SITS Developer

As a SITS Developer you will work primarily on delivering solutions within SITS, mainly e:Vision according to the requirements of your assigned business strand(s) within The University's SRS Project.

Key Responsibilities

Design solutions

1. Engage with supplier consultants, subject matter experts, and business analysts to understand requirements
2. Contribute to the identification of design options
3. Evaluate and undertake impact analysis on major design options

Develop solutions

1. Undertake complex SITS development work and ensure design principles are adhered to and components are reused wherever possible
2. e:Vision configuration and content development
3. Complete development deliverables in a timely manner and to the appropriate level of quality so that the delivered solutions are fit-for purpose, can be efficiently supported and the impact of future change requests can be assessed
4. Carry out systems analysis and assessment of system requirements and specifications in order to identify and address any potential issues prior to implementation

Conduct peer review and testing

1. Support the SRS Project testing team in their testing of SITS
2. Carry out the peer review of other development work as required
3. Complete unit-testing to an agreed standard for all development work undertaken
4. Investigate and provide fixes for any defects identified during testing
5. Support go-live by assisting in schedule design, and resolving any issues that may arise during deployment and early life support

User experience

1. The iterative development of functionality to meet business requirements, considering the whole user experience
2. Refining solutions in response to user provided evaluation and feedback
3. Create technical documentation to agreed standards
4. Carry out knowledge transfer to BAU team(s)

Person Specification

Experience and Knowledge

• Demonstrable knowledge of development, configuration, and maintenance of SITS and e:Vision within a university setting.
• Demonstrable knowledge of e:Vision build including:
  • SRLs
  • Tasking
  • Vistas
  • Knowledge of SITS Finance functionality (Desirable)
  • Practical experience of working within an Agile development methodology (eg Agile SCRUM)
  • Experience of using Agile backlog management software
  • Experience of analysis, design, development and testing across multiple technologies
  • Demonstrates sound understanding of information systems concepts and practice
  • Has a good understanding of the software development life cycle, and the role of software testing
  • Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Teams/Word/Excel/Outlook/PowerPoint and databases