Technical Lead (Regions)
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• Privileged staff travel - Leisure travel discount of 75% on all leisure travel and includes family members.
• A subsidy of up to 75% on rail and underground season tickets if you travel to work on the train.
• GWR ticket alliance - Heavily discounted all day passes for you and up to 3 friends and family to use across the GWR network.
• Benefits package including healthcare offers, a cycle to work scheme, discounted healthcare club membership, and a discounted offers and benefits including childcare, healthcare and online shopping site.
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• 5 days paid volunteering leave.
• 2 weeks paid reserve leave for the Armed Forces community.
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Brief Description
Are you someone who likes to see your work make a difference to the people around you?
We are seeking an Azure Data Developer with a strong ability to work directly with users. This role is part of a team that sits within the wider Finance directorate and serves the wider region. The region is shifting to a devolved model where products and solutions can be developed locally and have National interfaces.
As part of the role you will:
• Undertake the support, maintenance, and development of digital and data products owned and supported by the Region.
• Work with suppliers to deliver Possession Optimisation, a key priority within the first 12 months that is revolutionising how Engineering Access is planned and delivered through digital and data-driven tools.
• Coordinate and build coding components that support regional products ensuring that the safety, data protection requirements, and security needs are clearly identified, maintained, and assured.
• Develop and support regional upskilling in Digital and Data environments and tools.
Through your technical expertise in Microsoft Azure data back-end or front-end coding, you will work with the Region's teams building relationships with key internal customers helping to support and enhance performance Digital and Data Products across a range of measures. A strong ability to work directly with users is required to understand their needs and translate them into technical requirements.
The location is stated as Bristol, however, the job location is flexible for hybrid working within the Wales & Western Geographic Region. Our internal customers work all over the Region so travel will be required to attend offices, delivery units, and trackside.
Application Process: As part of the interview, there will be a technical element where you will be asked to show and explain the coding and display of products you have created and how they enable business value.
Salary - Ј55,596 to Ј62,546 per annum. Closing date: 3rd May 2024. For further details please see the 'How to Apply' section.
About the role (External)
Your Main Responsibilities will be to:
1. Maintain a high level of expertise in the supported technology domain, keeping up to date with new developments in the field as well as maintaining a deep knowledge of the existing and legacy applications of the technology in the NR environment. Ownership of technical-level relationship with the vendor.
2. Provide expert-level consultancy and support services to delivery projects utilising the technology domain, ensuring that new solution deliveries successfully integrate and follow domain and NR best practice and standards.
3. Influence and guide strategic direction to confirm that NR's strategy and policy for the technical specialism prioritises maintainability, supportability and best practice with relation to the technology domain.
4. Provide expert level technical support to assist Region colleagues who require assistance or solutions for complex business issues related to the supported technology area.
5. Highlight, communicate and address future and current risks, opportunities and challenges for NR arising from developments or changes in the technology domain.
6. Define, author and maintain Regional operational patterns, standards and best practice for the supported technology domain.
You will ideally have
• Extensive experience in an expert-level role supporting and delivering solutions in the supported technology (Microsoft Azure and Power Products)
• Industry recognised high level qualification in the supported technology
• Experience in design, development and support of bespoke solutions in the supported technology
• Demonstrable expertise in and knowledge of current, future and existing developments in the field of the supported technology
What could set you apart
• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the supported technology deployments within Network Rail
• Recognised industry contributor to the development of the supported technology domain best practice
• Thorough understanding of consultancy approaches, tools and techniques
• Experience of working as an expert authority in the supported technology domain within a large organisation
Not sure if you meet all the requirements? Let us decide.]]>