheme, etc.

• Flexible working (37.5 hours per week) 

As a business we are incredibly proud to be consistently recognised as one of the Best Companies to Work  - receiving the highest possible 3 star accreditation and ranked as one of The Sunday Times Top 100 Small Companies to Work For in 2017, 2018 and 2019. networx is also officially ranked as the 18th Best Company to Work For in Yorkshire and The Humber.

Our commitment to delivering high quality solutions starts with our people. It is the unrivalled skills of our employees that allow networx to support clients in a unique and highly tailored manner and reflect their specific needs.

An energetic and ambitious Developer with strong C# and ASP.NET wanted in Watford.

Working on end to end fast paced projects you will:

• Continually develop core applications using primarily .net core and C#.
• Support the systems applications
• implement, refactor and test code (C#, .net core)
• Work on Microsoft Azure cloud platform
• Communicate with technical and non-technical people across the business
• Work closely with stakeholders to understand their needs.

This is a great opportunity for mid and high-level developers to work with the latest cloud application development technologies including Terraform and Kubernete. If you would like to work for a company where you are encouraged to develop your personal and career aspirations and work with a very talented group of developers please get in touch.

An energetic and ambitious Developer with strong C# and ASP.NET wanted in Watford.

Working on end to end fast paced projects you will:

• Continually develop core applications using primarily .net core and C#.
• Support the systems applications
• implement, refactor and test code (C#, .net core)
• Work on Microsoft Azure cloud platform
• Communicate with technical and non-technical people across the business
• Work closely with stakeholders to understand their needs.

This is a great opportunity for mid and high-level developers to work with the latest cloud application development technologies including Terraform and Kubernete. If you would like to work for a company where you are encouraged to develop your personal and career aspirations and work with a very talented group of developers please get in touch.

Software Tester / QA Engineer is required to join a highly progressive and growing company from their head office based from their head office in Farnborough.

The role of the Software Tester / QA Engineer will involve working within a predominately manual testing environment through the full testing lifecycle. The desktop software you would be working on is Microsoft .NET based and developed using C#. The main application is WPF based utilising an SQL Server database and you would be using Microsoft Test Centre, Azure Dev Ops and YouTrack.

You would be expected to:

• Testing & quality assurance of company software products predominantly desktop applications but occasional mobile and web based as well
• Pre & post release, including the recreation of software issues, documentation of issue and post fix testing.
• Preparation of release notes.
• Creation, maintenance and development of testing, scripts and procedures.
• Creation and maintenance of user, support and installation documentation.
• Liaising with Development team to progress any software issues found and reported.

The ideal candidate for this role will be working within a testing role at the moment and if possible have an industry recognised qualification within software testing.

You will have:

• At least 2 years industry experience as software tester.
• Experience of working within a manual environment but any experience within automation would be beneficial.
• The ability to write test scripts / plans
• Experience of testing software within a .Net environment would be highly beneficial.

As you will be working within a team environment and liaising with the development team then your communications skills, both written and verbal, must be very strong.

This is an excellent opportunity that would be able to offer future career opportunities and training to the right individual along with a strong benefits package.

Software Tester / QA Engineer is required to join a highly progressive and growing company from their head office based from their head office in Farnborough.

The role of the Software Tester / QA Engineer will involve working within a predominately manual testing environment through the full testing lifecycle. The desktop software you would be working on is Microsoft .NET based and developed using C#. The main application is WPF based utilising an SQL Server database and you would be using Microsoft Test Centre, Azure Dev Ops and YouTrack.

You would be expected to:

• Testing & quality assurance of company software products predominantly desktop applications but occasional mobile and web based as well
• Pre & post release, including the recreation of software issues, documentation of issue and post fix testing.
• Preparation of release notes.
• Creation, maintenance and development of testing, scripts and procedures.
• Creation and maintenance of user, support and installation documentation.
• Liaising with Development team to progress any software issues found and reported.

The ideal candidate for this role will be working within a testing role at the moment and if possible have an industry recognised qualification within software testing.

You will have:

• At least 2 years industry experience as software tester.
• Experience of working within a manual environment but any experience within automation would be beneficial.
• The ability to write test scripts / plans
• Experience of testing software within a .Net environment would be highly beneficial.

As you will be working within a team environment and liaising with the development team then your communications skills, both written and verbal, must be very strong.

This is an excellent opportunity that would be able to offer future career opportunities and training to the right individual along with a strong benefits package.

.Net Developer / Senior Software Engineer Web technologies. This is a superb opportunity to join one of the South East’s leading Software Houses. They are established, successful technology business with a superb reputation as an employer of choice amongst technologists. Technical skills required are Angular 4 or above, C# .Net code, Bootstrap 4 and SCSS. Plenty of experience building applications in the cloud, ideally in Azure. 

It is essential you have strong experience developing RESTful services using ASP.Net Web API and understand the principles of REST. 

If you have the above skills and experience then this could be the ideal place for you to work. As a key team member in this Agile organisation you will be working with other Senior Software Engineers, Lead Software Engineers, Solutions Architects, Software Engineers, Business Analysts, Database Specialists and Test Analysts etc. It's a superb career opportunity. Please apply ASAP ideally initially via email and enclosing an up to date CV with your current availability for interview / start and your salary requirement for a role in West Malling, Kent.

.Net Developer / Senior Software Engineer Web technologies. This is a superb opportunity to join one of the South East’s leading Software Houses. They are established, successful technology business with a superb reputation as an employer of choice amongst technologists. Technical skills required are Angular 4 or above, C# .Net code, Bootstrap 4 and SCSS. Plenty of experience building applications in the cloud, ideally in Azure. 

It is essential you have strong experience developing RESTful services using ASP.Net Web API and understand the principles of REST. 

If you have the above skills and experience then this could be the ideal place for you to work. As a key team member in this Agile organisation you will be working with other Senior Software Engineers, Lead Software Engineers, Solutions Architects, Software Engineers, Business Analysts, Database Specialists and Test Analysts etc. It's a superb career opportunity. Please apply ASAP ideally initially via email and enclosing an up to date CV with your current availability for interview / start and your salary requirement for a role in West Malling, Kent.