Senior Engineer

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Job title: Senior Engineer (Applications)

Hours: 37

Contract: Full Time – Permanent

Location: Hybrid Working both Home and Office Based Merrion House/Apex Centre as required.

Leeds City Council is transforming local public services by putting technology at the heart of the organisation. The Integrated Digital Service works across Leeds City Council and the Integrated Care Board (Leeds) – opening up a number of exciting prospects to work within the health and care sector and local authority. The Integrated Digital Service is improving how services are delivered, using user research to inform technology solutions that are accessible, easy to use and reliable.

We are innovating and changing services by investing in automation through technologies such as power platform and RPA. It is an exciting time to join the growing team within a city renowned for excellence in the digital sector. We hope to attract people who want to innovate and transform IT to help improve the services we provide and ultimately improve individuals’ lives.

Integrated Digital Service (IDS) is seeking to appoint two Senior Engineers to work in one of its applications teams. The applications environment is a complex mix of new and legacy 3rd party applications as well as in‑house developments. There is a range of on‑premise to cloud‑hosted offerings and the direction of travel is towards cloud solutions. As the Senior Engineer you will be responsible for supporting, managing and maintaining a single application or a suite of applications.

You’ll thrive on technical challenges, troubleshooting, supporting projects while researching and implementing new solutions.

Leeds City Council is one of the largest employers in the region with over 14,000 employees. We seek to recruit and develop talented individuals who embody our council values and ambitions.

• Support delivery of activities contained within the core service offering as well as delivery of agreed projects.
• Support junior staff
• Work with a high degree of independence
• Produce and update support documentation
• Ensure applications support process and templates are followed
• Ensures items within remedy queues are addressed in line with SLAs
• Implement workflows and system changes (may involve the production of new code)
• Monitoring and tracking supplier performance in line with Contract Management Plans
• Assess both business as usual and project risk and present realistic options based on current/known information
• Provide estimates for all areas of application support (core offering and new functionality etc) based on known information and experience

The team and these positions are already focused on key projects that generate income or achieve cost savings. The primary activities include BAU efforts, some development and working on the Core Business Transformation programme. Further, the skills and knowledge associated with this role are instrumental in meeting the Target Operating Model requirements for the deployment and support of the future Dynamics platform.

• A competitive salary and annual leave entitlement plus statutory holidays
• Membership of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund with generous employer contributions
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements subject to service requirements
• A clear career pathway and continuing professional development opportunities
• A range of staff benefits to help you boost your wellbeing and make your money go further

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We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from, but not limited to, women, carers, veterans as well as LGBT+, ethnically diverse, disabled and care experienced people.

This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.

If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the Skilled Worker visa route before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £41,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria.

Please ensure you are eligible before applying.

Seniority level: Associate

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Information Technology

Industry: Government Administration